LisaGay Hamilton

LisaGay Hamilton (born 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 ABC 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 on the Hulu series ''The First'' (2018).

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''. Provided by Wikipedia