Lisa Gay Hamilton Add to My Celebs Age 48 Birthday Mar. 25th, 1964 Born in Los Angeles, California, USA Height 5' 2"

Lisa Gay Hamilton's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Practice Rebecca Was…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Beastly 2010 - Mother and Child 2009 - The Soloist 2007 - Honeydripper 2005 - Nine Lives 2002 - The Sum of All Fears 2002 - The Truth About Charlie 1999 - True Crime 1998 - Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 1997 - Jackie Brown 1995 - Twelve Monkeys 1993 - Naked in New York 1990 - Reversal of Fortune 1985 - Krush Groove

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Lisa's mother, Tina, is a retired social worker. Her father, Ira, is a self-employed construction worker & sells real estate. 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. Her principal interest initially was to act in Shakepearean drama. She earned her degree from theatre from New York University and followed it up with a master's degree from Julliard. In 1993, she got her first break at the New York Shakespearean festival playing Isabella opposite Kevin Kline in "Measure for Measure". She was later turned down to play the role of Hester Prynne in a production of "The Scarlet Letter" because of race. Upset, she wrote a letter to 'The Village Voice' to protest legal racism. The play's playwright, Phyllis Nagy, responded with a criticism of her acting, which obviously made things worse.


TRIVIA:

• Graduated from Julliard School

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