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Jyoti Amge joins cast of 'American Horror Story 4'

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Jyoti Amge, world's shortest living woman from India, is set to join the fourth season of 'American Horror Story', showrunner Ryan Murphy announced on twitter.

Amge, 20, is the world's smallest living woman, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. She earned the title on her 18th birthday with a height of 2 feet, 0.6 inches, said the Hollywood Reporter.

Season four of the series, subtitled 'Freak Show', is set in Jupiter, Florida, in the 1950s, with Jessica Lange in the lead role.

"Jessica and our newest cast member Jyoti Amge... The world's smallest woman," Murphy posted on twitter alongside a photo of Amge with Lange.
 

Amge was previously featured in a 2009 documentary, 'Body Shock: Two Foot High Teen'. She was a guest on 'Bigg Boss 6', an Indian version of international reality show 'Big Brother'.

Amge will have a four-episode arc in the show, playing the mother to Gabourey Sidibe's character.

Besides Amge other newcomers on the show are Michael Chiklis, 'The Hunger Games' actor Wes Bentley, 'Fargo' star John Carroll Lynch and 'The Normal Heart' actor Finn Wittrock.

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First Published: Aug 14 2014 | 3:01 PM IST

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