Like Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates has become a go-to grande dame for Ryan Murphy and his spooky FX franchise, having appeared in four seasons thus far.

"It was a tough summer for me [in 2012]. My show Harry’s Law got canceled. I got breast cancer. I really thought my career was over. My friend Jessica Lange got me a meeting with Ryan and he pitched the role of Delphine [on AHS: Coven]."



It’s a role that would earn her a second Emmy.

"I really can’t say it often enough: Ryan Murphy changed my life. I’m forever indebted to him. He’s given me a *panoply of amazing *characters to play with."

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