---
name: "Lily Rabe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lily-rabe"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 June 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T14:35:34.955095+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lily Rabe

Actor. Born 29 June 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 June 1982, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Frequently works with:** [David E. Kelley](https://film.one/person/david-e-kelley.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Rabe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1143816/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4888

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Undoing*](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md) (61), [*Love & Death*](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md) (56)

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## Biography

Lily Rabe is an American actress born on 29 June 1982 in New York City. She is the daughter of playwright David Rabe and actress Jill Clayburgh. She studied theatre at Northwestern University.

Rabe began her career on stage and screen in the early 2000s. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Portia in the 2010 Broadway production of *The Merchant of Venice*. She is best known for her multiple roles in the FX anthology series *American Horror Story* (2011–2021).

Her other notable credits include the films *Vice* (2018) and *Pawn Sacrifice* (2015), and the television series *The Undoing* (2020), in which she played Sylvia Steinetz, and *Love & Death* (2023), in which she played Betty Gore.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, eonline.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Love & Death* (2023), Fi1m 56, as Betty Gore — [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md)
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), Fi1m 86, as Ethel — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *The Undoing* (2020), Fi1m 61, as Sylvia Steinetz — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md)
- *Legion* (2017), Fi1m 77, as Joan Barrett — [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Petra Moritz — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Big Bold Beautiful Journey* (2025), as Sarah's Mother
- *The Great Lillian Hall* (2024), as Margaret Tanner
- *Presumed Innocent* (2024), series, as Dr. Liz Rush
- *Downtown Owl* (2023), Julia Rabia, Producer, Director
- *Love & Death* (2023), series, as Betty Gore — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md)
- *Shrinking* (2023), series, as Meg
- *The First Lady* (2022), series, as Lorena Hickok
- *The Tender Bar* (2021), as Dorothy Maguire
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), series, as Ethel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *Tell Me Your Secrets* (2021), series, as Emma
- *The Undoing* (2020), series, as Sylvia Steinetz — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md)
- *Fractured* (2019), as Joanne Monroe
- *Finding Steve McQueen* (2019), as Sharon Price
- *SGT. Will Gardner* (2019), as Mary-Anne Mackey
- *Vice* (2018), as Liz Cheney
- *Golden Exits* (2018), as Sam
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2017), as Helena
- *The Wizard of Lies* (2017), as Catherine Hooper
- *A Bad Feeling* (2017), as Karen
- *Legion* (2017), series, as Joan Barrett — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)
- *Miss Stevens* (2016), as Rachel Stevens
- *You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh* (2016), Acting
- *The Veil* (2016), as Sarah Hope
- *Pawn Sacrifice* (2015), as Joan Fischer
- *The Whispers* (2015), series, as Claire Bennigan
- *Redemption Trail* (2013), as Anna
- *Aftermath* (2013), as Samantha
- *Letters from the Big Man* (2011), as Sarah
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Sister Mary Eunice McKee, Misty Day, Nora Montgomery, Doris Gardner / Amelia Earhart, Shelby Miller, Aileen Wuornos, Lavinia Richter
- *All Good Things* (2010), as Deborah Lehrman
- *Weakness* (2010), as Katharine Browne
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Petra Moritz — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The Toe Tactic* (2009), as Mona Peek
- *What Just Happened* (2008), as Dwan
- *Saving Grace* (2007), series, as Sarah Cullen
- *No Reservations* (2007), as Bernadette
- *A Crime* (2006), as Sophie
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Joanna Wheeler
- *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), as Art History Student
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), series, as Lanie Ainge — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Siena Boatman
- *Never Again* (2001), as Tess
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Nikki West
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Andrea Wheaton
- *Capsized*, Acting
- *We're Just Married*, as Producer

## Gallery

- ![Lily Rabe](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-9c554cfa3276.jpg) Lily Rabe — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Lily_Rabe_PaleyFest_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lily Rabe in 2008, photographer Martyna Borkowski](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-4e4f50cd80db.jpg) Lily Rabe in 2008, photographer Martyna Borkowski — Rubenstein, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Lily_Rabe_2008_1.jpg/1280px-Lily_Rabe_2008_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lily Rabe signing autographs for pictures at the stage door of the John Golden Theater, after the performance of Seminar on Saturday 12 November 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-fc0d185cf06c.jpg) Lily Rabe signing autographs for pictures at the stage door of the John Golden Theater, after the performance of Seminar on Saturday 12 November 2011. — Marie-Lan Nguyen from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Lily_Rabe_November_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lily Rabe signing autographs for pictures at the stage door of the John Golden Theater, after the matinee performance of Seminar on Saturday 12 November 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-9281ec9f4dd0.jpg) Lily Rabe signing autographs for pictures at the stage door of the John Golden Theater, after the matinee performance of Seminar on Saturday 12 November 2011. — Marie-Lan Nguyen from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Lily_Rabe_November_2011_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lily Rabe](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-d7c38ef4ddff.jpg) Lily Rabe — Image via TMDB
- ![Lily Rabe](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-a924444b3b27.jpg) Lily Rabe — Image via TMDB
- ![Lily Rabe](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-329c1cbcd52a.jpg) Lily Rabe — Image via TMDB
- ![Lily Rabe](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-9f26a4968a6c.jpg) Lily Rabe — Image via TMDB
- ![Lily Rabe](https://film.one/media/person/483841/gallery-73758ba27b4f.jpg) Lily Rabe — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2011: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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