Billie Dean Howard

 Billie Dean Howard  is a medium who is hired by Constance, and later, Iris. She is a character in American Horror Story portrayed by Sarah Paulson.

Background
Billie Dean Howard is a medium Constance found on Craigslist. She has been helping Constance for years, trying to get Tate Langdon to move on to the next world. Billie Dean mentions she is in the process of shooting a reality show for Lifetime, in which she would help the bereaved communicate with their dearly departed loved ones. Later this becomes true, as she is confirmed to be a famous medium among celebrities.

Appearance
Billie Dean Howard is a middle-aged woman who dresses "business casual." She often wears suit coats with jewelry or floral shirts. Her character was called a “Lee Press-On Nails Psychic” to explain her sometimes "cheap" look. Her hair is medium blonde, parted toward the right side and curled at the ends. Her complexion is pale and she wears makeup, light lipstick, mascara, and eyeliner. She has a furrowed brow and a serious expression on her face and plump, full lips.

Personality
Her character as the psychic medium is self-involved and brash. She takes herself very seriously. In this, we can find a bit of humor in her personality. She is very involved in her work and gets the job done to the best of her ability. She works with Constance trying to communicate with her son, Tate. She is afraid of Tate because his presence is too strong for her to handle. While working with Constance, Billie Dean is able to explore the other spirits living in the Murder House

Story
Billie conducts a seance to contact Addy and Constance introduces her to Violet Harmon. [3]

Billie Dean tells Constance that a child conceived by a human woman and ghostly father would be the Anti-Christ who will bring about the end of times. [4]

Constance and Violet seek her help to get rid of Chad and Patrick. She tells them of one very successful exorcism, in the year 1590, at the Roanoke Colony. Billie Dean says that all settlers died and subsequently haunted the local Native Americans. One of the elders used property that the English settlers left behind and burned it. He then said "Croatoan" to cast a spell to banish them. Billie Dean recognizes that Violet is dead and speaks to her through telepathy. She tells Violet that she is sorry that she died so young. Violet pleads with her not to tell Constance. Billie Dean talks about the great evils and the energy that feeds the house, lamenting all the regret and pain many of the spirits feel. Tate then appears in the background. She is visibly shaken and states that "He cannot be here". When Violet asks what Billie Dean's reaction was all about, Constance replies that it was because it is emotionally difficult for a medium to encounter a dead person. Since Violet herself is dead and Billie Dean has no problem with her, Violet suspects this is untrue. However, she later learns the truth about Tate's background.

Billie Dean Howard is invited at the Hotel Cortez by Iris, in order to communicate with her friend Liz Taylor's deceased boyfriend, Tristan Duffy. Billie Dean wants also to film an episode of her hit Lifetime show in the notoriously supernatural hotel. The medium wades through the sea of ghost voices and senses a strong masculine presence, and explains that Tristan simply doesn't want to speak to Liz.

On October 30th, 2022, after three TV special filmed at the Hotel Cortez, Billie Dean tries to communicate with John Lowe's ghost on Devil's Night for her TV show and then joining the serial killer dinner ghosts without her camera crew. She is threatened and told to keep her mouth shut by the ghosts and Ramona Royale, then sent running from the Hotel Cortez.