20 Most Underrated Actors Working Today
11. Lily Rabe
When we think about American Horror Story, we often think of two or three actors - Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange - who rightly deserve all the plaudits they've received over the years.
One name that rarely gets a mention alongside them, though, is Lily Rabe, who's starred in as a many seasons of the series as Peters and Paulson, but always feels tossed aside. Which is a damn shame, when you consider what she's given Ryan Murphy's twisted anthology show over the years.
Portraying haunted nuns, serial killers, witches and lost souls, Rabe has a resume to die for, even by AHS standards, and her ability to shift between pure evil and endearingly innocent can sometimes feel like magic; she embodies each character so thoroughly it's easy to forget you're watching her at all, such is the depth of feeling she finds in each role.
With plenty of roles outside AHS - including a tender supporting turn on the sitcom Shrinking and dramas such as The Tender Bar and The Underground Railroad - Lily Rabe is a talent of immeasurable magnitude, and she deserves more love.