Leslie Hope

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Leslie Hope
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Born
Leslie Ann Hope

Occupation(s)Actress, director
Years active1981–present
Spouses
  • Jamie Angell
    (m. 1994;div. 1996)
  • (m. 2005;div. 2015)
Children1

Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress and director, best known for her role as Teri Bauer on the Fox television series 24 and prosecutor Anita Gibbs on Suits. Other credits include Shadow Builder (1998), Murdoch Mysteries , The Strain (2015), Lost in Space (2019-2021), Snowpiercer (2021-2022), Devil in Ohio (2022).

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Early life

Hope was born May 6, 1965, [1] in Halifax, Nova Scotia, [2] to Ann and Frank Hope. She has one brother named Stephen. She graduated from St. Michael's University School at Victoria, British Columbia in 1982. [3] Hope was married to writer and actor Jamie Angell, [1] from 1994 to 1996, with whom she has a son named MacKenzie, and to cinematographer, producer, and director Adam Kane from 2005 to 2015. [1]

Career

Hope has appeared in many Canadian and American films and television series. Her first film role was in the Canadian film Ups and Downs , [3] which was filmed in Victoria, in 1981. In 1982, she worked as a crew member for, and had a bit part in, Love Streams. [4]

On television, in 1985, Hope portrayed Cammie Springer in Berrenger's . [5] In 1987, she played the role of Madeleine Henry in the TV miniseries War and Remembrance . In 1993, she starred in Paris, France, [2] directed by Gerard Ciccoritti. In 1998, she played Jenny Hatcher in the Bram Stoker' film Shadow Builder . [2]


In 2002, she landed the role as Teri Bauer in the first season of 24 (2001–02). [3] Hope starred in George A. Romero's film Bruiser . [2] On television, she appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , [2] as Kira Nerys' mother Kira Meru and in the Gemini Award-winning series Human Cargo . [2]

In 200304, Hope portrayed agent Lisa Cohen on Line of Fire . [5] :608 [2] In 200506, she appeared as Attorney General of the United States Melanie Blackston in four episodes of Commander in Chief , [2] and, in the fall of 2006, played Lily Rader in the CW drama series, Runaway . [3] In 2009, she played a detective on Seven Deadly Sins, a miniseries on Lifetime. [3]

In 2014, Hope played attorney Joan Luss, a surviving passenger of Regis Airlines Flight 753, on FX's The Strain . [2] She also has recurring roles in the crime series NCIS , [2] as Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter. She was in the legal drama Suits , [2] as prosecutor Anita Gibbs. She portrayed the role of a psychic medium Kristina Frye in the television crime drama The Mentalist . [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleroleNotes
1981 Ups and Downs Penelope
1984 Love Streams Joanie
1986 Education of AllisonAllison Tate
1988 Kansas Lori Bayles
It Takes Two Stephanie Lawrence
Talk Radio Laura
1990 Men at Work Susan Wilkins
1991The Big SliceJenny Colter
True Confections Verna Miller
1992The Dance Goes OnRick's Girl in LA
1993 Doppelganger Elizabeth
Sweet KillingEva Bishop
Paris, France Lucy
1994BoozecanHelen
Fun Jane
SchemesLaura SteeleVideo
Cityscrapes: Los AngelesKatie
1995First DegreeHadley PyneVideo
1996The Conspiracy of FearJimmy
Rowing Through Kate Bordeleau
1998 Shadow Builder Jenny Hatcher
Summer of the Monkeys Sarah Lee
1999Water DamageArabella Bauer
The Life Before This Alice
2000Double FrameSpecial Agent Kate Olsen
Bruiser Rosemary Newley
The Spreading Ground Leslie DeLongpre
2002 Dragonfly Charisse Darrow
2005The FixLeslieShort film
2008 Never Back Down Margot Tyler
2009 Formosa Betrayed Lisa Gilbert
2012MindfieldMaggieShort film
2015 Crimson Peak Mrs. McMichael, Alan's mother
2019 Lie Exposed Melanie

