LisaGay Hamilton
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.
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Movies (41)
By Any Means
2026 · Ms. Rebecca Brewer
Blue Eyed Girl
2025 · Catherine
Boogeyman: Tu miedo es real
2023 · Dr. Weller
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
2019 · Deb
Ad Astra
2019 · Adjutant General Vogel
Vice
2018 · Condoleezza Rice
Beautiful Boy
2018 · Rose
Indiscretion
2016 · Karen Wyatt
The Wilding
2016 · Emily Bergom
Go for Sisters
2013 · Bernice
Redemption Trail
2013 · Tess
Lovelace
2013 · Marsha
Life of a King
2013 · Sheila King
Take Shelter
2011 · Kendra
Beastly
2011 · Zola Davies
Mother and Child
2009 · Leticia
The Soloist
2009 · Jennifer Ayers
Deception
2008 · Detective Russo
Honeydripper
2007 · Delilah
Nine Lives
2005 · Holly
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Self, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Director of Photography
The Truth About Charlie
2002 · Lola Jansco
Ten Tiny Love Stories
2002
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Capt. Lorna Shiro
Hamlet
2000 · Ophelia
A House Divided
2000 · Julia
Swing Vote
1999 · Virginia Mapes
True Crime
1999 · Bonnie Beechum
Beloved
1998 · Younger Sethe
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · Shirl (voice)
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998 · Jeanne Baptiste
Jackie Brown
1997 · Sheronda
Nick and Jane
1997 · Vicky
Lifebreath
1997 · Dr. Quinlan
Drunks
1997 · Brenda
Palookaville
1996 · Betty, Jerry's Wife
Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Teddy
Clarissa
1995 · Porter Russell
Naked in New York
1993 · Marty
Reversal of Fortune
1990 · Mary
Krush Groove
1985 · Aisha
TV shows (31)
Sugar
2024 · Assemblywoman Betty Spiro
Generación 2009
2023 · Tayo's Mom
Accused
2023 · Lenore Skilling
Will Trent: Agente especial
2023 · Evelyn Mitchell
El abogado del Lincoln
2022 · Mary Holder
Lakers: Tiempo de ganar
2022 · Christine Johnson
The Dropout: Auge y caída de Elizabeth Holmes
2022 · Judith Baker
The Gilded Age
2022 · Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The Rookie
2018 · Henry's Doctor
The First
2018 · Kayla Price
Genius
2017 · Alberta Williams King
Chance
2016 · Suzanne Simms
This Is Us
2016 · Aunt Mae
The Blacklist
2013 · Dr. Calvert Gray
House of Cards
2013 · Celia Jones
Elementary
2012 · Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins
Scandal
2012 · Ambassador
Men of a Certain Age
2009 · Melissa Thoreau
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Connie Ryan
Numb3rs
2005 · Sari Kinshasa
The L Word
2004 · Art Show Attendee
Without a Trace
2002 · Sherise Gibbs
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Teresa Randall
Sex and the City
1998 · Kendall
Ally McBeal
1997 · Rebecca Washington
The Practice
1997 · Rebecca Washington, Director
ER
1994 · Nadine Hopkins
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Latoya Kennedy
Way Cool
1991 · Ensemble
Law & Order
1990 · Denise Johnson