Sarah Paulson Will Star In Best-Selling Memoir TV Adaption Of ‘Untamed’

According to TVLine, Emmy winner Sarah Paulson (Ocean’s 8, Bird Box, Run), is set to lead in the television adaptation drama of Untamed, the bestselling memoir. The Hollywood Reporter claims that in the upcoming weeks, the studio will show the project—which is based on a memoir by Glennon Doyle (Love Warrior: A Memoir, Carry,On Warrior)—to possible investors. A full cast has yet to be confirmed.

Untamed will star Paulson as memoirist Glennon Doyle, a disgruntled mother and wife who embarks on a difficult journey of self-discovery after becoming attracted to a female.

Krista Vernoff (Rebels, The Uglies), a former showrunner for Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19, will write the adaptation, according to TVLine. This is her first TV project since leaving Grey’s and Station 19 last year. After being released in 2020, Untamed topped the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list for seven weeks in a row, selling over two million copies.

The Hollywood Reporter claims that additional executive producers will be Jessie Nelson (Apple’s Little Voice, Waitress: The Musical), Vernoff’s husband and producer partner Alexandre Schmitt (The Dreamers, Big Kiss), and Andrew Stearn (Shameless, Animal Kingdom) through the trio’s Trip the Light Productions.

The rights to Untamed were acquired by Bad Robot back in 2020, which is led by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Fringe). Nelson and Doyle were slated to co-write the first episode at that time. It was previously shopped at HBO Max, which is now Max, but it will now be available to a variety of potential purchasers. Following a personal request from Doyle, which they talked about on Doyle’s podcast We Can Do Hard Things, Paulson joined the project in 2022.

Paulson won an Emmy in 2016 for her role as prosecutor Marcia Clark in FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. She starred in nine seasons of American Horror Story. In 2021, she reteamed with producer Ryan Murphy (Feud, The Watcher) of Horror Story to play Linda Tripp, a whistleblower, in the television series Impeachment: American Crime Story. Her other television credits are from Studio 60 on Sunset Strip, Mrs. America, and Ratched.