LisaGay Hamilton
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.
Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Rookie

Grey's Anatomy

The Blacklist

Law & Order

Elementary

Without a Trace

ER
All Movies (41)
- By Any Means2026
- Blue Eyed Girl2025 · as Catherine
- The Boogeyman2023 · as Dr. Weller
- Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas2019 · as Deb
- Ad Astra2019 · as Adjutant General Vogel
- Vice2018 · as Condoleezza Rice
- Beautiful Boy2018 · as Rose
- Indiscretion2016 · as Karen Wyatt
- The Wilding2016 · as Emily Bergom
- Go for Sisters2013 · as Bernice
- Redemption Trail2013 · as Tess
- Lovelace2013 · as Marsha
- Life of a King2013 · as Sheila King
- Take Shelter2011 · as Kendra
- Beastly2011 · as Zola Davies
- Mother and Child2009 · as Leticia
- The Soloist2009 · as Jennifer Ayers
- Deception2008 · as Detective Russo
- Honeydripper2007 · as Delilah
- Nine Lives2005 · as Holly
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks2004 · as Self
- The Truth About Charlie2002 · as Lola Jansco
- Ten Tiny Love Stories2002
- The Sum of All Fears2002 · as Capt. Lorna Shiro
- Hamlet2000 · as Ophelia
- A House Divided2000 · as Julia
- Swing Vote1999 · as Virginia Mapes
- True Crime1999 · as Bonnie Beechum
- Beloved1998 · as Younger Sethe
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later1998 · as Shirl (voice)
- The Defenders: Choice of Evils1998 · as Jeanne Baptiste
- Jackie Brown1997 · as Sheronda
- Nick and Jane1997 · as Vicky
- Lifebreath1997 · as Dr. Quinlan
- Drunks1997 · as Brenda
- Twelve Monkeys1995 · as Teddy
- Clarissa1995 · as Porter Russell
- Palookaville1995 · as Betty, Jerry's Wife
- Naked in New York1993 · as Marty
- Reversal of Fortune1990 · as Mary
- Krush Groove1985 · as Aisha
All TV Shows (30)
- Class of '092023 · as Tayo's Mom
- Accused2023 · as Lenore Skilling
- Will Trent2023 · as Evelyn Mitchell
- The Lincoln Lawyer2022 · as Mary Holder
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty2022 · as Christine Johnson
- The Dropout2022 · as Judith Baker
- The Gilded Age2022 · as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- The Rookie2018 · as Henry's Doctor
- The First2018 · as Kayla Price
- Genius2017 · as Alberta Williams King
- Chance2016 · as Suzanne Simms
- This Is Us2016 · as Aunt Mae
- The Blacklist2013 · as Dr. Calvert Gray
- House of Cards2013 · as Celia Jones
- Elementary2012 · as Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins
- Scandal2012 · as Ambassador
- Men of a Certain Age2009 · as Melissa Thoreau
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Connie Ryan
- Numb3rs2005 · as Sari Kinshasa
- The L Word2004 · as Art Show Attendee
- Without a Trace2002 · as Sherise Gibbs
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Teresa Randall
- Sex and the City1998 · as Kendall
- Ally McBeal1997 · as Rebecca Washington
- The Practice1997 · as Rebecca Washington
- ER1994 · as Nadine Hopkins
- Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
- Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Latoya Kennedy
- Way Cool1991 · as Ensemble
- Law & Order1990 · as Denise Johnson