The following is a list of accolades of American film, television, and stage actress Sarah Paulson. From her acting career, Paulson has accumulated five Golden Globe Award nominations and eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations, receiving one of each for her role in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story in 2016. Her work is mainly recognized in television, for series such as American Horror Story, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and Game Change. In 2013, Paulson co-starred in the multiple Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave, for which she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.