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