The Cast of ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’
(READ ABOUT HOW LADY GAGA WILL BE STARRING IN AMERICAN HORROR STORY’S FIFTH SEASON HERE.)
Series co-creator Ryan Murphy has said that the season draws inspiration from Tod Browning’s 1932 classic Freaks, and the eerie, low-budget, 1962 thriller Carnival of Souls.
You can read AV Club‘s review of the season premiere episode “Monsters Among Us,” here.
Anyway, while that’s all well and good, let us get right to the meat of the matter as far as PeekYou is concerned; PeekScores.
Below we’ve taken the principal cast of AHS‘s newest season and sorted them out according to the relative sizes of their “digital footprints”; meaning, the degrees to which each actor is prominent, influential, and/or making an impact in cyberspace.
Clicking through the items on the below list will lead you to each actor’s PeekYou page, from where you can explore websites, social pages, videos, photos, and much more.
| Rank | Picture | Name | Character | PeekScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Emma Roberts | Maggie Esmerelda | 9.16 / 10.00 |
| 2 |  |
Jessica Lange | Elsa Mars | 8.78 / 10.00 |
| 3 |  |
Kathy Bates | Ethel Darling | 8.14 / 10.00 |
| 4 |  |
Sarah Paulson | Bette and Dot Tattler | 8.13 / 10.00 |
| 5 |  |
Angela Bassett | Desiree Dupree | 8.10 / 10.00 |
| 6 |  |
Gabourey Sidibe | TBA | 7.81 / 10.00 |
| 7 |  |
Taissa Farmiga | Zoe Benson | 7.50 / 10.00 |
| 8 |  |
Frances Conroy | Gloria Mott | 7.40 / 10.00 |
| 9 |  |
Michael Chiklis | Dell Toledo | 7.32 / 10.00 |
| 10 |  |
Denis O’Hare | Stanley | 7.30 / 10.00 |
| 11 |  |
Evan Peters | Jimmy Darling | 7.26 / 10.00 |
| 12 |  |
Finn Wittrock | Dandy Mott | 7.05 / 10.00 |