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Lily Rabe

Lily Rabe

Highest Rated: 91% Miss Stevens (2016)

Lowest Rated: 22% Sgt. Will Gardner (2019)

Birthday: Jun 29, 1982

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

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).

Highest rated movies

91% 69% Miss Stevens
87% 95% The Great Lillian Hall
86% 54% Letters From the Big Man
73% 64% The Wizard of Lies 72% 66% Pawn Sacrifice 67% 36% Golden Exits 65% 65% A Midsummer Night's Dream 64% 61% Vice

Filmography

Movies

Credit
87% 95% The Great Lillian Hall Margaret Tanner (Character) - 2024
47% No Score Yet Downtown Owl Julia Rabia (Character),
Director,
Producer
- 2023
51% 70% The Tender Bar Dorothy (Character) - 2021
57% 53% Fractured Joanne Monroe (Character) - 2019
22% 88% Sgt. Will Gardner Mary-Anne Mackey (Character) - 2019
46% 61% Finding Steve McQueen Sharon Price (Character) - 2018
64% 61% Vice Liz Cheney (Character) $47.8M 2018
67% 36% Golden Exits Sam (Character) $37.5K 2017
65% 65% A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena (Character) - 2017
73% 64% The Wizard of Lies Catherine Hooper (Character) - 2017
91% 69% Miss Stevens Rachel Stevens (Character) $3.9K 2016
No Score Yet 23% The Veil Sarah Hope (Character) - 2016
72% 66% Pawn Sacrifice Joan Fischer (Character) $2.4M 2014
No Score Yet 56% Redemption Trail Anna (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 50% Aftermath Samantha (Character) $3.0K 2013
86% 54% Letters From the Big Man Sarah (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 41% Weakness Katharine Browne (Character) - 2010
35% 37% All Good Things Deborah Lehrman (Character) $578.4K 2010
40% 38% The Toe Tactic Mona Peek (Character) - 2008
42% 62% No Reservations Bernadette (Character) $43.1M 2007
No Score Yet 44% A Crime Sophie (Character) - 2006

TV

Credit
63% 88% Love & Death Betty Gore (Character) 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2023
92% 87% Shrinking Meg (Guest Star) 2023
41% 56% 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 Emma Hall/Karen Miller (Character) 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% 91% The Good Wife Petra Moritz (Guest Star) 2011 2013 2015
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
74% 81% Nip/Tuck Lanie Ainge (Guest Star) 2008
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Nikki (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2005