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Lily Rabe

Acting

Born June 29, 1982 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Lily Rabe (born June 29, 1982) is an American actress. She is best known for her multiple roles on the FX anthology horror series American Horror Story (2011–2021). For her performance as Portia in the Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film credits include What Just Happened (2008), All Good Things (2010), Pawn Sacrifice(2014), Miss Stevens (2016), Golden Exits (2017), Vice (2018), Fractured (2019), and The Tender Bar (2021). On television, she appeared in the series The Whispers (2015), The Undoing (2020), The Underground Railroad (2021), and The First Lady (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lily Rabe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 2011 · nominated

Filmography38 titles

American Horror Story

2011as Lavinia Richter

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Nikki West

Shrinking

2023as Meg

Love & Death

2023as Betty Gore

The Good Wife

2009as Petra Moritz

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Siena Boatman

Legion

2017as Joan Barrett

Medium

2005as Joanna Wheeler

The Undoing

2020as Sylvia Steinetz

Saving Grace

2007as Sarah Cullen

Law & Order

1990as Andrea Wheaton

Letters from the Big Man

2011as Sarah

Nip/Tuck

2003as Lanie Ainge

The Great Lillian Hall

2024as Margaret Tanner

Vice

2018as Liz Cheney

Mona Lisa Smile

2003as Art History Student

Fractured

2019as Joanne Monroe

The Whispers

2015as Claire Bennigan

Pawn Sacrifice

2014as Joan Fischer

No Reservations

2007as Bernadette

The Tender Bar

2021as Dorothy Maguire

The Wizard of Lies

2017as Catherine Hooper

Miss Stevens

2016as Rachel Stevens

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

2025as Sarah's Mother

Finding Steve McQueen

2019as Sharon Price

All Good Things

2010as Deborah Lehrman

The First Lady

2022as Lorena Hickok

Golden Exits

2017as Sam

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Downtown Owl

2023as Julia Rabia

What Just Happened

2008as Dwan

Redemption Trail

2013as Anna

The Veil

2016as Sarah Hope

SGT. Will Gardner

2019as Mary-Anne Mackey

Weakness

2010as Katharine Browne

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2017as Helena

This Ordinary Thing

2025as Self (voice)

You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

2016