We Bet Everybody Has Forgotten About These AHS Characters
- by Jessica Rae
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Fans who can't remember the names of these AHS characters just aren't ready for the new season!
With just a few weeks to go until the release of season eight of AHS everyone is wondering what nightmares the creators have dreamed up for their loyal fans this time. Here's what we know so far: the new season, titled Apocalypse is going to be a cross-over season incorporating characters and storylines from the first and the third seasons. Some of the returning cast members include Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Cheyenne Jackson, Taissa Farmiga, Gabourey Sidibe, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy, and Stevie Nicks, as well as Connie Britton, who we haven't seen since the first season. Returning from Cult we'll see Adina Porter, Billy Eichner, Leslie Grossman, and Billie Lourd. Joan Collins will also be joining the cast. The most exciting news of all is that AHS favorites Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates will both be appearing in the new season. Hurrah!
Over the last seven seasons the AHS universe has grown to include dozens and dozens of characters and although it's hard to keep up we think any serious fan should have no problem naming them. Who knows - we might be seeing them again sooner than we think!
Who is this?
This season three character had a very unique supernatural power. She could inflict injury on others by hurting herself, and she would not feel any pain or suffer any ill effects. Almost as though she was a human voodoo doll. But she struggled to control her powers and ended up as a ward at Miss Robichaux's Academy. This character also made an appearance in AHS: Hotel as an unfortunate guest of the Cortez. What was the name of this character played by Gabourey Sidibe?
Who is this?
It should be easy as pie for any true AHS fan to name this character. He appeared in the last season of the show (Cult) and was the main antagonist of the storyline. He was portrayed by series regular Evan Peters who has played at least one character in every season of the show so far. In Cult he was a disturbed but intelligent young man who uses his powers of persuasion to build his own devoted following. Who was this character?
Who can name this character?
In the first season of AHS Jessica Lange played the role of Constance Langdon, the Harmon's next door neighbor. In the second season of the show, she was this character, a nun who was in charge of overseeing the patients and staff of Briarcliff Manor. She was a bitter and mean woman who seemed to take pleasure in tormenting those around her but she got a taste of her own medicine when she became an inmate herself. What was the name of this Asylum character?
Who can name this character?
Who could possibly forget this season four character? She was played by Indian actress Jyoti Amge, who is, at just 23 inches, officially the smallest woman in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. She was a member of the Freak Show, and Elsa's helper and confidant. Sadly she was also one of the first cast members to meet her demise, at the cruel hands of Dell. Who can tell us the name of this diminutive character?
Who was this character?
This character arrived at the hotel Cortez confused about her identity but that's when she met The Countess who helped her find her true self. Once reinvented she couldn't return to her old life and instead stayed at the hotel working in Blue Parrot Lounge. She is portrayed by Denis O'Hare, an AHS regular, who has appeared in every season of the show so far with the exception of Asylum and Cult. What was the name of the character he played in Hotel?
Who was this character?
This season four character had one goal in life: he wanted to make children laugh. He was once a performer in a traveling show but the other performers grew jealous of him and started to accuse him of terrible things. This led him to try and take his own life but it failed, leaving him disfigured and scary to look at. Who can tell us the name of this nightmarish Freak Show character played by John Carroll Lynch? What did they call him?
Who is this?
In the third season of AHS Jessica Lange took on the role of this character: the (now former) Supreme of the coven of the Salem descendants and the mother of Cordelia Foxx; headmistress of Miss Robichaux's Academy. She has a strained relationship with her daughter and shows little interest in managing her coven because she is obsessed with aging and her own mortality. Although she has the power to drain life from other people, what she really craves is immortality. What was the name of this character?
Who is this?
Taissa Farmiga joined AHS in the very first season where she played the role of Violet Harmon, the young girl who falls in love with Tate, the boy next door. Taissa, who is the younger sister of Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring film series and Bates Motel) also had a small role in Roanoke. In Coven, she played the role of one of the young witches at Miss Robichaux's Academy with a lethal supernatural power. What was her name of this character?
Who was this character?
In AHS: Freak Show Wes Bentley played the role of this character; a nobleman born with a second face on the back of his head. This face would whisper to him and no matter how he tried to make it stop he couldn't. In the AHS universe, the freak show troupe members believe that if they perform on Halloween they will summon the spirit of this man, who won't leave again without taking another unfortunate soul with him. What was the name of this character?
Who was this character?
In the backstory of AHS: Hotel we learn that this character (who is now the owner of the Hotel Cortez) is an immortal creature who inherited the property when her husband passed away. However, she finds herself in financial difficulty after a few bad investments and hatches a scheme to sell the hotel to a wealthy fashion designer, and then get rid of him so that she can rule her little kingdom freely again. Who remembers the name of this glamorous character played by Lady Gaga?
