Lily Rabe

Actor

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).

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Known For

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American Horror Story

2011

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American Horror Story

2011

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American Horror Story

2011

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American Horror Story

2011

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American Horror Story

2011

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American Horror Story

2011

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American Horror Story

2011

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

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Vice

2018

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Fractured

2019

Acting

2025 A Big Bold Beautiful Journey as Sarah's Mother In Library

2025 This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)

2024 The Great Lillian Hall as Margaret Tanner

2024 Presumed Innocent as Dr. Liz Rush (4 episodes)

2023 Downtown Owl as Julia Rabia

2023 Love & Death as Betty Gore (7 episodes)

2023 Shrinking as Meg (11 episodes)

2022 The First Lady as Lorena Hickok (10 episodes)

2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self (1 episode)

2021 The Tender Bar as Dorothy Maguire

2021 The Underground Railroad as Ethel (2 episodes)

2021 Tell Me Your Secrets as Emma (10 episodes)

2020 The Undoing as Sylvia Steinetz (6 episodes)

2019 Finding Steve McQueen as Sharon Price

2019 Fractured as Joanne Monroe

2019 SGT. Will Gardner as Mary-Anne Mackey

2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self (1 episode)

2018 Golden Exits as Sam

2018 Vice as Liz Cheney

2017 The Wizard of Lies as Catherine Hooper

2017 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Helena

2017 A Bad Feeling as Karen

2017 Legion as Joan Barrett (1 episode)

2016 The Veil as Sarah Hope

2016 Miss Stevens as Rachel Stevens

2016 You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

2015 Pawn Sacrifice as Joan Fischer

2015 The Whispers as Claire Bennigan (13 episodes)

2013 Aftermath as Samantha

2013 Redemption Trail as Anna

2011 Letters from the Big Man as Sarah

2011 American Horror Story as Sister Mary Eunice McKee (14 episodes)

2011 American Horror Story as Misty Day (15 episodes)

2011 American Horror Story as Nora Montgomery (7 episodes)

2011 American Horror Story as Doris Gardner / Amelia Earhart (10 episodes)

2011 American Horror Story as Shelby Miller (10 episodes)

2011 American Horror Story as Aileen Wuornos (2 episodes)

2011 American Horror Story as Lavinia Richter (3 episodes)

2010 All Good Things as Deborah Lehrman

2010 Weakness as Katharine Browne

2009 The Toe Tactic as Mona Peek

2009 The Good Wife as Petra Moritz (3 episodes)

2008 What Just Happened as Dwan

2007 No Reservations as Bernadette

2007 Saving Grace as Sarah Cullen (1 episode)

2006 A Crime as Sophie

2005 Medium as Joanna Wheeler (2 episodes)

2003 Mona Lisa Smile as Art History Student

2003 Nip/Tuck as Lanie Ainge (1 episode)

2001 Never Again as Tess

2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Siena Boatman (1 episode)

1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Nikki West (1 episode)

1990 Law & Order as Andrea Wheaton (1 episode)

— We're Just Married

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Directing

2023 Downtown Owl Director

Production

2023 Downtown Owl Producer

— We're Just Married Producer