Acting
LisaGay Hamilton
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
Film · 2026
Blue Eyed Girl
Film · 2025
Sugar
Series · 2024
The Boogeyman
Film · 2023
Class of '09
Series · 2023
Will Trent
Series · 2023
Accused
Series · 2023
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Series · 2022
The Lincoln Lawyer
Series · 2022
The Dropout
Series · 2022
The Gilded Age
Series · 2022
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
Film · 2019
Ad Astra
Film · 2019
Vice
Film · 2018
Beautiful Boy
Film · 2018
The Rookie
Series · 2018
The First
Series · 2018
Genius
Series · 2017
The Wilding
Film · 2016
Indiscretion
Film · 2016
This Is Us
Series · 2016
Chance
Series · 2016
Lovelace
Film · 2013
Go for Sisters
Film · 2013
Life of a King
Film · 2013
Redemption Trail
Film · 2013
House of Cards
Series · 2013
The Blacklist
Series · 2013
Elementary
Series · 2012
Scandal
Series · 2012
Beastly
Film · 2011
Take Shelter
Film · 2011
Mother and Child
Film · 2009
The Soloist
Film · 2009
Men of a Certain Age
Series · 2009
Deception
Film · 2008
Honeydripper
Film · 2007
Nine Lives
Film · 2005
Numb3rs
Series · 2005
Grey's Anatomy
Series · 2005
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Film · 2004
The L Word
Series · 2004
The Truth About Charlie
Film · 2002
Ten Tiny Love Stories
Film · 2002
The Sum of All Fears
Film · 2002
Without a Trace
Series · 2002
Hamlet
Film · 2000
A House Divided
Film · 2000
True Crime
Film · 1999
Swing Vote
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Beloved
Film · 1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Film · 1998
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Film · 1998
Sex and the City
Series · 1998
Jackie Brown
Film · 1997
Drunks
Film · 1997
Nick and Jane
Film · 1997
Lifebreath
Film · 1997
Ally McBeal
Series · 1997
The Practice
Series · 1997
Palookaville
Film · 1996
Clarissa
Film · 1995
Twelve Monkeys
Film · 1995
ER
Series · 1994
Naked in New York
Film · 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Series · 1993
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Way Cool
Series · 1991
Reversal of Fortune
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Krush Groove
Film · 1985