Valencia Florence

Valencia Florence is a main character in American Horror Story: Prison portrayed by Sarah Paulson. She is an inmate at Terra Penitentiary in Butte, Montana. A former mother, wife and armed thief.

Background
Valencia's father Christo St. Morta was a professional jewel thief who commanded a crew of thieves of assorted complex backgrounds in Helena, Montana and was a passionate, loving husband to her mother Isolde St. Morta who was a former prostitute turned hard working cleaner. They are killed by the devil possessed enforcer Bartholomew Roberts.

In 1947 Valencia at the end of a loveless marriage with her husband Antonio Florence in a trance smothers their infant daughter Lillian-Rose. Antonio tries to kill Valencia via pinning her and choking her to death, she passes into unconsciousness and is about to be buried by a broken Antonio in their backyard when she suddenly regains consciousness. She shoots Antonio in the head then promptly buries him in her place, though is shaken with all her decisions.

In 1949 after bouncing around and working on the side with Arthur Arden from Massachusetts prior to him beginning his contract at Briarcliff she comes into armed robbery. Establishing a crew of her own that come under the control of a corrupt officer Lancelot Tiberaux. She was incredibly protective of young female crew member Martine Montgomery. By Lancelot's plan Valencia and the crew The Mark Le Wonder's orchestrated the armed robbery of Butte's Memorial Trust bank. The heist went horribly awry and all but Valencia and Walt Rikers were killed. Walt escaped the scene however Valencia was apprehended after being shot and bleeding profusely. Arresting officers were Detective Jack Colquitt before his transfer to Jupiter, Florida and Frank McCann before his turn at Briarcliff and subsequent death. Prior to her arrest she saw the true form of the devil.