Was nominated for the 2011 Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for her performance in "The Merchant of Venice". She lost the award to Frances McDormand for her performance in "Good People".
Made her professional theatre debut at Israel Horovitz's Gloucester
Stage Company's production of "Speaking Well of the Dead" with her
mother, Jill Clayburgh. The following season, she returned to perform in "Proof", which also starred Jennifer Malloy.
Lily's birth was announced in the Milestones column of the Time Magazine issue dated July 12, 1982. She weighed 3.572100 Kilos or 7 lbs 14 oz at birth on June 29, 1982 in New York City.