Sarah Pidgeon built Carolyn Bessette from outside accounts in FX's "Love Story"

Sarah Pidgeon plays Carolyn Bessette in FX's Ryan Murphy limited series "Love Story," nominated for seven Emmys. She told Deadline at Contenders Television on 17 August 2026 that Bessette "never spoke on the record," so the production built the character from other people's accounts. Filming, Pidgeon said, awakened her own awareness of being watched — something she connected to what Bessette may have experienced.