15 Best American Horror Story Cast Members
8. Taissa Farmiga
Taissa Farmiga deserves just as much credit as Ryan Murphy and mainstays Evan Peters, Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson for American Horror Story's success.
In Murder House, she plays Violet Harmon, the troubled daughter of Ben and Vivien (Connie Britton), and the glue holding the season's characters together. As Violet, Farmiga was relatable, naive, moral, flawed and disastrous.
Farmiga was a revelation in the role given how young she was, and though she was noticeably missing from Asylum, her big return in Coven made it clear that she was a star in the making - and one of the show's most compelling players.
In Coven, she played Zoe Benson, a witch who finds herself stuck between a rock and a hard place but still manages to push through her adversity.
Other than a fleeting role in Roanoke and an all-too-brief role reprisal in Apocalypse, Farmiga hasn't had a lead role on the show since her days with Cordelia Goode (Sarah Paulson) and the coven, and her absence has been a tough one to shake over the years.