Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress and director, best known for her role as

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on the

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television series '' 24'' and prosecutor Anita Gibbs on ''Suits''.

Personal life

Hope was born in

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, to Ann and Frank Hope. She has one brother named Stephen. She graduated from

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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

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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 ''

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''. In 1987, she played the role of Madeleine Henry in the TV miniseries ''

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''. In 1993, she starred in ''Paris, France'', directed by Gerard Ciccoritti. She later played the role of

in the first season of '' 24'' (2001–02). Hope starred in

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's film '' Bruiser''. On television, she appeared in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as

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' mother Kira Meru and in the Gemini Award-winning series '' Human Cargo''. In 200304, Hope portrayed agent Lisa Cohen on ''

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''. 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 ''

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''. She also has recurring roles in the crime series '' NCIS'' as Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter and in the legal drama '' Suits'' as prosecutor Anita Gibbs. She was also cast in the television crime drama''

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'' as Kristina Frye, portraying the role of a psychic medium.

Filmography

Film

Television

As an actor As a director

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Leslie Living people Actresses from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Year of birth missing (living people)