American Horror Story: A Rundown of the Characters We've Met in Roanoke
Though you may feel like it just began, American Horror Story's sixth season is almost over. Despite the extensive cast, only three main characters emerged in the first episode, played by six actors. You follow? It's confusing, and the season has only gotten more twisted from there. Here are all the characters we've met so far!
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Lily Rabe as Shelby
This season, Rabe appears speaking to the camera, documentary-style, as a woman named Shelby.
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Sarah Paulson as Audrey Tindall
In the premiere, Paulson plays a "dramatic reenactment" version of Shelby. Later, we find out her character's real name: Audrey Tindall.
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Andre Holland as Matt
Holland (The Knick) plays Shelby's husband, Matt, who is also being interviewed about his experiences with the supernatural.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. as Dominic Banks
Meanwhile, Gooding Jr. stars as playboy Dominic, who is playing the alternate version of Matt.
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Angela Bassett as Monet Tumusiime
Bassett plays Monet Tumusiime, the actress who starred as Lee.
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Leslie Jordan as "Cricket"
Jordan joins the reenactment in the third episode as a medium named Cricket.
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Kathy Bates as Agnes Mary Winstead
Bates plays Agnes Mary Winstead, an actress who goes batty after playing The Butcher in the show within the show.
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Lady Gaga as "Scáthach"
Lady Gaga plays some sort of malevolent woodland spirit or entity known as the Scáthach, in the reenactment. This character also has a real-life counterpart.
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Denis O'Hare as "Dr. Elias Cunningham"
AHS alum O'Hare plays a crazy-looking professor in a found-footage tape. We haven't officially met the real Elias, but we've seen him on a tape.
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Charles Malik Whitfield as "Lee"'s Husband
Whitfield plays Lee's husband in the dramatic reenactment. We'll probably never get to meet the real guy, because, well, he's dead.
Kristen Rakes as "Nurse Bridget"
Rakes makes an appearance as one half of a sister duo who kill elderly people. The "real" version of this character is even more terrifying.
Maya Berko as "Nurse Miranda"
Berko is playing Miranda, the other crazy nurse, on the show. We're not sure who plays the "real" Miranda, but we have seen her.
Saniyya Sidney as "Flora"
Little Sidney also starred in Roots this year, and she's playing "Lee"'s daughter in the dramatic reenactment, "Flora."
Evan Peters as Rory Monahan
Peters originally appears as Edward Mott, then it's revealed that he's an actor named Rory Monahan.
Shannon Lucio as Diana Cross
Lucio (True Blood) stars in one episode as Diana, Sidney's unnerved assistant.
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The Polk Family
Finally, the first family of cannibalism: the Polks. Frances Conroy plays the mother in the reenactment, but the real people are straight-up horrifying. Finn Wittrock stars as Jether, one of the real Polk kids.