The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Sarah Paulson.
Sarah Paulson is an American actress known for her roles on stage and screen. Over her career she has received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award, three Critics' Choice Television Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award.
For her portrayal of Marcia Clark in the FX miniseries ' (2016), she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress â Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie. She was Emmy-nominated for playing Nicolle Wallace in the HBO television film Game Change (2012), and Linda Tripp in the FX on Hulu limited series ' (2022).
For her roles in the Ryan Murphy created FX horror anthology series she was Emmy-nominated for ' (2013), ' (2014), ' (2015), ' (2016), ' (2018). She was also nominated for her role as a therapist in the Amazon Prime Video series Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024). She was Golden Globe-nominated for her roles as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Mildred Ratched in the Netflix series Ratched (2021). For her work in film, Paulson was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the ensemble of the historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013).
On stage, Paulson won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing a daughter who discovers a dark secret about her father's past in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play Appropriate (2024). For her performance she also received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, and the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award as well as a nomination for an Outer Critics Circle Award.
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