The Soloist Cast: LisaGay Hamilton
LISAGAY HAMILTON (Jennifer Ayers-Moore) is a graduate of the Tisch School
of the Arts and the Juilliard School of Drama. Her extensive theater credits
include Isabella in "Measure for Measure" and Lady Hotspur in "Henry
IV Parts I & II" at the New York Shakespeare Theatre Festival. She
was an original cast member in the Broadway Company of August Wilson’s "The
Piano Lesson" and "Gem of the Ocean." In the fall of 2007,
she won an Obie Award for her performance in Adrienne Kennedy’s "The
Ohio State Murders" at Theater for a New Audience in New York City.
Hamilton was an Ovation Award nominee for Best Actress for Athol Fugard’s "Valley
Song" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Her performance earned
her an Obie Award, the Clarence Derwent Award and a Drama Desk nomination.
Hamilton’s film credits include "The Truth about Charlie" and "Beloved" for
director Jonathan Demme; Clint Eastwood’s "True Crime"; the independent
films "Palookaville" and "Drunks"; Showtime’s "A
House Divided" opposite Sam Waterston; Ophelia in director Campbell
Scott’s film version of "Hamlet"; and "Nine Lives" directed
by Rodrigo Garcia. Her latest film credits include "Tourist" directed
by Marcel Langenegger; and "Honeydripper" directed by John Sayles.
She
co-starred for seven years on the Emmy Award-winning David Kelley drama "The
Practice," and just completed her role opposite Ray Romano and Andre
Braugher in the TNT pilot "Men of a Certain Age."
Hamilton made her prime-time directorial debut on "The Practice," and "BEAH:
A Black Woman Speaks" marked her documentary directorial debut. "BEAH:
A Black Woman Speaks" received the 2003 AFI Los Angeles International
Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Documentary Competition, won the 2004 Miami
Film Festival Audience Award, made the 2005 list of Notable Videos selected
by the American Library Association and won the 2005 Fespaco Film Festival
Paul Robeson Award.
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