Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story Apocalypse: Apocalypse Then
Sarah Paulson (1974 - )
Film Deaths[]
- Serenity (2005) [Dr. Caron]: Eaten alive by a cannibal (off-screen) while recording a holographic transmission prior to the events of the film; her death is revealed when Nathan Fillion and his crew view the footage of her final moments. We only hear her screams after the cannibal wrestles her to the ground.
- Bird Box (2018) [Jessica]: Commits suicide by stepping in front of a truck as her sister (Sandra Bullock) looks on in horror after she goes insane from seeing the creatures.
- Abominable (2019) [Dr. Zara]: Falls to her death (along with Rich Dietl).
- Hold Your Breath (2024) [Margaret Bellum]: Chokes to death on dust when she gets lost in a dust storm.
Television Deaths[]
- American Gothic: Pilot (1995) [Merlyn Temple]: Neck snapped by Gary Cole in her bedroom after Sarah had been attacked and injured by her father (Sonny Shroyer), as Nick Searcy looks on in shock through the doorway. She appeared as a ghost in this and several subsequent episodes throughout the rest of the series.
- American Horror Story: Freakshow: Pink Cupcakes (2014) [Bette and Dot Tattler]: In a dual role as conjoined twins, Bette is killed after eating a pink cupcake which had been injected with poison by Denis O'Hare, while Dot is suffocated by Denis when she refuses to eat a cupcake on Bette's deathbed. This all turns out to be a part of Denis's imagination as both twins turn down the cupcakes in reality.
- American Horror Story: Hotel: Checking In (2015) [Sally McKenna]: Pushed out of a window by Kathy Bates as revenge for giving Matt Bomer a fatal overdose. She appears as a ghost throughout the season.
- American Horror Story: Roanoke: Chapter 5 (2016) [Audrey Tindall (as Shelby Miller - Reenactment)]: Hacked in the head with a meat cleaver by Kathy Bates as she prepares to enter the bathroom (However, this turns out to be a nightmare so Sarah is still alive in the present.)
- American Horror Story: Roanoke: Chapter 9 (2016) [Audrey Tindall]: Shot to death by police officers while attempting to shoot Adina Porter.
- American Horror Story: Apocalypse: Forbidden Fruit (2018) [Wilhelmina Venable/Cordelia Goode]: Playing a dual role, "Wilhelmina Venable" is shot in the chest by Kathy Bates under the commands of Cody Fern. "Cordelia Goode" survives the episode.
- American Horror Story: Apocalypse: Boy Wonder (2018) [Cordelia Goode]: Ripped apart by cannibalistic mutants as a demonic figure (Cody Fern) laughs (This is revealed to be a premonition so Cordelia survives the episode.)
- American Horror Story: Apocalypse: Apocalypse Then (2018) [Cordelia Goode]: Sacrifices herself by stabbing herself in the chest so that Billie Lourd can become stronger and complete a spell to travel back in time to kill Cody Fern. Her death is undone when Billie kills Cody in the past so that the apocalypse won't happen.
- American Horror Story: Double Feature: Gaslight (2021) [TB Karen]: Commits suicide by walking into the ocean and drowning herself after killing Macaulay Culkin and slitting her wrists with a paintbrush.
- American Horror Story: Double Feature: The Future Perfect (2021) [Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower]: Head exploded by Angelica Ross with telekinetic powers as Leslie Grossman looks on. Sarah was murdered due to betraying the extraterrestrials and attempting to redeem herself, which Angelica found pitiful and weak.
- Impeachment: American Crime Story: The Wilderness (2021) [Linda Tripp]: Dies (off-screen) of pancreatic cancer. (Note: the real Linda Tripp passed away a year before the series was released).
Gallery[]
Sarah Paulson (with Gary Cole) in American Gothic: Pilot
Sarah Paulson in Serenity
Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story: Hotel: Checking In
Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story: Roanoke: Chapter 9
Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story: Apocalypse: Forbidden Fruit
Sarah Paulson's death in Bird Box
Sarah Paulson (with Rich Dietl) in Abominable
Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story: Double Feature: Gaslight
Notable Connections[]
- Mrs. Holland Taylor