Lily Rabe 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.
Rabe in 2013
Rabe signing autographs outside Seminar in 2011
Portia (The Merchant of Venice)
Portia is a female character and protagonist in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. In creating her character Shakespeare drew from the historical figure of Porcia, the daughter of Cato the Younger, as well as several parts of the Bible.
Kate Dolan as Portia (1886), by John Everett Millais
Portia (1888) by Henry Woods
La belle Portia (1886) Alexandre Cabanel
Portia and Shylock, by Thomas Sully