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.​

Cast

Jackie Brown

(Sheronda)

True Crime

(Bonnie Beechum)

Naked in New York

(Marty)

Deception

(Detective Russo)

The Truth About Charlie

(Lola Jansco)

Honeydripper

(Delilah)

Mother and Child

(Leticia)

Palookaville

(Betty, Jerry's Wife)

Beastly

(Zola Davies)

Beloved

(Younger Sethe)

The Soloist

(Jennifer Ayers)

Ten Tiny Love Stories

Hamlet

(Ophelia)

Drunks

(Brenda)

Blue Eyed Girl

(Catherine)

Lovelace

(Marsha)

The Boogeyman

(Dr. Weller)

Krush Groove

(Aisha)

Nine Lives

(Holly)

The Sum of All Fears

(Capt. Lorna Shiro)

Life of a King

(Sheila King)

Beautiful Boy

(Rose)

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

(Jeanne Baptiste)

Go for Sisters

(Bernice)

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

(Self)

Vice

(Condoleezza Rice)

Redemption Trail

(Tess)

Twelve Monkeys

(Teddy)

The Wilding

(Emily Bergom)

Swing Vote

(Virginia Mapes)

Nick and Jane

(Vicky)

Take Shelter

(Kendra)

A House Divided

(Julia)

Clarissa

(Porter Russell)

Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas

(Deb)

Reversal of Fortune

(Mary)

Ad Astra

(Adjutant General Vogel)

Indiscretion

(Karen Wyatt)

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

(Shirl (voice))

Lifebreath

(Dr. Quinlan)

By Any Means

Numb3rs

(Sari Kinshasa)

Ally McBeal

(Rebecca Washington)

This Is Us

(Aunt Mae)

Without a Trace

(Sherise Gibbs)

The L Word

(Art Show Attendee)

The Practice

(Rebecca Washington)

Homicide: Life on the Street

(Latoya Kennedy)

ER

(Nadine Hopkins)

The Rookie

(Henry's Doctor)

Men of a Certain Age

(Melissa Thoreau)

Class of '09

(Tayo's Mom)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(Teresa Randall)

Intimate Portrait

(Self)

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

(Christine Johnson)

The Lincoln Lawyer

(Mary Holder)

Law & Order

(Denise Johnson)

Elementary

(Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins)

The Dropout

(Judith Baker)

House of Cards

(Celia Jones)

Scandal

(Ambassador)

Grey's Anatomy

(Connie Ryan)

The Blacklist

(Dr. Calvert Gray)

The First

(Kayla Price)

Sex and the City

(Kendall)

Chance

(Suzanne Simms)

Genius

(Alberta Williams King)

Will Trent

(Evelyn Mitchell)

Accused

(Lenore Skilling)

Way Cool

(Ensemble)

The Gilded Age

(Frances Ellen Watkins Harper)