LisaGay Hamilton
LisaGay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress .
Life
Hamilton graduated from New York University with a degree in theater arts , then studied acting at the Juilliard School . She made her debut in the 1985 drama Krush Groove . In the comedy Naked in New York (1993) she starred opposite Eric Stoltz , Mary-Louise Parker , Tony Curtis , Timothy Dalton , Kathleen Turner , Whoopi Goldberg and Calista Flockhart .
From 1997 to 2003, Hamilton played the role of Rebecca Washington in the television series Practice - The Lawyers . For this role she was - along with a few other actors - nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999, 2000 and 2001 . She was also nominated for the Image Award in 2000. For her role in the thriller A True Crime (1999), in which she played a larger role alongside Clint Eastwood , she was nominated for the Black Reel Award and the Image Award in 2000.
In the drama Nine Lives (2005), Hamilton starred alongside Kathy Baker , Glenn Close , Holly Hunter , Jason Isaacs , Aidan Quinn and Sissy Spacek . As a member of the acting ensemble, she was nominated for the Gotham Award in 2005.
Hamilton directed the 2003 documentary Beah: A Black Woman Speaks . For this work, she won an AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival award in 2003 and was nominated in two categories for the Black Reel Award in 2005.
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Krush Groove
- 1990: The affair of Sunny von B. (Reversal of Fortune)
- 1993: Naked in New York
- 1995: 12 Monkeys (Twelve Monkeys)
- 1995: Palookaville
- 1997–2003: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice , TV series, 145 episodes)
- 1997: Jackie Brown
- 1998: Human Child (Beloved)
- 1999: True Crime (True Crime)
- 2002: The Truth About Charlie
- 2005: Nine Lives
- 2005: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2006–2007, 2013: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2007: Honeydripper
- 2008: Deception
- 2009: Mother and Child (Mother and Child)
- 2009–2011: Men of a Certain Age (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2011: Beastly
- 2011: Take Shelter (Take Shelter)
- 2013: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2013: Lovelace
- 2016: Chance (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2018: The First (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2018: Vice - The Second Man (Vice)
- 2019: Ad Astra - To the Stars ( Ad Astra )
Web links
- Lisa Gay Hamilton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Hamilton, LisaGay |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |