Acting
LisaGay Hamilton
EN cinema · 41 credits
Born
25 March 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Lisa Gay Hamilton · لیساگی همیلتون
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
as Ms. Rebecca Brewer
Blue Eyed Girl
as Catherine
The Boogeyman
as Dr. Weller
Ad Astra
as Adjutant General Vogel
Vice
as Condoleezza Rice
Beautiful Boy
as Rose
The Wilding
as Emily Bergom
Indiscretion
as Karen Wyatt
Lovelace
as Marsha
Go for Sisters
as Bernice
Life of a King
as Sheila King
Redemption Trail
as Tess
Beastly
as Zola Davies
Take Shelter
as Kendra
Mother and Child
as Leticia
The Soloist
as Jennifer Ayers
Deception
as Detective Russo
Honeydripper
as Delilah
Nine Lives
as Holly
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Director of Photography
The Truth About Charlie
as Lola Jansco
The Sum of All Fears
as Capt. Lorna Shiro
Hamlet
as Ophelia
A House Divided
as Julia
True Crime
as Bonnie Beechum
Swing Vote
as Virginia Mapes
Beloved
as Younger Sethe
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
as Jeanne Baptiste
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Shirl (voice)
Jackie Brown
as Sheronda
Drunks
as Brenda
Nick and Jane
as Vicky
Lifebreath
as Dr. Quinlan
Palookaville
as Betty, Jerry's Wife
Clarissa
as Porter Russell
Twelve Monkeys
as Teddy
Naked in New York
as Marty
Krush Groove
as Aisha