American Horror Story Season 13 began as a return to the Coven season, however now it appears to be shaping as much as be extra of a mixtape of the best characters to ever kind a coven, work in a circus, or survive a downtown Los Angeles lodge or the apocalypse. And with this biggest hits playlist of a season comes a flurry of fan-favorite characters that audiences can’t wait to see return.
Presently, the checklist of returning actors for Season 13 is each huge and improbable, with returning favorites that embrace Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts, Angela Bassett, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, John Carroll Lynch, Mat Fraser, Mena Suvari, Zach Villa, and Seth Gabel, in addition to new AHS castmembers Ariana Grande (who was in Ryan Murphy‘s Scream Queens), Paul Anthony Kelly (from Murphy’s Love Story), John Waters (a.okay.a.. the Pope of Trash), Berto Colón, Joey Pollari (Monster: The Ed Gein Story and The Magnificence), Madelaine Petsch, and extra.
Here’s a have a look at a couple of of the returning gamers and who they’re confirmed (and rumored) to play, in addition to who they performed in earlier seasons. Verify again for updates as extra characters are confirmed.
American Horror Story, Season 13, September 2026, FX