Television

As an actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 CBS Schoolbreak Special LindaEpisode: "All the Kids Do It"
1985 Berrenger's Cammie SpringerMain
Knots Landing Linda MartinRecurring
1986 Sword of Gideon ShoshanaTV movie
1987 Hunter Julie LawrenceEpisode: "Requiem for Sergeant McCall"
1988Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden LandDorrieTV movie
War and Remembrance Madeline HenryMiniseries
1989 American Playhouse Elizabeth LeopoldEpisode: "Ask Me Again"
1990 Working Tra$h Susan FahnestockTV movie
1993Caught in the ActRachel
1994 SeaQuest 2032 Marie PiccoloEpisode: "Vapors"
Party of Five Meg BennettEpisode: "Grownups"
1995The Avenging AngelLiza RigbyTV movie
Shadow-OpsPaige
1996 Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt StoryClaire BrownMiniseries
Early Edition Meredith CarsonEpisodes: "The Paper" & "His Girl Thursday"
1998 Blackout Effect KarenTV movie
This Matter of MarriageHallie Mitchell
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Kira MeruEpisode: "Wrongs Darker than Death or Night"
Chicago Hope Vicki SlaterEpisodes: "The Ties That Bind" & "Playing Through"
1999 Vengeance Unlimited Mrs. ThomasEpisode: "Legalese"
Restless SpiritsCharlotteTV movie
The Outer Limits Darcy KiplingEpisode: "Alien Radio"
2000WeathermanEpisode: "Zig Zag"
Judging Amy Dr. Amanda KubiakEpisode: "Drawing the Line"
Level 9 Grace Bishop aka Gina BartholomewEpisode: "Mail Call"
2001 RoboCop: Prime Directives Ann R. KeyMiniseries
Sanctuary Kirby FitzsimmonsTelevision film
The District Special Agent Grace CurryEpisodes: "Fools Russian: Part 1" & "Fools Russian: Part 2"
Stolen MiracleSgt. Jane McKinleyTV movie
24 Teri BauerMain role
2003The Death and Life of Nancy EatonSarahTV movie
An Unexpected Love Kate Mayer
Line of Fire Lisa CohenMain
2004 Human Cargo Charlene FischerMiniseries
The Incredible Mrs. RitchieJoanTV movie
Meltdown Zoe Cox
Open HeartHost
H2O Sgt. Leah CollinsMiniseries
2005 House Victoria MadsenEpisode: "Histories"
The Eleventh Hour Marsha Segal / Moira SeagullEpisode: "The Miracle Worker"
Hunt for Justice  [ de ]Camille GilbertTV movie
2005-2006 Commander in Chief Melanie BlackstonEpisodes: "Pilot", "First Strike", "First... Do No Harm" & "The Price You Pay"
2006Karol - The Pope, the ManJulia RitterTV movie
Everwood Laurie FieldsEpisodes: "Ghosts", "Lost and Found" & " You're a Good Man, Andy Brown"
Runaway Lily RaderRecurring
2007 Eyes Nan BurgessEpisode: "Karma"
Don't Cry NowBonnieTV movie
CSI: Miami Denise PartneyEpisode: "Permanent Vacation"
Everest '82 Michelle WinegateMiniseries
2008The ApostlesDee BrinjakTV movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Terri DriverEpisodes: "Neighborhood Watch" & "Last Rites"
Private Practice LindaEpisode: "Nothing to Talk About"
Faux BabyLeslie / Dr. GreenfieldEpisodes: "Birth of a Faux" & "Valley of the Fauxs"
2008-2010 The Mentalist Kristina Frye Episodes: "Seeing Red", "Red Letter", "Red Sky in the Morning" & "The Blood on His Hands"
2009 Jesse Stone: Thin Ice Sidney GreenstreetTV movie
Black RainCarol Grey
2010Seven Deadly SinsDet. Sharon GearyEpisodes: " Episode #1.1" & " Episode #1.2"
TangledMarleneTV movie
2011 Off the Map Bridget ClemmonsEpisode: "There's Nothing to Fix"
2012 The River Tess ColeMain role
Castle Gwenn HarwinEpisode: "Secret Santa"
2013 Revolution President FosterRecurring
2013–2016 NCIS SECNAV Sarah Porter
2014 The Strain Joan Luss
Tyrant Lea Exley
2015 Blue Bloods Anne FarrellEpisodes: "Through the Looking Glass" & "Payback"
NCIS: New Orleans SECNAV Sarah PorterEpisode: "Touched by the Sun"
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise Sidney GreenstreetTV movie
2016 Murdoch Mysteries Elizabeth CummersworthEpisode: "Unlucky in Love"
2016–2017 Suits Anita GibbsRecurring
2017 Slasher: Guilty Party Judith BerryMain
2018 Station 19 Battalion Chief FrankelEpisodes: "Invisible to Me", "Contain the Flame" & "Stronger Together"
2019Lie ExposedMelanieTV movie

As a director

YearTitleNotes
2008What I See When I Close My EyesDocumentary short
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride TV movie
2009My Neighbor's SecretTV movie
2010GaykeithVideo short
2011-2019 Murdoch Mysteries 8 episodes: "Dial M for Murdoch", "Colour Blinded", "Hades Hath No Fury", "Master Lovecraft", "Crabtree a la Carte", "The Great White Moose", "Secrets and Lies", "Pirates of the Great Lakes"
2012Merry In-LawsTV movie
Buried TreasureShort
2013Christmas on the BayouTV movie
2016 Aftermath 2 episodes: "Now That We Talk of Dying", "Where the Dead Men Lost Their Bones"
2017 Ghost Wars 2 episodes: "The Curse of Copperhead Road", "The Ghost in the Machine"
Frankie Drake Mysteries Episode: "Whisper Sisters"
2018-2021 Van Helsing 4 episodes: "Hunted Down", "Christ Pose", "State of the Union", "Graveyard Smash"
2019-2020 The Order 4 episodes: "Homecoming, Part One", "Homecoming, Part Two", "Free Radicals, Part 1", "Free Radicals, Part 2"
2019-2021 Lost in Space 3 episodes: "Echoes", "Stuck", "Contingencies on Contingencies"
2019-2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3 episodes: "Counselor, It's Chinatown", "Dance, Lies and Videotape", "Sorry If It Got Weird for You"
2020 Emergence Episode: "15 Years"
2021GratifiedShort
2021-2022 Snowpiercer 5 episodes: "Keep Hope Alive", "Many Miles from Snowpiercer", "Bound by One Track", "Born to Bleed", "Setting Itself Right"
2022 NCIS: Hawai'i Episode: "Monster"
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode: "Ghosts of Illyria"
Devil in Ohio 2 episodes: "Alight", "My Love and I"
2023 A Small Light 2 episodes "The Butterfly" and "Schiebfield"
2024 Law & Order: Organized Crime Episode: "Redcoat"

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