Lisa Gay Hamilton was born on March 25, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an American actress.

Her first paid acting role was as a spear carrier in the Joseph Papp Public Theatre production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night but she soon moved on to weightier parts, appearing opposite Kevin Kline in Measure for Measure in the New York Shakespeare Festival.

In film, she's starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in Jonathan Demme's Beloved (1998) and had roles in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997), Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), and the The Truth About Charlie (2002).

Television has kept her busy too, with guest appearances on Law & Order and Homicide along with a gig on The Practice from 2000–2003.

Her last credits include Honeydripper (2007) and Deception (2008).

Filmography

• The Soloist (2008)
• Deception (2008)
• Honeydripper (2007)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "Numb3rs" (1 episode, 2007)
• "Without a Trace" (1 episode, 2006)
• "ER" (1 episode, 2005)
• Nine Lives (2005)
• Conviction (2005) (TV)
• "The L Word" (1 episode, 2004)
• "The Practice" (133 episodes, 1997-2003)
• The Truth About Charlie (2002)
• "Sex and the City" (1 episode, 2002)
• The Sum of All Fears (2002)
• Ten Tiny Love Stories (2001)
• Hamlet (2000) (TV)
• A House Divided (2000) (TV)
• Swing Vote (1999) (TV)
• True Crime (1999)
• Beloved (1998)
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) (voice)
• "Ally McBeal" (1 episode, 1998)
• The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998) (TV)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• Lifebreath (1997)
• Nick and Jane (1997)
• "One Life to Live" (1968) TV series (1996)
• Twelve Monkeys (1995)
• Clarissa (1995) (TV)
• Palookaville (1995)
• Drunks (1995)
• "Law & Order" (1 episode, 1995)
• "All My Children" (1970) TV series 1 (1994)
• "New York Undercover" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1 episode, 1993)
• Naked in New York (1993)
• "Way Cool" (1991) TV series
• Reversal of Fortune (1990)
• Krush Groove (1985)

Awards

• OBIE Award Performance "Valley Song" 1995 - 1996