World's Smallest Woman To Appear On American Horror Story: Freak Show

BANGALORE: The U.S. drama series American Horror Story has quite a casting coup for its fourth season: Jyoti Amge, the world’s shortest woman.

Amge, from India, is just 2ft 0.6in tall, and the part is her first acting role. She has previously been seen on documentary Body Shock: Two Foot High Teen, and in Bigg Boss 6, a Big Brother-style reality series in her home country.

The show’s creator Ryan Murphy announced the news on his Twitter account, picturing her alongside co-star Jessica Lange. Lange has starred in each of the four seasons, though always playing different characters – like True Detective, the show begins again with an entirely new setting and storyline.

Its previous season, Coven, focused on the descendants of the Salem witches, while season four’s Freak Show will be set in a carnival in 1950. Murphy has dropped some vague hints about its content, saying: “If you look historically what happened in the year 1950, there’s some more clues in that year. It’s a period piece. We try to do the opposite of what we’ve done before. Jessica Lange has already started practising her German accent so I’m very excited … [she] has always wanted to play a Marlene Dietrich figure, and now she gets to.”

Series regulars Kathy Bates and Sarah Paulson will be back, joined by new cast members including Michael Chiklis and singer Patti LaBelle. Chiklis, known for his long-running lead role in The Shield, will play a strongman who is married to a character played by Angela Bassett, who also returns to the show; LaBelle will play the mother of Gabourey Sidibe’s character. Sidibe has already played a witch in Coven.

The series begins in the UK on 1 October, on Fox.