Age: 51
female
Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She began her acting career in New York City stage productions before starring in the short-lived television series American Gothic (1995–1996) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001). She later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want (2000) and Down with Love (2003), and drama films such as Path to War (2002) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). From 2006 to 2007, she starred as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2008, she starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film The Spirit. Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie in 2005 and Collected Stories in 2010. She also starred in a number of independent films and had a leading role in the ABC comedy series Cupid (2009). She later starred in the independent drama film Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) and received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change (2012). She was featured as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film 12 Years a Slave, as Abby Gerhard in the 2015 romantic drama film Carol, and as Toni Bradlee in the 2017 political drama film The Post, all of which were nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Her other films include Serenity (2005), New Year's Eve (2011), Mud (2012), Blue Jay (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Bird Box (2018), Glass (2019), and Run (2020). In 2011, Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series American Horror Story, playing different characters in many of the show's 10 seasons. For her performances in the series, she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Critics' Choice Television Awards. In 2016, she portrayed real-life prosecutor Marcia Clark in the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story, subtitled The People v. O. J. Simpson, for which she garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award. In 2020, Paulson appeared in the FX limited series Mrs. America, and began starring as Nurse Mildred Ratched in the Netflix psychological thriller series Ratched. In 2021, she returned to American Crime Story to portray Linda Tripp in the third season of the show, subtitled Impeachment.
Sarah Paulson
Professor Amy Bishop
for Professor Amy Bishop in American Crime Story: Harvard Educated Killer
Suggested by sofly
In 2003 the Biology Department at University of Alabama in Huntsville welcomed a new instructor. Professor Amy Bishop seemed to have everything they were looking for. She had a PH.D. in genetics from Harvard University and had been an instructor at Harvard Medical School. Not to mention a loving husband and four children. She seemed like she would be a great fit for the school. However once they hired her they saw another side. Professor Bishop was an extreme narcissist who constantly bragged about her Harvard Education and family ties. She soon proved to be a terrible teacher described by her students as ineffective in the classroom and frequently angry and argumentative. Because of this several students lodged complaints with the biology department asking for her termination. At the same time the university found out about Amy´s temper when they learned about an incident that happened at an IHOP back when she and her family were living in Massachusetts. When she found at another woman had gotten the last booster seat, she walked over to the woman´s table where she was eating with her children and launched into a profanity laced rant demanding the booster seat. When the woman refused Amy attacked her and punched her in the head all while yelling ¨I am Dr. Amy Bishop¨ When the university found out about this incident it was the last straw and they proceeded to denied her tenure in 2009. Amy knew that she would not have her teaching contract renewed in 2010 but she wouldn´t let that happen. It was time for who to get revenge on all the people who were (in her mind) holding her down because she was smarter than them. On February 12, 2010 she attended a routine faculty meeting of the biology department. The meeting went completely normally for the first have and Amy said nothing. Halfway through the meeting, Amy pulled out a handgun and opened fire and the biology faculty killing three and wounding another three. She would´ve killed more but before she could her gun jammed. She was arrested by police (who she demanded call her Dr. Amy Bishop) and was sentenced to Life in Prison without parole in 2012. It may not be her first time killing as in 1986 she shot and killed her brother in what was ruled an accident (her parents connections may´ve influenced that ruling.)
