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LisaGay Hamilton
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 Rebecc…
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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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2026
By Any Means
Movie Ms. Rebecca Brewer
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2025
Blue Eyed Girl
Movie Catherine
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2024
Sugar
TV show Assemblywoman Betty Spiro
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2023
The Boogeyman
Movie Dr. Weller
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2023
Class of '09
TV show Tayo's Mom
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2023
Accused
TV show Lenore Skilling
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2023
Will Trent
TV show Evelyn Mitchell
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2022
The Lincoln Lawyer
TV show Mary Holder
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2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV show Christine Johnson
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2022
The Dropout
TV show Judith Baker
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2022
The Gilded Age
TV show Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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2019
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
Movie Deb
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2019
Ad Astra
Movie Adjutant General Vogel
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2018
Vice
Movie Condoleezza Rice
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2018
The Rookie
TV show Henry's Doctor
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2018
Beautiful Boy
Movie Rose
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2018
The First
TV show Kayla Price
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2017
Genius
TV show Alberta Williams King
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2016
Chance
TV show Suzanne Simms
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2016
This Is Us
TV show Aunt Mae
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2016
Indiscretion
Movie Karen Wyatt
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2016
The Wilding
Movie Emily Bergom
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2013
Go for Sisters
Movie Bernice
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2013
Redemption Trail
Movie Tess
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2013
The Blacklist
TV show Dr. Calvert Gray
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2013
Lovelace
Movie Marsha
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2013
Life of a King
Movie Sheila King
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2013
House of Cards
TV show Celia Jones
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2012
Elementary
TV show Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins
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2012
Scandal
TV show Ambassador
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2011
Take Shelter
Movie Kendra
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2011
Beastly
Movie Zola Davies
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2009
Men of a Certain Age
TV show Melissa Thoreau
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2009
Mother and Child
Movie Leticia
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2009
The Soloist
Movie Jennifer Ayers
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2008
Deception
Movie Detective Russo
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2007
Honeydripper
Movie Delilah
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2005
Nine Lives
Movie Holly
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Connie Ryan
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2005
Numb3rs
TV show Sari Kinshasa
