LisaGay Hamilton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 25, 1964 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 72
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.
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Known for
Filmography
By Any Means
2026Movie
Ms. Rebecca Brewer
Blue Eyed Girl
2025Movie
Catherine
Sugar
2024TV
Assemblywoman Betty Spiro
The Boogeyman
2023Movie
Dr. Weller
Class of '09
2023TV
Tayo's Mom
Accused
2023TV
Lenore Skilling
Will Trent
2023TV
Evelyn Mitchell
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022TV
Mary Holder
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022TV
Christine Johnson
The Dropout
2022TV
Judith Baker
The Gilded Age
2022TV
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
2019Movie
Deb
Ad Astra
2019Movie
Adjutant General Vogel
Vice
2018Movie
Condoleezza Rice
The Rookie
2018TV
Henry's Doctor
Beautiful Boy
2018Movie
Rose
The First
2018TV
Kayla Price
Genius
2017TV
Alberta Williams King
Chance
2016TV
Suzanne Simms
This Is Us
2016TV
Aunt Mae
Indiscretion
2016Movie
Karen Wyatt
The Wilding
2016Movie
Emily Bergom
Go for Sisters
2013Movie
Bernice
Redemption Trail
2013Movie
Tess
The Blacklist
2013TV
Dr. Calvert Gray
Lovelace
2013Movie
Marsha
Life of a King
2013Movie
Sheila King
House of Cards
2013TV
Celia Jones
Elementary
2012TV
Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins
Scandal
2012TV
Ambassador
Take Shelter
2011Movie
Kendra
Beastly
2011Movie
Zola Davies
Men of a Certain Age
2009TV
Melissa Thoreau
Mother and Child
2009Movie
Leticia
The Soloist
2009Movie
Jennifer Ayers
Deception
2008Movie
Detective Russo
Honeydripper
2007Movie
Delilah
Nine Lives
2005Movie
Holly
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Connie Ryan
Numb3rs
2005TV
Sari Kinshasa
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004Movie
Self
The L Word
2004TV
Art Show Attendee
The Truth About Charlie
2002Movie
Lola Jansco
Without a Trace
2002TV
Sherise Gibbs
Ten Tiny Love Stories
2002Movie
The Sum of All Fears
2002Movie
Capt. Lorna Shiro
Hamlet
2000Movie
Ophelia
A House Divided
2000Movie
Julia
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Teresa Randall
Swing Vote
1999Movie
Virginia Mapes
True Crime
1999Movie
Bonnie Beechum
Beloved
1998Movie
Younger Sethe
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998Movie
Shirl (voice)
Sex and the City
1998TV
Kendall
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998Movie
Jeanne Baptiste
Jackie Brown
1997Movie
Sheronda
Nick and Jane
1997Movie
Vicky
Lifebreath
1997Movie
Dr. Quinlan
Ally McBeal
1997TV
Rebecca Washington
Drunks
1997Movie
Brenda
The Practice
1997TV
Rebecca Washington
Palookaville
1996Movie
Betty, Jerry's Wife
Twelve Monkeys
1995Movie
Teddy
Clarissa
1995Movie
Porter Russell
ER
1994TV
Nadine Hopkins
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
Naked in New York
1993Movie
Marty
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993TV
Latoya Kennedy
Way Cool
1991TV
Ensemble
Reversal of Fortune
1990Movie
Mary
Law & Order
1990TV
Denise Johnson
Krush Groove
1985Movie
Aisha