Leslie 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 (2021–22), Devil in Ohio (2022).
Early life Hope was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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. Hope was married to writer and actor Jamie Angell, from 1994 to 1996, with whom she has a son named MacKenzie, and to cinematographer, producer, and director Adam Kane from 2005 to 2015.
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, which was filmed in Victoria, in 1981. In 1982, she worked as a crew member for, and had a bit part in, Love Streams.
On television, in 1985, Hope portrayed Cammie Springer in Berrenger's. In 1987, she played the role of Madeleine Henry in the TV miniseries War and Remembrance. In 1993, she starred in Paris, France, directed by Gerard Ciccoritti. In 1998, she played Jenny Hatcher in the Bram Stoker' film Shadow Builder.
In 2002, she landed the role as Teri Bauer in the first season of 24 (2001–02). Hope starred in George A. Romero's film Bruiser. On television, she appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Kira Nerys' mother Kira Meru and in the Gemini Award-winning series Human Cargo.
In 200304, Hope portrayed agent Lisa Cohen on Line of Fire. In 200506, she appeared as Attorney General of the United States Melanie Blackston in four episodes of Commander in Chief, and, in the fall of 2006, played Lily Rader in the CW drama series, Runaway. In 2009, she played a detective on Seven Deadly Sins, a miniseries on Lifetime.
In 2014, Hope played attorney Joan Luss, a surviving passenger of Regis Airlines Flight 753, on FX's The Strain. She also has recurring roles in the crime series NCIS, as Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter. She was in the legal drama Suits, as prosecutor Anita Gibbs. She portrayed the role of a psychic medium Kristina Frye in the television crime drama The Mentalist.
Filmography
Film Year Titlerole Notes1981Ups and DownsPenelope1984Love StreamsJoanie1986 Education of AllisonAllison Tate1988KansasLori BaylesIt Takes TwoStephanie LawrenceTalk RadioLaura1990Men at WorkSusan Wilkins1991 The Big SliceJenny ColterTrue ConfectionsVerna Miller1992 The Dance Goes OnRick's Girl in LA1993DoppelgangerElizabethSweet KillingEva BishopParis, FranceLucy1994BoozecanHelenFunJaneSchemesLaura SteeleVideoCityscrapes: Los AngelesKatie1995First DegreeHadley PyneVideo1996 The Conspiracy of FearJimmyRowing ThroughKate Bordeleau1998Shadow BuilderJenny HatcherSummer of the MonkeysSarah Lee1999Water DamageArabella Bauer The Life Before ThisAlice2000Double FrameSpecial Agent Kate OlsenBruiserRosemary Newley The Spreading GroundLeslie DeLongpre2002DragonflyCharisse Darrow2005 The FixLeslieShort film2008Never Back DownMargot Tyler2009Formosa BetrayedLisa Gilbert2012MindfieldMaggieShort film2015Crimson PeakMrs. McMichael, Alan's mother2019Lie ExposedMelanie
Television
As an actor Year Title Role Notes1984CBS Schoolbreak SpecialLindaEpisode: "All the Kids Do It"1985Berrenger'sCammie SpringerMain Knots LandingLinda MartinRecurring 1986Sword of GideonShoshanaTV movie1987HunterJulie LawrenceEpisode: "Requiem for Sergeant McCall"1988Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden LandDorrieTV movieWar and RemembranceMadeline Henry Miniseries1989American PlayhouseElizabeth LeopoldEpisode: "Ask Me Again"1990Working Tra$hSusan FahnestockTV movie1993Caught in the ActRachel1994SeaQuest 2032Marie PiccoloEpisode: "Vapors"Party of FiveMeg BennettEpisode: "Grownups"1995 The Avenging AngelLiza RigbyTV movieShadow-OpsPaige1996Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt StoryClaire Brown MiniseriesEarly EditionMeredith CarsonEpisodes: "The Paper" & "His Girl Thursday"1998Blackout EffectKarenTV movieThis