Taissa Farmiga - "Violet Harmon", American Horror Story
Jessica Lange - "Constance Langdon", American Horror Story
Jena Malone - "Nancy McCoy", Hatfields and McCoys
Lily Rabe - "Nora Montgomery", American Horror Story
Mare Winningham - "Sally McCoy", Hatfields and McCoys
Teen characters on predominantly adult-cast shows are annoying at least as often as they're interesting, but Farmiga stood firmly in the latter category. The scene where Violet realizes she is dead is one of the show's high points. Lange's performance is a true diva turn, showing all the different layers of the facades Constance uses to alternately lull her neighbors into a false sense of security and distract herself from the tragedies of her life. Nancy McCoy's historical story is a puzzling one, but Malone made her actions, and especially her callous self-interest, feel plausible as those of a young woman who grew up in an environment saturated in violence. I found Rabe's performance fascinating when I watched it, bringing a sense of overheated Tennessee Williams-style melodrama to American Horror Story as the woman whose tragic motherhood has seeped into the house's character. Winningham's moment as Sally McCoy bid farewell to her sons as they're about to be executed was an emotional standout of the entire Hatfields and McCoys miniseries.
Honorable Mentions: Louise Brealey, Sherlock; Alexandra Breckenridge, American Horror Story; Frances Conroy, American Horror Story; Kate Mara, American Horror Story; Sarah Parish, Hatfields and McCoys; Molly Parker, Hemingway and Gellhorn; Sarah Paulson, Game Change; Lindsay Pulsipher, Hatfields and McCoys; Lara Pulver, Sherlock; Ruth Wilson, Luther
I Wouldn't Be Surprised to See: Gillian Anderson, Great Expectations; Judy Davis, Page Eight
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