<Li> David Rabe (father) </Li> <Li> Jill Clayburgh (mother) </Li> <P> Lily Rabe (born June 29, 1982) is an American actress . She received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Portia in The Merchant of Venice . Rabe is best known for her multiple roles on the FX anthology series American Horror Story, and her lead role as Claire Bennigan on the ABC science fiction series The Whispers . </P> <P> Lily Rabe was born in New York City on the Upper West Side, the daughter of playwright David Rabe and actress Jill Clayburgh (1944--2010). She has a younger brother, Michael, an actor and playwright, and an older paternal half - brother, Jason, a musician . Her father is Catholic, her maternal grandfather was Jewish, and her maternal grandmother was Protestant . Rabe was raised in Bedford, and moved to Lakeville, Connecticut when she was in the seventh grade . There, she attended the Hotchkiss School . </P>

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