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Personal Info

Birth date

1964-03-25 (61 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as

Lisa Gay Hamilton
لیساگی همیلتون
Лиза Гэй Хэмилтон

LisaGay Hamilton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

LisaGay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964) is an American film, television, and theater actress known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC legal drama The Practice, and for her critically acclaimed performance as young Sethe in Jonathan Demme's film adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved. 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.

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Filmography

Acting

TBADays When the Rains Came as Catherine

TBABy Any Means as Unknown

2023The Boogeyman as Dr. Weller

2023Class of '09 (2 Episodes) as Tayo's Mom

2023Accused (1 Episode) as Lenore Skilling

2023Will Trent (3 Episodes) as Evelyn Mitchell

2022The Lincoln Lawyer (5 Episodes) as Judge Mary Holder

2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2 Episodes) as Christine Johnson

2022The Dropout (3 Episodes) as Judith Baker

2022The Gilded Age (1 Episode) as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

2019Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas as Deb

2019Ad Astra as Adjutant General Vogel

2018Vice as Condoleezza Rice

2018The Rookie (1 Episode) as Henry's Doctor

2018Beautiful Boy as Rose

2018The First (8 Episodes) as Kayla Price

2017Genius (4 Episodes) as Alberta Williams King

2016Chance (10 Episodes) as Suzanne Simms

2016This Is Us (1 Episode) as Aunt Mae

2016Indiscretion as Karen Wyatt

2016The Wilding as Emily Bergom

2013Go for Sisters as Bernice

2013Redemption Trail as Tess

2013The Blacklist (1 Episode) as Dr. Calvert Gray

2013Lovelace as Marsha

2013Life of a King as Sheila King

2013House of Cards (4 Episodes) as Celia Jones

2012Elementary (1 Episode) as Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins

2012Scandal (1 Episode) as Ambassador

2011Take Shelter as Kendra

2011Beastly as Zola Davies

2009Men of a Certain Age (22 Episodes) as Melissa Thoreau

2009Mother and Child as Leticia

2009The Soloist as Jennifer Ayers

2008Deception as Detective Russo

2007Honeydripper as Delilah

2005Nine Lives as Holly

2005Grey's Anatomy (2 Episodes) as Connie Ryan

2005Numb3rs (1 Episode) as Sari Kinshasa

2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self

2004The L Word (1 Episode) as Art Show Attendee

2002The Truth About Charlie as Lola Jansco

2002Without a Trace (1 Episode) as Sherise Gibbs

2002Ten Tiny Love Stories as Unknown

2002The Sum of All Fears as Capt. Lorna Shiro

2000Hamlet as Ophelia

2000A House Divided as Julia

1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (3 Episodes) as Teresa Randall

1999Swing Vote as Virginia Mapes

1999True Crime as Bonnie Beechum

1998Beloved as Younger Sethe

1998Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Shirl (voice)

1998Sex and the City (1 Episode) as Kendall

1998The Defenders: Choice of Evils as Jeanne Baptiste

1997Jackie Brown as Sheronda

1997Nick and Jane as Vicky

1997Lifebreath as Dr. Quinlan

1997Ally McBeal (1 Episode) as Rebecca Washington

1997Drunks as Brenda

1997The Practice (146 Episodes) as Rebecca Washington

1995Twelve Monkeys as Teddy

1995Clarissa as Porter Russell

1995Palookaville as Betty, Jerry's Wife

1994ER (1 Episode) as Nadine Hopkins

1993Intimate Portrait (1 Episode) as Self

1993Naked in New York as Marty

1993Homicide: Life on the Street (1 Episode) as Unknown

1991Way Cool (1 Episode) as ensemble

1990Reversal of Fortune as Mary

1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Denise Johnson

1985Krush Groove as Aisha

Production

2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks ... Producer

Directing

2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks ... Director

1997The Practice (1 Episode) ... Director