Lily Rabe
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Known for her countless leading roles on stage and on screen, Lily Rabe has established herself as one of the most acclaimed and versatile actresses of her generation. She recently starred as Helena Alving in Lincoln Center’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts, for which she received nominations for a Drama Desk, a Drama League, and a Lucille Lortel Award. Previously, she played ‘Portia’ opposite Al Pacino in Dan Sullivan’s The Merchant of Venice on Broadway, for which she received Tony, Drama Desk, and Drama League nominations.
Additional Broadway credits include Seminar, The American Plan, Heartbreak House, which earned her an Outer Critics Circle nomination, and Steel Magnolias, which earned her a Drama Desk nomination. She has also starred in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park productions of Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, and Off-Broadway in A Doll’s House and Crimes of the Heart, among others.
On television, Rabe can currently be seen in Bill Lawrence’s “Shrinking” for Apple TV. She also starred in David E. Kelley’s award-winning series “Love and Death,” “Presumed Innocent,” and “The Undoing,” Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story,” Showtime’s “The First Lady,” Amazon’s “Tell Me Your Secrets,” and Barry Jenkins’ “The Underground Railroad.”
On the feature front, she recently co-directed, produced, and starred in Downtown Owl. Other recent film credits include Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey and HBO’s The Great Lillian Hall. Additional film credits include George Clooney’s The Tender Bar, and Adam McKay’s Vice. For her performance in Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens, Rabe was awarded Best Actress at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival.
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