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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in each season. A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member. A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member. A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.
American Horror Story (TV Series 2011– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Taissa Farmiga is an American actress, and the younger sister of Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga, who is 21 years her senior. She was born in Readington Township, New Jersey, USA, to Ukrainian-born parents Michael and Lubomyra (Spas) Farmiga.
- Murder House. Evan Peters. Evan Peters first appeared in season 1 as Tate Langdon. He starred in every season of the show through season 8 before deciding to take a break.
- Asylum. Joseph Fiennes. Joseph Fiennes only appears in the second season, playing Monsignor Timothy Howard. Fiennes’ other notable roles include The Handmaid’s Tale, Shakespeare in Love and The Mother.
- Coven. Emma Roberts. Emma Roberts first appeared in seasons 3 and 4, playing Madison Montgomery and Maggie Esmerelda, respectively. Roberts later rejoined the series in season 7, playing Serena Belinda.
- Freak Show. Michael Chiklis. Michael Chiklis only appears in season 4, playing Dell Toledo. Chiklis’ other notable roles include the Fantastic Four franchise, The Shield and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
- Donna Chambers
- Sister Jude
- Marie Delphine La Laurie
- Tattler Twins
- Fiona Goode
- Marie Laveau
- Countess Elizabeth
- Liz Taylor
American Horror Story: 1984 had many homages to the slasher movies of the '80s, but none so deftly crafted as the methodical and maniacal doctor whose desire to see the fruits of their psychological experiment play out. Brought to life by the landmark performance of Angelica Ross, Donna Chambers was also a role within a role, posing as "Nurse Rita"...
One of the most compelling characters Jessica Lange ever played on American Horror Story was her most duplicitous and pitiable. A spiritual advisor for the patients at Briarcliff Manor, Sister Jude never believed in sparing the rod, considering a double dose of canings and degradation a routine part of their treatment at the mental hospital. RELATE...
Bringing to life the very real New Orleans murderess Marie Delphine LaLaurie was Kathy Bates, who found a way to make a vengeful racist unintentionally hilarious and make a psychopath unexpectedly vulnerable. Trying to make her way in a world that was changing drastically around her, she found control in abusing her daughter and her house staff in ...
Sarah Paulson has played the most characters in the American Horror Story franchise to date, but her dual turn as Bette and Dott, two conjoined twins who killed their guardians to escape captivity and get rescued by Elsa Mars' Freak Show remain her most impressive. She managed to portray two distinctly different women, each with their own traits, p...
Conniving, power-hungry, and impeccably dressed, Jessica Lange's Fiona Goode was an apt Supreme witch, who ruthlessly defended her title throughout American Horror Story Coven. Her need to retain her position (and the glamorous lifestyle that came with it) was cultivated at the expense of having a meaningful relationship with her daughter, beset as...
Midwife, voodoo practitioner, and herbalist, Marie Laveau was a powerful and influential woman in the magick circles of New Orleans. To this day, traces of the real Laveau can be found throughout the city in shop altars, shrines, and historical centers. Embodied by the formidableAngela Bassett in one of her most compelling roles in the franchise, s...
It stands to reason that when introducing a ubiquitous horror archetype, Ryan Murphy was going to do something different. Like the vampire David Bowie never got to be in The Hunger, Lady Gaga swept through American Horror Story Hotel like a glistening gossamer cloud, the bloodthirstiness of her Countess buffeted by couture gowns, shimmering accoute...
Dennis O'Hare played plenty of self-serving characters on American Horror Story, but Hotel allowed him to embody someone much more complex and multi-dimensional, with complicated motivations -- Liz Taylor. While learning to love herself she learned to love others and found the courage to be her true self, which included a sensational array of costu...
With Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Denis O'Hare, Lily Rabe. An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.
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Characters. American Horror Story is a character-driven drama. A guide to many characters and their places in the greater story can be found in these articles. A guide to creating and editing character pages on this wiki can be found at AHS:Character Pages.
