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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Gay Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Grey's Anatomy
8.2
Overview:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.The Rookie
8.533
Overview:
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.933
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Law & Order
7.402
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The Blacklist
7.6
Overview:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.This Is Us
8.23
Overview:
Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.Scandal
7.142
Overview:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.House of Cards
8.007
Overview:
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.Sex and the City
7.387
Overview:
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.Elementary
7.6
Overview:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.The Lincoln Lawyer
7.691
Overview:
Sidelined after an accident, hotshot Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller restarts his career - and his trademark Lincoln - when he takes on a murder case.The Gilded Age
7.718
Overview:
It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbors as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path.Numb3rs
7.034
Overview:
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.ER
7.821
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.Will Trent
7.371
Overview:
Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Determined to make sure no one feels as he did, he now has the highest clearance rate.Genius
7.677
Overview:
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.Class of '09
7.144
Overview:
Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.Without a Trace
7.2
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.Accused
7.483
Overview:
In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Told from the defendant’s point of view, each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial.The Dropout
7.325
Overview:
The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people's health in grave danger.Homicide: Life on the Street
8.053
Overview:
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.The Practice
7.7
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
7.713
Overview:
A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.Chance
6.928
Overview:
San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist Eldon Chance reluctantly gets sucked into a violent and dangerous world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.Intimate Portrait
4.5
Overview:
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.The L Word
7.642
Overview:
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.The First
6
Overview:
Follow the first human mission to Mars, exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The story focuses not only on the astronauts, but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth.Beautiful Boy
7.548
Overview:
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.Ally McBeal
6.569
Overview:
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!Twelve Monkeys
7.601
Overview:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.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