LisaGay Hamilton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1964
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
By Any Means 2026
as Ms. Rebecca Brewer
Blue Eyed Girl 2025
as Catherine
The Boogeyman 2023
as Dr. Weller
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas 2019
as Deb
Ad Astra 2019
as Adjutant General Vogel
Vice 2018
as Condoleezza Rice
Beautiful Boy 2018
as Rose
Indiscretion 2016
as Karen Wyatt
The Wilding 2016
as Emily Bergom
Go for Sisters 2013
as Bernice
Redemption Trail 2013
as Tess
Lovelace 2013
as Marsha
Life of a King 2013
as Sheila King
Take Shelter 2011
as Kendra
Beastly 2011
as Zola Davies
Mother and Child 2009
as Leticia
The Soloist 2009
as Jennifer Ayers
Deception 2008
as Detective Russo
Honeydripper 2007
as Delilah
Nine Lives 2005
as Holly
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks 2004
as Self, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Director of Photography
The Truth About Charlie 2002
as Lola Jansco
Ten Tiny Love Stories 2002
Actor
The Sum of All Fears 2002
as Capt. Lorna Shiro
Hamlet 2000
as Ophelia
A House Divided 2000
as Julia
Swing Vote 1999
as Virginia Mapes
True Crime 1999
as Bonnie Beechum
Beloved 1998
as Younger Sethe
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 1998
as Shirl (voice)
The Defenders: Choice of Evils 1998
as Jeanne Baptiste
Jackie Brown 1997
as Sheronda
Nick and Jane 1997
as Vicky
Lifebreath 1997
as Dr. Quinlan
Drunks 1997
as Brenda
Palookaville 1996
as Betty, Jerry's Wife
Twelve Monkeys 1995
as Teddy
Clarissa 1995
as Porter Russell
Naked in New York 1993
as Marty
Reversal of Fortune 1990
as Mary
Krush Groove 1985
as Aisha
Credits from TMDB.