LisaGay Hamilton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
By Any Means
Movie · as Ms. Rebecca Brewer
Blue Eyed Girl
Movie · as Catherine
Sugar
TV · as Assemblywoman Betty Spiro · 1 ep
The Boogeyman
Movie · as Dr. Weller
Class of '09
TV · as Tayo's Mom · 2 eps
Will Trent
TV · as Evelyn Mitchell · 4 eps
Accused
TV · as Lenore Skilling · 1 ep
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV · as Christine Johnson · 2 eps
The Lincoln Lawyer
TV · as Mary Holder · 5 eps
The Dropout
TV · as Judith Baker · 3 eps
The Gilded Age
TV · as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper · 3 eps
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
Movie · as Deb
Ad Astra
Movie · as Adjutant General Vogel
Vice
Movie · as Condoleezza Rice
Beautiful Boy
Movie · as Rose
The Rookie
TV · as Henry's Doctor · 1 ep
The First
TV · as Kayla Price · 8 eps
Genius
TV · as Alberta Williams King · 4 eps
The Wilding
Movie · as Emily Bergom
Indiscretion
Movie · as Karen Wyatt
This Is Us
TV · as Aunt Mae · 1 ep
Chance
TV · as Suzanne Simms · 10 eps
Lovelace
Movie · as Marsha
Go for Sisters
Movie · as Bernice
Life of a King
Movie · as Sheila King
Redemption Trail
Movie · as Tess
House of Cards
TV · as Celia Jones · 4 eps
The Blacklist
TV · as Dr. Calvert Gray · 1 ep
Elementary
TV · as Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins · 1 ep
Scandal
TV · as Ambassador · 1 ep
Beastly
Movie · as Zola Davies
Take Shelter
Movie · as Kendra
Mother and Child
Movie · as Leticia
The Soloist
Movie · as Jennifer Ayers
Men of a Certain Age
TV · as Melissa Thoreau · 22 eps
Deception
Movie · as Detective Russo
Honeydripper
Movie · as Delilah
Nine Lives
Movie · as Holly
Numb3rs
TV · as Sari Kinshasa · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Connie Ryan · 2 eps
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Movie · as Self
The L Word
TV · as Art Show Attendee · 1 ep
The Truth About Charlie
Movie · as Lola Jansco
Ten Tiny Love Stories
Movie
The Sum of All Fears
Movie · as Capt. Lorna Shiro
Without a Trace
TV · as Sherise Gibbs · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as Ophelia
A House Divided
Movie · as Julia
True Crime
Movie · as Bonnie Beechum
Swing Vote
Movie · as Virginia Mapes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Teresa Randall · 3 eps
Beloved
Movie · as Younger Sethe
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Movie · as Jeanne Baptiste
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Movie · as Shirl (voice)
Sex and the City
TV · as Kendall · 1 ep
Jackie Brown
Movie · as Sheronda
Drunks
Movie · as Brenda
Nick and Jane
Movie · as Vicky
Lifebreath
Movie · as Dr. Quinlan
Ally McBeal
TV · as Rebecca Washington · 1 ep
The Practice
TV · as Rebecca Washington · 146 eps
Palookaville
Movie · as Betty, Jerry's Wife
Clarissa
Movie · as Porter Russell
Twelve Monkeys
Movie · as Teddy
ER
TV · as Nadine Hopkins · 1 ep
Naked in New York
Movie · as Marty
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Latoya Kennedy · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Way Cool
TV · as Ensemble · 1 ep
Reversal of Fortune
Movie · as Mary
Law & Order
TV · as Denise Johnson · 1 ep
Krush Groove
Movie · as Aisha