Matter of MarriageHallie MitchellStar Trek: Deep Space NineKira Meru Episode: "Wrongs Darker than Death or Night"Chicago HopeVicki Slater Episodes: "The Ties That Bind" & "Playing Through"1999Vengeance UnlimitedMrs. ThomasEpisode: "Legalese"Restless SpiritsCharlotteTV movieThe Outer LimitsDarcy KiplingEpisode: "Alien Radio"2000WeathermanEpisode: "Zig Zag"Judging AmyDr. Amanda KubiakEpisode: "Drawing the Line"Level 9Grace Bishop aka Gina BartholomewEpisode: "Mail Call"2001RoboCop: Prime DirectivesAnn R. Key Miniseries Sanctuary Kirby Fitzsimmons Television film The DistrictSpecial Agent Grace Curry Episodes: "Fools Russian: Part 1" & "Fools Russian: Part 2"Stolen MiracleSgt. Jane McKinleyTV movie24Teri BauerMain role2003 The Death and Life of Nancy EatonSarahTV movieAn Unexpected LoveKate MayerLine of FireLisa CohenMain 2004Human CargoCharlene FischerMiniseries The Incredible Mrs. RitchieJoanTV movieMeltdownZoe CoxOpen HeartHostH2OSgt. Leah CollinsMiniseries2005HouseVictoria MadsenEpisode: "Histories" The Eleventh HourMarsha Segal / Moira SeagullEpisode: "The Miracle Worker"Hunt for JusticeCamille GilbertTV movie2005–06Commander in ChiefMelanie Blackston Episodes: "Pilot", "First Strike", "First... Do No Harm" & "The Price You Pay"2006Karol - The Pope, the ManJulia RitterTV movieEverwoodLaurie FieldsEpisodes: "Ghosts", "Lost and Found" & " You're a Good Man, Andy Brown"RunawayLily RaderRecurring 2007EyesNan BurgessEpisode: "Karma"Don't Cry NowBonnieTV movieCSI: MiamiDenise PartneyEpisode: "Permanent Vacation"Everest '82Michelle WinegateMiniseries2008 The ApostlesDee BrinjakTV movieLaw & Order: Criminal IntentTerri DriverEpisodes: "Neighborhood Watch" & "Last Rites"Private PracticeLindaEpisode: "Nothing to Talk About"Faux BabyLeslie / Dr. GreenfieldEpisodes: "Birth of a Faux" & "Valley of the Fauxs"2008–2010 The MentalistKristina FryeEpisodes: "Seeing Red", "Red Letter", "Red Sky in the Morning" & "The Blood on His Hands"2009Jesse Stone: Thin IceSidney GreenstreetTV movieBlack RainCarol Grey2010Seven Deadly SinsDet. Sharon GearyEpisodes: " Episode #1.1" & " Episode #1.2"TangledMarleneTV movie2011Off the MapBridget ClemmonsEpisode: "There's Nothing to Fix"2012 The RiverTess ColeMain role CastleGwenn HarwinEpisode: "Secret Santa"2013RevolutionPresident FosterRecurring 2013–2016NCISSECNAV Sarah Porter 2014 The StrainJoan LussTyrantLea Exley2015Blue BloodsAnne FarrellEpisodes: "Through the Looking Glass" & "Payback"NCIS: New OrleansSECNAV Sarah PorterEpisode: "Touched by the Sun"Jesse Stone: Lost in ParadiseSidney GreenstreetTV movie2016Murdoch MysteriesElizabeth CummersworthEpisode: "Unlucky in Love"2016–17SuitsAnita GibbsRecurring 2017Slasher: Guilty PartyJudith BerryMain 2018Station 19Battalion Chief FrankelEpisodes: "Invisible to Me", "Contain the Flame" & "Stronger Together"
As a director Year Title Notes 2008 What I See When I Close My Eyes Documentary short A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride TV movie 2009 My Neighbor's Secret TV movie 2010 Gaykeith Video 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" 2012 Merry In-Laws TV movie Buried Treasure Short 2013 Christmas on the Bayou TV 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" 2019–20 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" 2021 Gratified Short 2021–22 Snowpiercer 9 episodes: "Keep Hope Alive", "Many Miles from Snowpiercer", "Bound by One Track", "Born to Bleed", "Setting Itself Right", "Life Source", "North Star", "A Moth to a Flame", "By Weeping Cross" 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" Murder in a Small Town Episode: "Fall from Grace" 2025 The Better Sister 2 episodes "Lotta Sky" and "Incoming Widow"
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