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American Horror Story is an American erotic thriller television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters, settings, and a storyline with its own beginning, middle, and end. However, Murphy has stated that all of the seasons are and will be connected by the end of the series.

The first season, subtitled Murder House, takes place during 2011 in Los Angeles, California and centers on a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants. The second season, subtitled Asylum, takes place during 1964 in Massachusetts and focuses on the stories of the inmates and staff of an institution for the criminally insane. The third season, subtitled Coven, takes place during 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana and follows a coven of witches who face off against those who wish to destroy them. The fourth season, subtitled Freak Show, takes place during 1952 in Jupiter, Florida and focuses on one of the last remaining freak shows in America and its struggle to survive. The fifth season, subtitled Hotel, takes place during 2015 in Los Angeles, California and centers on the unusual guests and staff of a supernatural hotel.

While few actors have made appearances in each season of the series, numerous actors appear in two, three, or four out of the five seasons. Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe are the only three actors to appear in every season of the series. Jessica Lange, Denis O'Hare, and Frances Conroy have appeared in four out of the five seasons, while Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Jamie Brewer, Gabourey Sidibe, and Mare Winningham have all appeared in three seasons. Actors who have appeared in two seasons include Taissa Farmiga, Emma Roberts, Dylan McDermott, Zachary Quinto, Chloë Sevigny, Finn Wittrock, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Alexandra Breckenridge, Ben Woolf, Christine Estabrook, Matt Ross, Anthony Ruivivar, Robin Bartlett, Naomi Grossman, Danny Huston, Grace Gummer, and John Carroll Lynch.

Although each season follows a different storyline, there have been characters who have overlapped into multiple seasons. Marcy (Estabrook), Dr. Charles Montgomery (Ross), Billie Dean Howard (Paulson), Sister Mary Eunice McKee (Rabe), Dr. Arthur Arden (Cromwell), Pepper (Grossman), and Queenie (Sidibe) are the only characters to appear in multiple seasons. Marcy, Dr. Charles Montgomery, and Billie Dean Howard have all appeared and re-appeared in Murder House and Hotel, while Sister Mary Eunice McKee, Dr. Arthur Arden, and Pepper have all appeared and re-appeared in Asylum and Freak Show. Queenie makes her appearances in Coven and Hotel, respectively. There has also been instances where actors play multiple characters in one season. The only two actors who have portrayed multiple characters in one season are Sarah Paulson, who portrayed Sally McKenna and Billie Dean Howard in Hotel, and Finn Wittrock, who portrayed Tristan Duffy and Rudolph Valentino in Hotel.

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