Broadway BUZZ

A graduate of The Juilliard School’s Drama Division, Hamilton’s Broadway credits include August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Gem of the Ocean. Additional theater credits include Isabella in Measure for Measure at the New York Shakespeare Theatre Festival, opposite Kevin Kline and Andre Braugher, and Athol Fugard’s play, Valley Song, which earned her an Obie Award, a Drama Desk nomination, the Clarence Derwent Award, and an Ovation nomination. Most recently, Hamilton appeared in three feature films — James Gray’s Ad Astra, Adam McKay’s Vice and Felix van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy. Additional film credits include Go For Sisters, Life of a King, True Crime, Palookaville, Drunks, The Sum of All Fears, Hamlet, Nine Lives, Honeydripper, The Tourist, The Soloist, Mother and Child, Lovelace, and the Jonathan Demme films Beloved and The Truth About Charlie. On television, Hamilton can be seen in The First, Chance, A House Divided, Men of a Certain Age, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and in a recurring role in House of Cards. Hamilton is also well-known for her role on The Practice, for which she also directed an episode. Hamilton’s documentary, Beah: A Black Woman Speaks, premiered on HBO and went on to win an AFI Award for Best Documentary, a Peabody Award, and an Image Award. It was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Documentary.