What was this characters name?
In season four of AHS Emma Roberts played the role of a young con artist sent to spy on the performers of the Freak Show. She was orphaned as a young girl and taken in by Stanley, a cunning confidence trickster, who trained her to be his partner in crime. She arrives at the Freak Show claiming to be a fortune teller but after falling for Jimmy she starts to rethink her plans. Who can tell us the name of this character?
Who can name this character?
This character might have had all the money in the world, a high social standing, and a mansion to live in, but she really could have done a much better job of raising her son, instead of leaving him to grow up into a spoilt brat. The worst trait of this season four character (played by Frances Conroy) was that she knew exactly what her son was becoming and she did nothing to stop it. Who can tell us the name of this character?
Who is this?
This character (portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris) appears in the fourth season of AHS (Freak Show). In the story, he is a miserable salesman who discovers that his wife has been unfaithful and this drives him over the edge. He leaves home and joins Fräulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities as a magician but his true passion is ventriloquism, although he has a somewhat twisted relationship with his dummy, Marjorie. He was also the owner of the Freak Show for a short time before he handed himself over the police.
Who is this?
In season three of AHS, Angela Bassett joined the cast for the first time, playing the role of this character, the Voodoo queen of New Orleans and a powerful rival of the witches coven. Basset returned for season four, five, and six, but was absent from Cult and it's been confirmed that she is not due to appear in the new 2018 season of the show either. Which fan can tell us the name of the character that she played in AHS: Coven?
What was this characters name?
Why would anyone want to build a hotel? Well perhaps they love the idea of building a place where people could relax, or maybe they are more interested in the money they could make. Either would be good motivations. But when this character constructed the Hotel Cortez he didn't have hospitality or profits on his mind. He wanted to build a place where he could satisfy his own dark desires (and not get caught). What was the name of this season five character?
Who can name this character?
Kathy Bates first joined the AHS family in the third season of the show and quickly became a fan favorite. She returned for Freak Show, this time playing a bearded lady. This unusual character with a thick Baltimore accent was Elsa's right-hand woman and the mother of Jimmy AKA Lobster Boy. She was a woman who endured a difficult life but always put the needs of others before her own. Which fans can tell us the name of this season four character?
Who can name this character?
In season five of AHS Kathy Bates played the role of this character: the front desk manager of the Hotel Cortez. She took the job in order to be closer to her son, one of the Countess' paramours. Bates first joined AHS in the third season (Coven) and although she was absent from the seventh season she is due to return again for a role in Apocolypse. Who can tell us the name of the character she played in AHS: Hotel?
Who is this?
There were plenty of new faces in the last season of AHS so we understand if you might struggle to remember this characters name (played by Alison Pill). In Cult, she was married to Ally (Sarah Paulson) and they had a son together. At the beginning of the season, she appears to be devoted to Ally but it soon becomes clear that there are serious problems in their relationship, and that this character is not who she appears to be. What was her name?
Who was this character?
This was one of the lead characters of season five and he was played by Wes Bentley (who is also well known for his roles in movies like The Hunger Games). In Hotel he plays the role of a police detective whose investigation leads him to the Hotel Cortez. He's a man reeling with deep personal issues; the loss of his son and the disintegration of his marriage and it seems that at times, he becomes someone else altogether. What was the name of this character?
Who is this?
This season five character came to the Hotel Cortez a broken woman after losing her son in a Halloween kidnapping. She never forgave herself for what happened and in her grief, she became obsessed with her new employer, James Patrick March, the owner of the Hotel Cortez. She didn't care that what he was doing was wrong (never mind illegal) and she gladly cleaned up all the messes he made. What was the name of this devoted maid, played by Mare Winningham?
Who remembers this character?
Season six of AHS was a little tricky to keep up with as the first three episodes featured a type of mockumentary (show within a show) and many of the actors played multiple characters. But the storyline was so creepy that it made the little bit of confusion worthwhile! In this season Adina Porter (who first appeared in season one as Sally; one of Ben Harmon's ill-fated patients) took on a leading role but what was the name of the character she played?
Who is this?
Jamie Brewer first appeared on AHS during the first season when she played the role of Adelaide, the daughter of Constance, who lives next door to the Harmons. She was absent during season two but returned for the third season as one of the young witches at Miss Robichaux's Academy. She was a clairvoyant who had the ability to hear what others were thinking. Brewer also appears in Freak Show and Cult but who can tell us who she was in Coven?
Name this character:
In AHS: Asylum, Kit Walker is wrongly accused of terrible crimes, arrested and sent to Briarcliff Manor to await trial. This character is the psychiatrist assigned to oversee his case and to make a decision about whether or not he is sane enough to stand trial. But the problem is that this creepy character, played by Zachary Quinto is not the caring doctor he pretends to be, he's actually the real mastermind, trying to frame Kit for his own crimes. What was his name?
