Sarah Paulson portrays Aileen Wuornos in chilling new ‘Monster’ season

Sarah Paulson was spotted on the streets of Los Angeles in character as Aileen Wuornos.

On Thursday, December 18, Paulson was photographed for the first time portraying the late serial killer near the set of the fourth season of Netflix's Monster anthology series.

The 51-year-old actress was seen with red hair, wearing a maroon robe over grey sweatpants, and carrying a to go bag from a SusieCakes location in the Los Angeles area.

As per PEOPLE magazine report, the bakery chain was founded in 2006, while the serial killer Paulson is portraying was executed in 2002, so "it's likely the images were just taken as Paulson was grabbing catering in between takes (and that the bag itself won't make a cameo in any final cut)."

The Run actress’ involvement in the upcoming season of Ryan Murphy's crime series was confirmed in recent weeks.

The season will follow Wuornos, a woman convicted in Florida of six murders committed between 1989 and 1990 along a central Florida highway.

She died by lethal injection on October 9, 2002, and was suspected of a seventh killing, though the body of the alleged victim was never found.

Moreover, Wuornos was also the subject of the 2025 Netflix documentary Aileen: Queen of Serial Killers and the 2003 Charlize Theron starring film Monster and Theron, now 50 won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her performance in the film.

The Monster’s highly anticipated season 4 is expected to be released in fall 2026.