Chloë Sevigny is an American actress and director who made her film debut in the controversial 1995 drama Kids, portraying a teenage girl in inner-city New York who discovers she is HIV-positive. She went on to appear in several independent features, including two directed by her then-boyfriend, Harmony Korine (writer of Kids): Gummo (1997) and Julien Donkey-Boy (1998), before obtaining a lead role as Lana Tisdel in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a fact-based drama about the murder of trans man Brandon Teena. The film earned her numerous accolades, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

She went on to have numerous supporting roles in the early 2000s in such films as American Psycho (2000); Party Monster and Dogville (both 2003); and a lead role in the controversial independent film The Brown Bunny (also 2003), for which she received significant press coverage and criticism for performing on-screen unsimulated oral sex on the film's male lead and writer-director, Vincent Gallo. In 2006, Sevigny was cast in the HBO series Big Love, portraying Nicolette Grant, a fundamentalist Mormon who practices polygamy in 21st-century Utah. The series spanned a total of five seasons, for the third of which she earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

After the conclusion of Big Love in 2011, Sevigny appeared again in television, guest-starring on Portlandia (2013) as well as appearing in central roles on two seasons of American Horror Story: Asylum (2012) and Hotel (2015). In 2017, she had a supporting role in the drama Lean on Pete, followed by a lead role portraying Lizzie Borden in the drama Lizzie (2018). Sevigny made her directorial debut with the short film Kitty, which premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, followed by the short film Carmen, which she directed for a 2017 Miu Miu campaign. In 2019, she appeared in a lead role in Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy The Dead Don't Die, and in the drama The True Adventures of Wolfboy.

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Year Title Role Notes 1995 Kids Jennie 1996 Trees Lounge Debbie 1997 Gummo Dot Also costume designer 1998 Palmetto Odette The Last Days of Disco Alice Kinnon 1999 Boys Don't Cry Lana Tisdel Julien Donkey-Boy Pearl A Map of the World Carole Mackessy 2000 American Psycho Jean 2002 Ten Minutes Older Segment 4: "Int. Trailer. Night." Demonlover Elise Lipsky 2003 Party Monster Gitsie Death of a Dynasty Sexy Woman Dogville Liz Henson The Brown Bunny Daisy Shattered Glass Caitlin Avey 2004 Melinda and Melinda Laurel Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Herself Cameo 2005 Manderlay Philomena Broken Flowers Carmen's Assistant 3 Needles Clara 2006 Lying Megan Sisters Grace Collier 2007 Zodiac Melanie 2009 The Killing Room Emily Reilly My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? Ingrid Beloved Kim Short film 2010 All Flowers in Time Holly Short film Beautiful Darling Candy Darling Voice only; documentary film Barry Munday Jennifer Farley Mr. Nice Judy Marks 2013 Lovelace Rebecca The Wait Emma 2014 Little Accidents Kendra Briggs Electric Slide Charlotte The Beckoning Short film 2015 Black Dog, Red Dog Ali #Horror Alex Cox 2016 Love & Friendship Alicia Johnson Antibirth Sadie Kitty Short film; writer and director 2017 Golden Exits Alyssa Beatriz at Dinner Shannon The Dinner Barbara Lohman Lean on Pete Bonnie The Snowman Sylvia Ottersen / Ane Pedersen Carmen Short film; co-writer and director 2018 Lizzie Lizzie Borden Also producer 2019 Love Is Blind Carolyn The Dead Don't Die Minerva Morrison White Echo Short film; director The True Adventures of Wolfboy Jen Harker Queen & Slim Mrs. Shepherd 2020 Slow Machine Chloë 2022 Bones and All Janelle Yearly 2024 Bonjour Tristesse Anne 2025 Atropia Pina John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Narrator Documentary film Magic Farm Edna After the Hunt Dr. Kim Sayers

Television

Year Title Role Notes 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Amy Television film 2004 Will & Grace Monet Episode: "East Side Story" 2005 Mrs. Harris Lynne Tryforos Television film 2006–2011 Big Love Nicolette Grant 53 episodes 2011 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself 2 episodes 2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Christine Hartwell Episode: "Valentine's Day" Hit & Miss Mia Miniseries; 6 episodes Louie Jeanie Episode: "Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes" American Horror Story: Asylum Shelley 6 episodes 2013 Portlandia Alexandra 9 episodes The Mindy Project Christina 6 episodes 2014 Doll & Em Herself 2 episodes Those Who Kill Catherine Jensen 10 episodes The Cosmopolitans Vicky Frasier Pilot 2015–2017 Bloodline Chelsea O'Bannon 24 episodes 2015–2016 American Horror Story: Hotel Dr. Alex Lowe 12 episodes 2016 Dr. Del Brandy Sommers Pilot 2017 Comrade Detective Sonya Baciu (voice) 5 episodes 2019–2022 Russian Doll Lenora Vulvokov 8 episodes 2019 The Act Mel 6 episodes 2020 We Are Who We Are Sarah Wilson 8 episodes 2022 The Girl from Plainville Lynn Roy 8 episodes 2023 Poker Face Ruby Ruin Episode: "Rest in Metal" 2024 Feud: Capote vs. The Swans C. Z. Guest 8 episodes Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez 8 episodes 2026 The Five-Star Weekend Tatum McKenzie Main cast The Real Housewives of New York City Herself Episode: "Gloves Off at the Gala"

Music videos

Year Title Role Artist 1992 "Sugar Kane" Girl Sonic Youth 1994 "Big Gay Heart" Girl at Club The Lemonheads 1995 "Old Jerusalem" Girl Palace Music 2005 "I Feel Like the Mother of the World" Maid Smog 2008 "Gamma Ray (Version 1)" Dancer Beck 2009 "Any Fun" Skateboarder Coconut Records "Lazy Slam" The Slits "It's Only You, Isn't It?" Car Owner Lissy Trullie 2011 "Make Some Noise/Fight For Your Right (Revisited)" Girl Beastie Boys 2024 "360" Herself Charli XCX

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