Lily Rabe
The daughter of playwright David Rabe and actress Jill Clayburgh, Lily Rabe was born in New York City and spent her childhood in Bedford, NY. She attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, and later went on to pursue her college degree at Northwestern. She graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre. After college Rabe returned to New York City where she took roles in local theater including a series of one-act plays mounted by the Naked Angels theater company. Rabe made her debut on Broadway in 2005, playing Annelle in the stage revival of "Steel Magnolias," a performance which garnered her a Drama Desk Award nomination. In 2006 Rabe played Ellie in a production of George Bernard Shaw's play "Heartbreak House," mounted by the Roundabout Theatre Company. Rabe's big screen debut came when she played the role of Tess in "Never Again" (2001), a movie starring her mother. In 2003 Rabe appeared as a student in the ensemble drama "Mona Lisa Smile." In 2007 Rabe was cast in a minor role in the Catherine Zeta-Jones romantic comedy "No Reservations." In 2008 Rabe appeared in two episodes of the TV series "Medium" (NBC/CBS 2005-2011), which starred Patricia Arquette. In 2011 Rabe was given a recurring role in the popular anthology series "American Horror Story" (FX 2011- ). In 2015 Rabe was cast in "Pawn Sacrifice," a biopic about the chessmaster Bobby Fischer. She was also cast as the star in the thriller series "The Whispers" (ABC 2015).
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Lily Rabe
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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87% |
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The Great Lillian Hall | Margaret Tanner (Character) | - | 2024 |
47% | No Score Yet | Downtown Owl |
Julia Rabia (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2023 |
51% |
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The Tender Bar | Dorothy (Character) | - | 2021 |
56% |
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Fractured | Joanne Monroe (Character) | - | 2019 |
22% |
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Sgt. Will Gardner | Mary-Anne Mackey (Character) | - | 2019 |
46% |
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Finding Steve McQueen | Sharon Price (Character) | - | 2018 |
64% |
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Vice | Liz Cheney (Character) | $47.8M | 2018 |
67% |
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Golden Exits | Sam (Character) | $37.5K | 2017 |
65% |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena (Character) | - | 2017 |
73% |
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The Wizard of Lies | Catherine Hooper (Character) | - | 2017 |
91% |
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Miss Stevens | Rachel Stevens (Character) | $3.9K | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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The Veil | Sarah Hope (Character) | - | 2016 |
72% |
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Pawn Sacrifice | Joan Fischer (Character) | $2.4M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Redemption Trail | Anna (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Aftermath | Samantha (Character) | $3.0K | 2013 |
86% |
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Letters From the Big Man | Sarah (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Weakness | Katharine Browne (Character) | - | 2010 |
34% |
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All Good Things | Deborah Lehrman (Character) | $578.4K | 2010 |
40% |
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The Toe Tactic | Mona Peek (Character) | - | 2008 |
43% |
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No Reservations | Bernadette (Character) | $43.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
|
A Crime | Sophie (Character) | - | 2006 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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63% | 88% | Love & Death | Betty Gore (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2023 |
94% | 87% | Shrinking | Meg (Guest Star) | 2023 |
41% | 57% | The First Lady | Lorena "Hick" Hickock (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2022 |
77% | 66% | American Horror Story |
Sister Mary Eunice McKee (Character), Misty Day (Guest Star) |
2011-2016 2021 |
52% | 90% | Tell Me Your Secrets |
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2021 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2021 |
75% | 66% | The Undoing | Sylvia Steineitz (Character) | 2020 |
71% | 70% | The Whispers | Claire Bennigan (Character) | 2015 |
93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Petra Moritz (Guest Star) | 2011 2013 2015 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
74% | 82% | Nip/Tuck | Lanie Ainge (Guest Star) | 2008 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Nikki (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 76% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |