who plays the psychiatrist on american horror story cult
American Horror Story: Cult Ally (Sarah Paulson) and Ivy Mayfair-Richards (Alison Pill) are a married couple with a son, named Oz (Cooper Dodson), who live in the fictitious city of Brookfield Heights, Michigan. Ally suffers from several phobias including coulrophobia, haemophobia, and trypophobia, which intensify after Donald Trump wins the 2016 election. She often speaks with her psychiatrist, Dr. Rudy Vincent Anderson (Cheyenne Jackson), whose estranged and manipulative brother Kai Anderson (Evan Peters) forms a cult of individuals fed up with the political climate of the United States. Kai utilizes the fear inflicted upon the community by the cult's violent actions, notably those toward Ally and her family, to strengthen his campaign for a seat on the City Council. Cult members include Kaiâ€™s sister Winter (Billie Lourd), newscast reporter Beverly Hope (Adina Porter), married couple Harrison (Billy Eichner) and Meadow Wilton (Leslie Grossman), detective Jack Samuels (Colton Haynes), Trump-supporter Gary Longstreet (Chaz Bono), Ivy and Ally.
Taissa Farmiga Although Farmiga initially planned to become an accountant,[10] she was persuaded to appear in her sister Vera Farmiga's directorial debut drama Higher Ground, playing the 16-year-old version of the lead character Corinne Walker.[11] Shortly after its premiere at the 2011 Sundance, and following rave reviews for her performance,[12] she was signed to talent agency ICM Partners.[13] That same year, Farmiga starred in the first season of FX's anthology series American Horror Story, launching her to worldwide prominence.[14] She portrayed Violet Harmon in American Horror Story: Murder House, the troubled adolescent daughter of Vivien (Connie Britton) and Ben Harmon (Dylan McDermott)[15][16] – a role she secured in her first professional acting audition.[17] Farmiga then joined the cast of Sofia Coppola's crime satire The Bling Ring, based on the real life group of the same name, portraying 17-year-old wild child Sam Moore.[18] The film opened in Un Certain Regard at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, to generally positive reviews.[19]