Lily Rabe
Biography
Lily Rabe is an American actress who studied at Northwestern University before making her screen debut in 2001 and her Broadway debut in 2005. Born in New York City to playwright David Rabe and actress Jill Clayburgh, she earned a Drama Desk nomination for Steel Magnolias and a Tony Award nomination for playing Portia in The Merchant of Venice. She became known for multiple roles on American Horror Story, among them Nora Montgomery, Sister Mary Eunice, and Misty Day, and was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award. Her films include All Good Things (2010) and What Just Happened (2008), along with Pawn Sacrifice (2015), Fractured (2019), The Tender Bar (2021), Miss Stevens (2016), Golden Exits (2017), and Vice (2018). On television she also appeared in The Whispers, The Undoing, and The Underground Railroad.
44years old
Turns 45 on June 29in 259 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 19 years2006 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
Rabe was cast as Commander Lyme in the final two Hunger Games films, but a scheduling conflict forced her out and Gwendoline Christie took over the part.
First role
Rabe's first regular television role came in August 2011, as Nora Montgomery on the FX horror series American Horror Story.
First role
Rabe's Broadway debut was as Annelle Dupuy-Desoto in the 2005 revival of Steel Magnolias, a performance that earned her a Drama Desk Award nomination.
Early training
Rabe studied dance for ten years before turning to acting, and later studied acting at Northwestern University, graduating in 2004.
Lily Rabe movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Barry Levinson directed two of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Robert De Niro's page
Max Martini's page
Hamish Linklater's page
Jason Kravits's page
All films by Barry Levinson
Box office
What Lily Rabe's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$205 million
8 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$93M45.1% of the total
- 2$76M37.1% of the total
- 3$22M10.9% of the total
- 4$6.7M3.3% of the total
- 5$5.6M2.7% of the total
- 6$1.8M0.9% of the total
- 7$42K0.0% of the total
- 8$5K0.0% of the total
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