LisaGay Hamilton
- Acting
- March 25, 1964 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
LisaGay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964) is an American actress who has portrayed roles in films, television, and on stage. She is best known for her role as secretary/lawyer Rebecca Washington on the legal drama The Practice (1997–2003). She also portrayed Melissa Thoreau on the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011), Celia Jones on the Netflix series House of Cards (2016), Suzanne Simms on the Hulu series Chance (2016), and Kayla Price in The First (2018), also by Hulu. Hamilton's film credits include roles in 12 Monkeys (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), Beloved (1998), True Crime (1999), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Soloist (2009), Beastly (2011), Beautiful Boy (2018), and Vice (2018). Her theater credits include Measure for Measure (Isabella), Henry IV Parts I & II (Lady Hotspur), Athol Fugard's, Valley Song and The Ohio State Murders. Hamilton was also an original cast member in the Broadway productions of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson and Gem of the Ocean. In 2005 she won a Peabody Award for creating and directing the 2003 documentary film Beah: A Black Woman Speaks. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Gay Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- By Any Means · Ms. Rebecca Brewer
- Blue Eyed Girl · Catherine
- Sugar · Assemblywoman Betty Spiro
- The Boogeyman · Dr. Weller
- Class of '09 · Tayo's Mom
- Accused · Lenore Skilling
- Will Trent · Evelyn Mitchell
- The Lincoln Lawyer · Mary Holder
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty · Christine Johnson
- The Dropout · Judith Baker
- The Gilded Age · Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas · Deb
- Ad Astra · Adjutant General Vogel
- Vice · Condoleezza Rice
- The Rookie · Henry's Doctor
- Beautiful Boy · Rose
- The First · Kayla Price
- Genius · Alberta Williams King
- Chance · Suzanne Simms
- This Is Us · Aunt Mae
- Indiscretion · Karen Wyatt
- The Wilding · Emily Bergom
- Go for Sisters · Bernice
- Redemption Trail · Tess
- The Blacklist · Dr. Calvert Gray
- Lovelace · Marsha
- Life of a King · Sheila King
- House of Cards · Celia Jones
- Elementary · Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins
- Scandal · Ambassador
- Take Shelter · Kendra
- Beastly · Zola Davies
- Men of a Certain Age · Melissa Thoreau
- Mother and Child · Leticia
- The Soloist · Jennifer Ayers
- Deception · Detective Russo
- Honeydripper · Delilah
- Nine Lives · Holly
- Grey's Anatomy · Connie Ryan
- Numb3rs · Sari Kinshasa
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks · Self, Producer
- The L Word · Art Show Attendee
- The Truth About Charlie · Lola Jansco
- Without a Trace · Sherise Gibbs
- Ten Tiny Love Stories
- The Sum of All Fears · Capt. Lorna Shiro
- Hamlet · Ophelia
- A House Divided · Julia
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Teresa Randall
- Swing Vote · Virginia Mapes
- True Crime · Bonnie Beechum
- Beloved · Younger Sethe
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later · Shirl (Voice)
- Sex and the City · Kendall
- The Defenders: Choice of Evils · Jeanne Baptiste
- Jackie Brown · Sheronda
- Nick and Jane · Vicky
- Lifebreath · Dr. Quinlan
- Ally McBeal · Rebecca Washington
- Drunks · Brenda
- The Practice · Rebecca Washington, Director
- Palookaville · Betty, Jerry's Wife
- Twelve Monkeys · Teddy
- Clarissa · Porter Russell
- ER · Nadine Hopkins
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Naked in New York · Marty
- Homicide: Life on the Street · Latoya Kennedy
- Way Cool · Ensemble
- Reversal of Fortune · Mary
- Law & Order · Denise Johnson
- Krush Groove · Aisha