Question: who does lady gaga play in ahs hotel
Answer: Staff and residents of the hotel include the 111 - year - old `` vampire '' , Elizabeth / The Countess ( Lady Gaga ) , and her longtime paramour , the former drug - addict Donovan ( Matt Bomer ) , as well as Donovan 's mother , the manager and front desk clerk Iris ( Kathy Bates ) ; the eccentric transgender bartender Liz Taylor ( Denis O'Hare ) ; and the Countess ' vengeance - obsessed lover , Ramona Royale ( Angela Bassett ) .