LisaGay Hamilton
Born: 1964-03-25 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Blue Eyed Girl as Catherine
2024
- Sugar as Assemblywoman Spiro
2023
- Will Trent as Evelyn Mitchell
- Accused as Lenore Skilling
- Class of '09 as Tayo's Mom
- The Boogeyman as Dr. Weller
2022
- The Lincoln Lawyer as Mary Holder
- The Gilded Age as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- The Dropout as Judith Baker
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Christine Johnson
2019
- Ad Astra as Adjutant General Vogel
- Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas as Deb
2018
- The Rookie as Henry's Doctor
- Beautiful Boy as Rose
- Vice as Condoleezza Rice
- The First as Kayla Price
2017
- Genius as Alberta Williams King
2016
- This Is Us as Aunt Mae
- Chance as Suzanne Simms
- Indiscretion as Karen Wyatt
- The Wilding as Emily Bergom
2013
- The Blacklist as Dr. Calvert Gray
- House of Cards as Celia Jones
- Lovelace as Marsha
- Life of a King as Sheila King
- Go for Sisters as Bernice
- Redemption Trail as Tess
2012
- Elementary as Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins
- Scandal as Ambassador
2011
- Take Shelter as Kendra
- Beastly as Zola Davies
2009
- Men of a Certain Age as Melissa Thoreau
- Mother and Child as Leticia
- The Soloist as Jennifer Ayers
2008
- Deception as Detective Russo
2007
- Honeydripper as Delilah
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Connie Ryan
- Numb3rs as Sari Kinshasa
- Nine Lives as Holly
2004
- The L Word as Art Show Attendee
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
2002
- Without a Trace as Sherise Gibbs
- The Sum of All Fears as Capt. Lorna Shiro
- The Truth About Charlie as Lola Jansco
- Ten Tiny Love Stories
2000
- A House Divided as Julia
- Hamlet as Ophelia
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Teresa Randall
- True Crime as Bonnie Beechum
- Swing Vote as Virginia Mapes
1998
- Sex and the City as Kendall
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Shirl (voice)
- Beloved as Younger Sethe
- The Defenders: Choice of Evils as Jeanne Baptiste
1997
- The Practice as Rebecca Washington
- Ally McBeal as Rebecca Washington
- Jackie Brown as Sheronda
- Drunks as Brenda
- Lifebreath as Dr. Quinlan
- Nick and Jane as Vicky
1996
- Palookaville as Betty, Jerry's Wife
1995
- Twelve Monkeys as Teddy
- Clarissa as Porter Russell
1994
- ER as Nadine Hopkins
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Latoya Kennedy
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- Naked in New York as Marty
1991
- Way Cool as Ensemble
1990
- Law & Order as Denise Johnson
- Reversal of Fortune as Mary
1985
- Krush Groove as Aisha