All of Billie Lourd’s ‘American Horror Story’ Characters, Ranked
Since joining the FX anthology series ‘American Horror Story‘ during its seventh season, Billie Lourd has become one of the franchise’s most prominent recurring performers. Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the horror program features an ensemble cast taking on distinct roles across various thematic installments.
Lourd has portrayed six different characters throughout the series, ranging from real-life figures and medical researchers to supernatural witches and camp counselors. Each role highlights a different narrative dynamic, showcasing her characters’ varied motivations and fates within the franchise’s interconnected universe.
Linda Kasabian
Linda Kasabian is a real-life historical figure and former member of the Manson Family whom Billie Lourd portrays during flashbacks in ‘American Horror Story: Cult’. In the season’s tenth episode, cult leader Kai Anderson recounts the notorious 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders to his followers. Kasabian acts as the getaway driver for the group but refuses to enter the residences or harm any of the victims. She ultimately flees the compound and serves as the star witness for the prosecution during the subsequent criminal trial.
Lark Feldman
Lark Feldman is an unlicensed dentist and tattoo artist operating in Provincetown during ‘American Horror Story: Double Feature’. She runs a local studio where she caters to creative residents who consume mysterious black pills that induce intense cravings for human blood. To assist these individuals with their feeding habits, Lark sharpens their natural teeth into pointed, predatory fangs. She also creates body art for the town’s afflicted population while remaining detached from the broader supernatural conflict unfolding in the community.
Dr. Hannah Wells
Dr. Hannah Wells is a dedicated biochemist and virologist conducting medical research in New York City during ‘American Horror Story: NYC’. While analyzing biological samples on Fire Island, she identifies a mysterious pathogen spreading through the local deer population. Hannah warns municipal health officials about the potential danger to humans, though her findings are largely disregarded by authorities. As the epidemic claims numerous lives across the city, Hannah contracts the fatal illness during her pregnancy and eventually passes away.
Mallory
Mallory enters ‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’ as the timid personal assistant to wealthy socialite Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt inside the Outpost 3 bunker. She is later revealed to be an exceptionally powerful witch placed under an identity spell to protect her from the Antichrist, Michael Langdon. Recognizing Mallory as the successor to Supreme Cordelia Goode, the surviving coven instructs her to perform the dangerous time-travel spell known as Tempus Infinitum. Mallory successfully travels back to 2015, where she runs over Michael with a vehicle before his dark powers can manifest, resetting the global timeline.
Winter Anderson
Winter Anderson is introduced in ‘American Horror Story: Cult’ as the conflicted younger sister of manipulative political extremist Kai Anderson. Following the 2016 election, she infiltrates the household of Ally and Ivy Mayfair-Richards by taking a position as their young son’s nanny. Winter exposes the child to dark-web murder videos and actively assists in her brother’s campaign of terror across their Michigan suburb. Although she gradually grows alienated by Kai’s escalating misogyny, her brother wrongly suspects her of betraying his inner circle and strangles her to death.
Montana Duke
Montana Duke is an energetic aerobics enthusiast who works as a counselor during ‘American Horror Story: 1984’. Harboring a secret vendetta against fellow counselor Brooke Thompson for the death of her brother, Montana enlists serial killer Richard Ramirez to exact revenge. Her scheme falls apart when Brooke fatally stabs her, binding Montana’s spirit to the grounds of Camp Redwood as an undead ghost. Over the ensuing decades, Montana engages in continuous bloodshed against camp visitors before eventually making peace with Brooke in the afterlife.
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