American Horror Story Hotel Cast News: Chloe Sevigny Returning as Series Regular
Actress Chloe Sevigny is returning to FX's "American Horror Story" for season five's "Hotel," this time as part of the regular cast.
"American Horror Story" executive producer, Ryan Murphy announced on Twitter he is bringing back "Bloodline" actress Chloe Sevigny as a series regular for season five of the FX horror television show titled "Hotel."
Actress, model and fashion designer Sevigny who received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her critically acclaimed performance in her first mainstream role in the 1999 film, "Boys Don't Cry," initially appeared on six episodes of the second season, "American Horror Story: Asylum" as the doomed nymphomaniac Shelley.
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No official word on her character has yet been announced for season five, which premieres in October this year. The 40-year-old actress will be joining the rest of the previously announced cast, including Lady Gaga in her first regular TV role, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, and Wes Bentley.
Sevigny first appeared in the controversial 1995 film "Kids" alongside Rosario Dawson, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance as a teenager who contracts AIDS during her first sexual experience.
Throughout her career, she has chosen independent and well-received film and television projects, establishing her reputation as an avant-garde and indie film actress.
In 2003, she starred in the controversial art house film, "The Brown Bunny," where she performing unsimulated sex acts with her co-star and the film's director, Vincent Gallo. Despite backlash from the movie, her performance was praised by film critics, and she went on to star in other projects, such as Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" in 2004, and in HBO's "Big Love" series where she had a five season run from 2006 to 2011 as a conniving shopaholic second wife to a polygamist Mormon husband.
"American Horror Story: Hotel" marks her 15th television series role to date.
