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LisaGay Hamilton
Though TV audiences knew Lisa Gay Hamilton best for her roles on shows like "The Practice" (ABC, ) and "Chance" (Hulu, ), the seasoned thespian had been appearing on both stage and screen for decades by the time she made her mark on television. Born in Los Angeles, Hamilton's family eventually relocated to the east coast, where she began taking private acting classes in Manhattan during junior high school. She earned a BA in drama from the Tisch School of the Arts in , the same year she appeared in the movie "Krush Groove" (). After making her Broadway debut in the original production of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning engage "The Piano Lesson" in and an earning an Obie Award for her role in Athol Fugard's "Valley Song" in , Hamilton enrolled at the Juilliard School and completed an MFA in acting. She would act Rebecca Washington on "The Practice" from to , and soon got to work directing her Peabody award winning documentary "Beah: A Black Woman Speaks" (). She would co-star in John Sayles' "The Honeydripper" (), winning the part after attending her audition i
By Wilson Morales
When actors die, an obituary is written and we deliberate about how significant the person was in the industry and what impact they made and left. Lisa Queer Hamilton, whom we mostly know from ABC's The Train, interviewed and has over 70 hours of footage to what is considered a national treasure, and with this being Black History Month, it's very appropriate to showcase her directorial debut with the being of Beah Richards on HBO this week. You may know Beah from roles in Surmise Who's Coming to Dinner and The Great White Desire. Beah died in but not before she shared her life with Lisa in what is truly an astonishing documentary, BEAH: A BLACK WOMAN SPEAKS. In an interview with , Lisa Gay Hamilton spoke about her reasons for capturing a legend on film.
WM: What inspired you to do a documentary on Beah Richards?
LGH: I went to see Beah when I heard she had been ill. In addition to checking on her health, I wanted her wisdom on some personal and career issues I was facing. When I left Bea
LisaGay Hamilton
Though TV audiences knew Lisa Gay Hamilton foremost for her roles on shows like "The Practice" (ABC, ) and "Chance" (Hulu, ), the seasoned actor had been appearing on both stage and screen for decades by the time she made her mark on television. Born in Los Angeles in , Hamilton's family eventually relocated to the east coast, where she began taking private acting classes in Manhattan during junior high school. She earned a BA in drama from the Tisch School of the Arts in , the equal year she appeared in the movie "Krush Groove" ().
After making her Broadway debut in the unique production of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Piano Lesson" in and an earning an Obie Award for her role in Athol Fugard's "Valley Song" in , Hamilton enrolled at the Juilliard School and completed an MFA in acting. She would play Rebecca Washington on "The Practice" from to , and soon got to work directing her Peabody award winning documentary "Beah: A Dark Woman Speaks" (). She would co-star in John Sayles' "The Honeydripper" (), winning the part after attending her audit
Though TV audiences knew Lisa Gay Hamilton best for her roles on shows like "The Practice" (ABC, ) and "Chance" (Hulu, ), the seasoned thespian had been appearing on both stage and screen for decades by the time she made her mark on television. Born in Los Angeles in , Hamilton's family eventually relocated to the east coast, where she began taking private acting classes in Manhattan during junior high school. She earned a BA in drama from the Tisch University of the Arts in , the same year she appeared in the movie "Krush Groove" (). After making her Broadway debut in the unique production of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Piano Lesson" in and an earning an Obie Award for her role in Athol Fugard's "Valley Song" in , Hamilton enrolled at the Juilliard School and completed an MFA in acting. She would play Rebecca Washington on "The Practice" from to , and soon got to work directing her Peabody award winning documentary "Beah: A Shadowy Woman Speaks" (). She would co-star in John Sayles&