Leslie Hope

Acting · Directing · Production

Born May 6, 1965, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Leslie Hope is a Canadian actress and director widely recognized for her prolific television and film career spanning over four decades. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she landed her first big-screen role while finishing school in British Columbia and subsequently spent the 1980s and 1990s building a strong reputation through guest spots on prime-time soaps like Knots Landing and Falcon Crest, major miniseries such as War and Remembrance, and feature films like Men at Work. Her breakout television role came in 2001 when she starred as Teri Bauer, the wife of counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer, during the dramatic first season of the Fox hit series 24. Following 24, Hope maintained a steady presence on American television with memorable recurring and guest roles across a wide range of popular programs, including playing Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter in NCIS, formidable prosecutor Anita Gibbs in Suits, the psychic medium Kristina Frye in The Mentalist, and roles in The Strain, House, Castle, and Commander in Chief. Science fiction fans also recognize her for her moving guest performance as Kira Meru—the mother of Major Kira Nerys—in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sixth-season episode "Wrongs Darker than Death or Night". In addition to her extensive acting work, Hope has established a successful behind-the-camera career as a television director, helming episodes for major series such as Snowpiercer, Lost in Space, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Filmography

• The Better Sister — Director
• Murder in a Small Town — Director
• A Small Light — Director
• Devil in Ohio — Director
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Director
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Director
• Mayor of Kingstown — Director
• NCIS: Hawaiʻi — Director
• 2020Lie Exposed — Melanie
• Snowpiercer — Director
• Emergence — Director
• The Order — Director
• Lost in Space — Director
• Station 19 — Battalion Chief Frankel
• Aftermath — Director
• Slasher — Judith Berry
• Van Helsing — Director
• 2015Crimson Peak — Mrs. McMichael
• 2015Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise — Sidney Greenstreet
• The Strain — Joan Luss
• 2013Christmas on the Bayou — Director
• 2012Buried Treasure — Director, Executive Producer
• 2012Merry In-Laws — Director
• Revolution — Kelly Foster
• The River — Tess Cole
• Suits — Anita Gibbs
• 2011The Bling Ring — Executive Producer
• Blue Bloods — Anne Farrell
• 2010Formosa Betrayed — Lisa Gilbert
• Castle — Gwenn Harwin
• 2009Jesse Stone: Thin Ice — Sidney Greenstreet
• 2009My Neighbor's Secret — Director
• 2009Red Torrent — Carol Grey
• 2008A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride — Director, Writer
• Everest — Michelle Winegate
• Murdoch Mysteries — Elizabeth Cummersworth, Director
• 2008Never Back Down — Margot Tyler
• The Mentalist — Kristina Frye
• 2007Don't Cry Now — Bonnie
• Private Practice — Linda
• 2006Karol: The Pope, The Man — Julia Ritter
• Karol: The Pope, The Man — Julia Ritter
• Runaway — Lily Rader
• Commander in Chief — Melanie Blackston
• Eyes — Nan Burgess
• 2005Hunt for Justice — Camille Gilbert
• 2005The Night of the Brother — Film noir woman on tv (archive footage)
• 2004American Meltdown — Zoe Cox
• 2004H2O — Sgt. Leah Collins
• H2O — Sgt. Leah Collins
• House — Victoria Madsen
• 2004Open Heart — Host (Uncredited)
• 2004The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie — Joan
• 2003An Unexpected Love — Kate Mayer
• Line of Fire — Lisa Cohen
• NCIS — Sarah Porter
• 2003The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton — Sarah
• CSI: Miami — Denise Partney
• 2002Dragonfly — Charisse Darrow
• Everwood — Laurie Fields
• The Look for Less
• 24 — Teri Bauer
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Terri Driver
• 2001RoboCop: Prime Directives — Ann R. Key
• Robocop: Prime Directives — Ann R. Key
• 2001Sanctuary — Kirby Fitzsimmons
• 2001Stolen Miracle — Sgt. Jane McKinley
• 2000Bruiser — Rosemary Newley
• Level 9
• 2000Spreading Ground — Leslie DeLongpre
• The District — Grace Curry
• 1999Double Frame
• Judging Amy — Dr. Amanda Kubiak
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Director
• 1999Restless Spirits — Charlotte
• 1999The Life Before This — Alice
• 1999Water Damage — Arabella Bauer
• 1998Blackout Effect — Karen
• 1998Shadow Builder — Jenny Hatcher
• 1998Summer of the Monkeys — Sarah Lee
• 1998This Matter of Marriage — Hallie Mitchell
• 1996Cityscrapes: Los Angeles — Katie
• Early Edition — Meredith Carson
• 1996Rowing Through — Kate Bordeleau
• Seduced by Madness — Claire Brown
• 1996The Conspiracy of Fear — Jimmy
• 1995First Degree — Hadley Pyne
• 1995The Avenging Angel — Liza Rigby
• The Outer Limits — Weatherman, Darcy Kipling
• 1994Boozecan — Helen
• Chicago Hope — Vicki Slater
• 1994Fun — Jane
• 1994Paris, France — Lucy
• Party of Five — Meg Bennett
• 1994Schemes — Laura Steele
• 1993Caught in the Act — Rachel
• 1993Doppelganger — Elizabeth
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Kira Meru
• 1993Sweet Killing — Eva Bishop
• seaQuest DSV — Marie Piccolo
• 1992The Dance Goes On — Rick's Girl in LA
• 1991The Big Slice — Jenny Colter
• 1991True Confections — Verna Miller
• Law & Order — Director
• 1990Men at Work — Susan Wilkins
• 1990Working Tra$h — Susan Fahnestock
• 1988It Takes Two — Stephanie Lawrence
• 1988Kansas — Lori Bayles
• 1988Talk Radio — Laura
• War and Remembrance — Madeline Henry
• 1986Sword of Gideon — Shoshana
• 1986The Abduction of Allison Tate — Allison Tate
• Berrenger's
• 1984All The Kids Do It — Linda
• Hunter — Julie Lawrence
• 1984Love Streams — Joanie
• American Playhouse — Elizabeth Leopold
• 1981Ups & Downs — Penelope
• Knots Landing — Linda Martin
• Human Cargo