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Series profile

American Horror Story

The nightmare of your dreams.

8.1/ 102011Episode runtime

DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson

Cordelia Goode / Sally McKenna / Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Tuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower

Evan Peters

Evan Peters

Tate Langdon / James Patrick March / Kai Anderson

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Marie Laveau

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Delphine LaLaurie

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts

Madison Montgomery

Billie Lourd

Billie Lourd

Mallory / Winter Anderson

Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe

Queenie

Leslie Grossman

Leslie Grossman

Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt