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.​

Filmography

• 2026By Any Means — Ms. Rebecca Brewer
• 2025Blue Eyed Girl — Catherine
• Sugar — Assemblywoman Betty Spiro
• Accused — Lenore Skilling
• Class of '09 — Tayo's Mom
• 2023The Boogeyman — Dr. Weller
• Will Trent — Evelyn Mitchell
• The Dropout — Judith Baker
• The Gilded Age — Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
• The Lincoln Lawyer — Mary Holder
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty — Christine Johnson
• 2019Ad Astra — Adjutant General Vogel
• 2019Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas — Deb
• 2018Beautiful Boy — Rose
• The First — Kayla Price
• The Rookie — Henry's Doctor
• 2018Vice — Condoleezza Rice
• Genius — Alberta Williams King
• Chance — Suzanne Simms
• 2016Indiscretion — Karen Wyatt
• 2016The Wilding — Emily Bergom
• This Is Us — Aunt Mae
• 2013Go for Sisters — Bernice
• House of Cards — Celia Jones
• 2013Life of a King — Sheila King
• 2013Lovelace — Marsha
• 2013Redemption Trail — Tess
• The Blacklist — Dr. Calvert Gray
• Elementary — Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins
• Scandal — Ambassador
• 2011Beastly — Zola Davies
• 2011Take Shelter — Kendra
• Men of a Certain Age — Melissa Thoreau
• 2009Mother and Child — Leticia
• 2009The Soloist — Jennifer Ayers
• 2008Deception — Detective Russo
• 2007Honeydripper — Delilah
• Grey's Anatomy — Connie Ryan
• 2005Nine Lives — Holly
• Numb3rs — Sari Kinshasa
• 2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks — Self, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Director of Photography
• The L Word — Art Show Attendee
• 2002Ten Tiny Love Stories
• 2002The Sum of All Fears — Capt. Lorna Shiro
• 2002The Truth About Charlie — Lola Jansco
• Without a Trace — Sherise Gibbs
• 2000A House Divided — Julia
• 2000Hamlet — Ophelia
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Teresa Randall
• 1999Swing Vote — Virginia Mapes
• 1999True Crime — Bonnie Beechum
• 1998Beloved — Younger Sethe
• 1998Halloween H20: 20 Years Later — Shirl (voice)
• Sex and the City — Kendall
• 1998The Defenders: Choice of Evils — Jeanne Baptiste
• Ally McBeal — Rebecca Washington
• 1997Drunks — Brenda
• 1997Jackie Brown — Sheronda
• 1997Lifebreath — Dr. Quinlan
• 1997Nick and Jane — Vicky
• The Practice — Rebecca Washington, Director
• 1996Palookaville — Betty, Jerry's Wife
• 1995Clarissa — Porter Russell
• 1995Twelve Monkeys — Teddy
• ER — Nadine Hopkins
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Latoya Kennedy
• 1993Naked in New York — Marty
• Way Cool — Ensemble
• Law & Order — Denise Johnson
• 1990Reversal of Fortune — Mary
• 1985Krush Groove — Aisha

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Intimate Portrait — Self