Ariana Grande joins American Horror Story Season 13 cast

Ariana Grande will join a roster of returning franchise regulars for Season 13 of American Horror Story, which is slated to premiere around Halloween 2026 on FX, Ryan Murphy Productions announced in a Halloween-era video. The casting reveal names Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman and Jessica Lange alongside Grande. Plot details and character assignments were not released.

The announcement was posted as a short reel that listed the ensemble over music and unsettling imagery and concluded with the line, "Surprise, bitch. I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me." The video did not indicate whether returning performers will reprise earlier roles; the series frequently casts familiar actors in new parts each season. Grande is the only performer in the new announcement identified as a newcomer to the anthology, though she previously appeared in the Murphy-created series Scream Queens in 2015.

Jessica Lange’s return is one of the most notable elements of the reveal. Lange last appeared on the show in 2018’s Apocalypse, reprising the role of Constance Langdon from the series’ debut season. Her...