Portrait of LisaGay Hamilton

Acting

LisaGay Hamilton

Career

Active from 1991 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Men of a Certain Age
Men of a Certain Age
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
LisaGay Hamilton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.2, average 2.0
  • Historical
    1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Friendship 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Intrigue and Suspense 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Dark & Bleak 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles ยท average score 66
By Any Means
By Any Means (2026)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ms. Rebecca Brewer

Blue Eyed Girl
Blue Eyed Girl (2025)
GoodWatch score 57

as Catherine

Sugar
Sugar (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Assemblywoman Betty Spiro

Will Trent
Will Trent (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Evelyn Mitchell

The Boogeyman
The Boogeyman (2023)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dr. Weller

Accused
Accused (2023)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Lenore Skilling

Class of '09
Class of '09 (2023)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Tayo's Mom

The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Mary Holder

The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Christine Johnson

The Dropout
The Dropout (2022)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Judith Baker

2010s

21 titles ยท average score 65
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas (2019)
GoodWatch score 57

as Deb

The First
The First (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Kayla Price

The Rookie
The Rookie (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Henry's Doctor

Chance
Chance (2016)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Suzanne Simms

This Is Us
This Is Us (2016)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Aunt Mae

Go for Sisters
Go for Sisters (2013)
GoodWatch score 55

as Bernice

Life of a King
Life of a King (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

as Sheila King

The Blacklist
The Blacklist (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Dr. Calvert Gray

House of Cards
House of Cards (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Celia Jones

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Lt. Colonel Robin Deakins

Scandal
Scandal (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Ambassador

Beastly
Beastly (2011)
GoodWatch score 41

as Zola Davies

2000s

15 titles ยท average score 62
Men of a Certain Age
Men of a Certain Age (2009)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Melissa Thoreau

The Soloist
The Soloist (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jennifer Ayers

Honeydripper
Honeydripper (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

as Delilah

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Connie Ryan

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Sari Kinshasa

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)

Director, Writer

The L Word
The L Word (2004)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Art Show Attendee

The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
GoodWatch score 45

as Lola Jansco

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Sherise Gibbs

The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

as Capt. Lorna Shiro

A House Divided
A House Divided (2000)
GoodWatch score 63

as Julia

Hamlet
Hamlet (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ophelia

1990s

22 titles ยท average score 67
True Crime
True Crime (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bonnie Beechum

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Teresa Randall

Beloved
Beloved (1998)
GoodWatch score 58

as Younger Sethe

Sex and the City
Sex and the City (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Kendall

The Practice
The Practice (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Rebecca Washington

Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Rebecca Washington

Lifebreath
Lifebreath (1997)
GoodWatch score 58

as Dr. Quinlan

Palookaville
Palookaville (1996)
GoodWatch score 63

as Betty, Jerry's Wife

Clarissa
Clarissa (1995)
GoodWatch score 72

as Porter Russell

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Nadine Hopkins

Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show ยท as Latoya Kennedy

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Denise Johnson

1980s

1 title ยท average score 46
Krush Groove
Krush Groove (1985)
GoodWatch score 46

as Aisha