What was the name of this character?
Billie Lourd joined AHS in the seventh season when she played the role of Kai's sister. Billie is the daughter of the late Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who is also known for her role in the show Scream Queens. In Cult she played a morbid character who also falls under the spell of her older brother and ends up helping him with his devious plans, going to work as a nanny for Ally and Ivy Mayfair-Richards. What was her name?
Who is this?
When Kit Walker was accused of a terrible crime and locked up at Briarcliff he felt that his life was over. But then he meets this character and all that changes. The two fall in love and this renews Kit's drive to prove his innocence or escape so that they can be together. This character is played by French actress Lizzie Brocheré who (so far) has only appeared in one season of the show. What was the name of this Asylum character?
Who remembers this character?
In season three of AHS, Zoe Benson and Madison Montgomery decide to use their powers to bring Kyle Spencer back to life after a bad accident (which Madison caused). They get it right although he's not quite the same and because they don't know what to do with him they decide to take him back to his mother. They think they are doing the right thing because they don't know the true nature of this character. What was the name of this character from Coven?
What was the name of this character?
This season two character (played by James Cromwell) was the head physician and Administrator at Briarcliff Manor. But instead of spending his time trying to help his patients he preferred to conduct unethical medical experiments instead. This character also ties into season four (Freak Show) as he was one of the doctors who took Elsa Mars' legs against her will. He was a sadistic character who seemed to have no empathy for others. Can anyone remember this Asylum characters name? Who was he?
Who can name this character?
In the first season of AHS (in the backstory) we meet this strange character, the original builder, and owner of the house. He was a doctor, a surgeon to the stars, but after developing a chemical addiction, his business all but dried up. His wife (played by Lily Rabe) did nothing to support him other than belittling him and forced to him perform illegal medical procedures in the basement to bring in an income. Who was this character played by Matt Ross?
Who is this?
Chloë Sevigny joined AHS in season two (Asylum) where she played the ill-fated Briarcliff Manor inmate Shelley, who falls victim to Dr. Arden's experiments. She returned again for season five where she played John Lowe's wife. Her character in Hotel was a doctor who agrees to let herself become "afflicted" (that is immortal) in order to remain close to her long-lost son (who now lives with The Countess at the Cortez). Who can tell us the name of this season five character?
Who remembers this character?
If there was a character that everyone loved to hate in the third season of AHS then it had to be this girl, a young popular actress known for her wild ways. She was a student at Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, who sometimes had problems when it came to self-control and using her powers. This character was portrayed by Emma Roberts, who has also appeared in Freak Show and Cult and is due to return for AHS: Apocalypse.
Who is this?
To remember this characters name you'll have to think all the way back to the very first season. Her backstory was that she had found her husband cheating and decided that instead of leaving him they would move to a new city for a fresh start. At first, she loved her new home but that's before she uncovered its past. We haven't seen her since the first season but this character, played by Connie Britton is scheduled to appear in AHS: Apocalypse.
What was the name of this character?
This character was once married to Elsa's right-hand woman Ethel Darling and they had a son (Jimmy) together. He was a strongman and the type of man who would do anything to make easy money. He even sold tickets for folks to come and watch his wife give birth! Now if that's not low we don't know what is. He is now married to Desiree and is keen to be the man in charge. Who can tell us the name of this Freak Show character?
Who remembers this character?
Lily Rabe is an AHS mainstay who first appeared in the very first season as one of the many ghosts of the house. In the second and third seasons, she enjoyed prominent roles and reprised her character from Asylum for a small appearance in Freak Show. She had a small role in Hotel and then a leading role once again in Roanoke. She was absent from Cult but is scheduled to return for Apocalypse. What was the name of the character that she played in AHS: Coven?
Who is this?
This character is portrayed by Cuba Gooding, Jr. who is best known for his roles in movies like Boyz n the Hood, A Few Good Men, Outbreak, Jerry Maguire, and Men of Honor. In season six (Roanoke) he played a fame-hungry actor who portrays Matt Miller in the in-story documentary "My Roanoke Nightmare". Although he appears to be a caring person he is actually self-centered, focused only on achieving his ambitions, no matter what the cost. Who can name this dodgy character?
What was the name of this character?
Cheyenne Jackson first joined AHS in the fifth season when he played the role of Will Drake, the unfortunate fashion designer who decides to buy the Hotel Cortez. He also played the role of Dr. Rudy Vincent in Cult and is set to return again for AHS: Apocolayse. In season six (Roanoke) he played the role of the pompous creator and producer of the in-universe documentary "My Roanoke Nightmare". This was a character willing to do whatever it took to bring him fame. What was his name?