Five of American Horror Story: Coven's ladies are up for Emmys this year, and we're campaigning for all of their incredible performances. Jessica Lange — who won outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie in 2012 for the show's first season — and Sarah Paulson are competing against each other in the outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or movie category, while Frances Conroy, Kathy Bates, and Angela Bassett are all nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie. While we know they can't all take home the gold, we did come up with 22 times they proved that they all deserve Emmys. Take a look before the ceremony on Aug. 25 — and definitely before the new season premieres on Oct. 8!
She will ruin you.
Her performance here might be even better than when she portrayed Annie Wilkes — and she won an Oscar for that.
This character could have been totally off the wall, but Bassett made Marie as realistic as a voodoo witch with a vendetta could possibly be.
OK, it isn't real human blood, but still.
Such a poor choice, but so well-acted.
Not only are we afraid of Fiona, we're legitimately afraid of Jessica Lange.
In case you forgot, Cordelia also stabs her own eyes.
There is an actual GIF of this scene, but we figured we'd spare your eyes. Pun intended.
We knew even from this promo that Coven was going to kick ass.