Directed credits
2
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Director
LisaGay Hamilton
Acting
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 1All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 64908
IMDb ID: nm0004986
Known for: Acting
Born: March 25, 1964
Age: 62
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2026
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.9
Wikidata: Q439053
Also known as
Lisa Gay Hamilton • لیساگی همیلتون • Лиза Гэй Хэмилтон
Frequent jobs
Director (2)
Biography
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.
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Movies directed by LisaGay Hamilton.
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Directed Series
Series directed by LisaGay Hamilton.
Movies
Upcoming Movies
Next announced movie projects with LisaGay Hamilton.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with LisaGay Hamilton.
as Teddy
Twelve Monkeys
1995 • Movie
as Rose
Beautiful Boy
2018 • Movie
as Sheronda
Jackie Brown
1997 • Movie
as Sheila King
Life of a King
2013 • Movie
as Kendra
Take Shelter
2011 • Movie
as Condoleezza Rice
Vice
2018 • Movie
as Jennifer Ayers
The Soloist
2009 • Movie
as Mary
Reversal of Fortune
1990 • Movie
as Leticia
Mother and Child
2009 • Movie
as Bonnie Beechum
True Crime
1999 • Movie
as Dr. Weller
The Boogeyman
2023 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with LisaGay Hamilton.
as Henry's Doctor • 1 eps
The Rookie
2018 • Series
as Aunt Mae • 1 eps
This Is Us
2016 • Series
as Connie Ryan • 2 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series
as Latoya Kennedy • 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 • Series
as Celia Jones • 4 eps
House of Cards
2013 • Series
as Teresa Randall • 3 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Nadine Hopkins • 1 eps
ER
1994 • Series
as Mary Holder • 5 eps
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022 • Series
Director • 1 eps
The Practice
1997 • Series
as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper • 3 eps
The Gilded Age
2022 • Series
as Art Show Attendee • 1 eps
The L Word
2004 • Series
as Christine Johnson • 2 eps
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with LisaGay Hamilton.
as Capt. Lorna Shiro
The Sum of All Fears
2002 • Movie
as Teddy
Twelve Monkeys
1995 • Movie
as Rose
Beautiful Boy
2018 • Movie
as Marsha
Lovelace
2013 • Movie
as Condoleezza Rice
Vice
2018 • Movie
as Sheronda
Jackie Brown
1997 • Movie
as Dr. Weller
The Boogeyman
2023 • Movie
as Adjutant General Vogel
Ad Astra
2019 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with LisaGay Hamilton.
as Teresa Randall • 3 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Henry's Doctor • 1 eps
The Rookie
2018 • Series
as Denise Johnson • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Connie Ryan • 2 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series
as Dr. Calvert Gray • 1 eps
The Blacklist
2013 • Series
as Aunt Mae • 1 eps
This Is Us
2016 • Series
as Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins • 1 eps
Elementary
2012 • Series
as Sherise Gibbs • 1 eps
Without a Trace
2002 • Series
as Nadine Hopkins • 1 eps
ER
1994 • Series
as Ambassador • 1 eps
Scandal
2012 • Series
as Sari Kinshasa • 1 eps
Numb3rs
2005 • Series
as Kendall • 1 eps
Sex and the City
1998 • Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for LisaGay Hamilton.
Sep 3
By Any Means
2026 • Movie
as Catherine
Blue Eyed Girl
2025 • Movie
as Dr. Weller
The Boogeyman
2023 • Movie
as Deb
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
2019 • Movie
as Adjutant General Vogel
Ad Astra
2019 • Movie
as Condoleezza Rice
Vice
2018 • Movie
as Rose
Beautiful Boy
2018 • Movie
as Karen Wyatt
Indiscretion
2016 • Movie
as Emily Bergom
The Wilding
2016 • Movie
as Bernice
Go for Sisters
2013 • Movie
as Tess
Redemption Trail
2013 • Movie
as Marsha
Lovelace
2013 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for LisaGay Hamilton.
as Tayo's Mom • 2 eps
Class of '09
2023 • Series
as Lenore Skilling • 1 eps
Accused
2023 • Series
as Evelyn Mitchell • 4 eps
Will Trent
2023 • Series
as Mary Holder • 5 eps
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022 • Series
as Christine Johnson • 2 eps
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022 • Series
as Judith Baker • 3 eps
The Dropout
2022 • Series
as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper • 3 eps
The Gilded Age
2022 • Series
as Henry's Doctor • 1 eps
The Rookie
2018 • Series
as Kayla Price • 8 eps
The First
2018 • Series
as Alberta Williams King • 4 eps
Genius
2017 • Series
as Suzanne Simms • 10 eps
Chance
2016 • Series
as Aunt Mae • 1 eps
This Is Us
2016 • Series