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LisaGay Hamilton

Actress | Director | Producer

Lisa's mother, Tina, is a retired social worker. Her late father, Ira, worked as an engineer and then went into business as a general contractor. A sister, Heidi, is a lawyer. Lisa started acting as a child and played Flip Wilson in a 3rd grade performance. During junior high, she started traveling by train to Manhattan for private acting lessons and acted in summer drama camps... See full bio »

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2013 Life of a King (post-production)
Sheila King
 
2013 Go for Sisters (post-production)
Bernice
 
2012 Beyond Redemption (post-production)
Tess
 
2013 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Connie
– Readiness Is All (2013) … Connie
 
2006-2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Teresa Randall
– Presumed Guilty (2013) … Teresa Randall
– Screwed (2007) … Teresa Randall (as Lisagay Hamilton)
– Venom (2006) … Teresa Randall (as Lisagay Hamilton)
 
2012 Southland (TV series)
Melanie
– Identity (2012) … Melanie
 
2009-2011 Men of a Certain Age (TV series)
Melissa
– Whatever Gets You Through the Night (2011) … Melissa
– Can't Let That Slide (2011) … Melissa
– A League of Their Owen (2011) … Melissa
– The Pickup (2011) … Melissa
– The Great Escape (2011) … Melissa
See all 20 episodes »
 
2011 Beastly
Zola (as Lisagay Hamilton)
 
2011 Take Shelter
Kendra
 
2009 Mother and Child
Leticia
 
2009 The Soloist
Jennifer Ayers (as Lisagay Hamilton)
 
2008/I Deception
Detective Russo
 
2007 Honeydripper
Delilah
 
2007 Numb3rs (TV series)
Sari Kinshasa
– Money for Nothing (2007) … Sari Kinshasa (as Lisagay Hamilton)
 
2006 Without a Trace (TV series)
Sherise Gibbs
– The Calm Before (2006) … Sherise Gibbs
 
2005 ER (TV series)
Nadine Hopkins
– All About Christmas Eve (2005) … Nadine Hopkins
 
2005 Nine Lives
Holly
 
2005 Conviction (TV movie)
 
2004 The L Word (TV series)
Art Show Attendee
– Losing It (2004) … Art Show Attendee
 
1997-2003 The Practice (TV series)
Rebecca Washington
– Baby Love (2003) … Rebecca Washington
– Goodbye (2003) … Rebecca Washington
– Heroes and Villains (2003) … Rebecca Washington
– Les Is More (2003) … Rebecca Washington
– Capitol Crimes (2003) … Rebecca Washington
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2002 The Truth About Charlie
Lola Jansco
 
2002 Sex and the City (TV series)
Kendall
– Critical Condition (2002) … Kendall
 
2002 Ten Tiny Love Stories
Three
 
2002 The Sum of All Fears
Capt. Lorna Shiro (as Lisagay Hamilton)
 
2000/II Hamlet (TV movie)
Ophelia
 
2000 A House Divided (TV movie)
Julia
 
1999 Swing Vote (TV movie)
Virginia Mapes
 
1999 True Crime
Bonnie Beechum
 
1998 Beloved
Younger Sethe
 
1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Shirley 'Shirl' Jones (voice) (as Lisa Gay Hamilton)
 
1998 Ally McBeal (TV series)
Rebecca Washington
– The Inmates (1998) … Rebecca Washington
 
1998 The Defenders: Choice of Evils (TV movie)
Jeanne Baptiste
 
1997 Jackie Brown
Sheronda
 
1997 Lifebreath
Dr. Quinlan
 
1997 Nick and Jane
Vickie
 
1996 One Life to Live (TV series)
Dr. Laura Reed
– Episode dated 5 December 1996 (1996) … Dr. Laura Reed
– Episode #1.7248 (1996) … Dr. Laura Reed
– Episode dated 23 September 1996 (1996) … Dr. Laura Reed
– Episode #1.7093 (1996) … Dr. Laura Reed
– Episode #1.7033 (1996) … Dr. Laura Reed
 
1995 Twelve Monkeys
Teddy
 
1995 Clarissa (TV movie)
Porter Russell
 
1995 Palookaville
Betty, Jerry's Wife
 
1995 Drunks
Brenda
 
1995 Law & Order (TV series)
Denise Johnson
– Purple Heart (1995) … Denise Johnson
 
1994 All My Children (TV series)
Celia Wilson #1
 
1994 New York Undercover (TV series)
Suki
– To Protect and Serve (1994) … Suki
 
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
Latoya Kennedy
– Dog and Pony Show (1993) … Latoya Kennedy
 
1993 Naked in New York
Marty
 
1991 Way Cool (TV series)
 
1990 Reversal of Fortune
Mary
 
1985 Krush Groove
Aisha
 
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2003 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (documentary)
 
2003 The Practice (TV series)
– Heroes and Villains (2003)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2003 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
2011 Doc Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Black Documentary Cinema (2011) … Herself
 
2008 Fespaco (video documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Herself / Narrator
– Red Hook Justice (2005) … Herself/Narrator
 
2004 The N Word (documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Tribeca Film Festival Presents (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The Truth About 'The Truth About Charlie' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 Until the Violence Stops
Herself
 
2002 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 May 2002 (2002) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 April 2002 (2002) … Herself
– Episode dated 29 April 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– LisaGay Hamilton (2002) … Herself
 
2000 31st NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2000 Politically Incorrect (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 March 2000 (2000) … Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(December 2004): Plays Black Mary in "Gem of the Ocean" play by August Wilson (Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, New York, USA). See more »

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Alternate Names:

Lisa Gae Hamilton | Lisa Gay Hamilton | Lisagay Hamilton

Height:

5' 1" (1.55 m)
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