LisaGay Hamilton
Acting
1964-03-25 · 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
TheatersBy Any Means
2026 · Movie
Blue Eyed Girl
2025 · Movie
Sugar
2024 · Series
The Boogeyman
2023 · Movie
Class of '09
2023 · Series
Accused
2023 · Series
Will Trent
2023 · Series
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022 · Series
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022 · Series
The Dropout
2022 · Series
The Gilded Age
2022 · Series
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
2019 · Movie
Ad Astra
2019 · Movie
Vice
2018 · Movie
The Rookie
2018 · Series
Beautiful Boy
2018 · Movie
The First
2018 · Series
Genius
2017 · Series
Chance
2016 · Series
This Is Us
2016 · Series
Indiscretion
2016 · Movie
The Wilding
2016 · Movie
Go for Sisters
2013 · Movie
Redemption Trail
2013 · Movie
The Blacklist
2013 · Series
Lovelace
2013 · Movie
Life of a King
2013 · Movie
House of Cards
2013 · Series
Elementary
2012 · Series
Scandal
2012 · Series
Take Shelter
2011 · Movie
Beastly
2011 · Movie
Men of a Certain Age
2009 · Series
Mother and Child
2009 · Movie
The Soloist
2009 · Movie
Deception
2008 · Movie
Honeydripper
2007 · Movie
Nine Lives
2005 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Movie
The L Word
2004 · Series
The Truth About Charlie
2002 · Movie
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
Ten Tiny Love Stories
2002 · Movie
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Movie
Hamlet
2000 · Movie
A House Divided
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Swing Vote
1999 · Movie
True Crime
1999 · Movie
Beloved
1998 · Movie
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · Movie
Sex and the City
1998 · Series
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998 · Movie
Jackie Brown
1997 · Movie
Nick and Jane
1997 · Movie
Lifebreath
1997 · Movie
Ally McBeal
1997 · Series
Drunks
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
Palookaville
1996 · Movie
Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Movie
Clarissa
1995 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
Naked in New York
1993 · Movie
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
Way Cool
1991 · Series
Reversal of Fortune
1990 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Krush Groove
1985 · Movie