Award-winning actress Kathy Bates can currently be seen on the popular FX anthology series American Horror Story. She won her second Emmy for her role as Madame Delphine LaLaurie in the third season, American Horror Story: Coven, and then appeared as Ethel Darling in American Horror Story: Freak Show.
Bates won her first Emmy for a 2012 guest appearance on Two and a Half Men. She also starred as Harry on critically-acclaimed NBC drama Harry's Law. Six Feet Under fans recognize the esteemed thesp as recurring character Bettina on that program.
Bates won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance as Annie Wilkes in the feature film Misery and played the role of the Queen of Hearts in Syfy miniseries Alice.
She appeared in such other features as Fried Green Tomatoes, Titanic, Primary Colors, About Schmidt, The Waterboy, The Blind Side and Midnight in Paris and guest-starred on several television programs.