Leslie Hope


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, Murdoch Mysteries, The Strain, Lost in Space, Snowpiercer, Devil in Ohio.

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. 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

Television

As an actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
1984CBS Schoolbreak SpecialLindaEpisode: "All the Kids Do It"
1985Berrenger'sCammie SpringerMain
1985Knots LandingLinda MartinRecurring
1986Sword of GideonShoshanaTV movie
1987HunterJulie LawrenceEpisode: "Requiem for Sergeant McCall"
1988Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden LandDorrieTV movie
1988War and RemembranceMadeline HenryMiniseries
1989American PlayhouseElizabeth LeopoldEpisode: "Ask Me Again"
1990Working Tra$hSusan FahnestockTV movie
1993Caught in the ActRachelTV movie
1994SeaQuest 2032Marie PiccoloEpisode: "Vapors"
1994Party of FiveMeg BennettEpisode: "Grownups"
1995The Avenging AngelLiza RigbyTV movie
1995Shadow-OpsPaigeTV movie
1996Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt StoryClaire BrownMiniseries
1996Early EditionMeredith CarsonEpisodes: "The Paper" & "His Girl Thursday"
1998Blackout EffectKarenTV movie
1998This Matter of MarriageHallie MitchellTV movie
1998Star Trek: Deep Space NineKira MeruEpisode: "Wrongs Darker than Death or Night"
1998Chicago HopeVicki SlaterEpisodes: "The Ties That Bind" & "Playing Through"
1999Vengeance UnlimitedMrs. ThomasEpisode: "Legalese"
1999Restless SpiritsCharlotteTV movie
1999The Outer LimitsDarcy KiplingEpisode: "Alien Radio"
2000The Outer LimitsWeathermanEpisode: "Zig Zag"
2000Judging AmyDr. Amanda KubiakEpisode: "Drawing the Line"
2000Level 9Grace Bishop aka Gina BartholomewEpisode: "Mail Call"
2001RoboCop: Prime DirectivesAnn R. KeyMiniseries
2001SanctuaryKirby FitzsimmonsTelevision film
2001The DistrictSpecial Agent Grace CurryEpisodes: "Fools Russian: Part 1" & "Fools Russian: Part 2"
2001Stolen MiracleSgt. Jane McKinleyTV movie
200124Teri BauerMain role
2003The Death and Life of Nancy EatonSarahTV movie
2003An Unexpected LoveKate MayerTV movie
2003Line of FireLisa CohenMain
2004Human CargoCharlene FischerMiniseries
2004The Incredible Mrs. RitchieJoanTV movie
2004MeltdownZoe CoxTV movie
2004Open HeartHostTV movie
2004H2OSgt. Leah CollinsMiniseries
2005HouseVictoria MadsenEpisode: "Histories"
2005The Eleventh HourMarsha Segal / Moira SeagullEpisode: "The Miracle Worker"
2005'Camille GilbertTV movie
2005–06Commander in ChiefMelanie BlackstonEpisodes: "Pilot", "First Strike", "First... Do No Harm" & "The Price You Pay"
2006Karol - The Pope, the ManJulia RitterTV movie
2006EverwoodLaurie FieldsEpisodes: "Ghosts", "Lost and Found" & " You're a Good Man, Andy Brown"
2006RunawayLily RaderRecurring
2007EyesNan BurgessEpisode: "Karma"
2007Don't Cry NowBonnieTV movie
2007CSI: MiamiDenise PartneyEpisode: "Permanent Vacation"
2007Everest '82Michelle WinegateMiniseries
2008The ApostlesDee BrinjakTV movie
2008Law & Order: Criminal IntentTerri DriverEpisodes: "Neighborhood Watch" & "Last Rites"
2008Private PracticeLindaEpisode: "Nothing to Talk About"
2008Faux BabyLeslie / Dr. GreenfieldEpisodes: "Birth of a Faux" & "Valley of the Fauxs"
2008–2010The MentalistKristina FryeEpisodes: "Seeing Red", "Red Letter", "Red Sky in the Morning" & "The Blood on His Hands"
2009Jesse Stone: Thin IceSidney GreenstreetTV movie
2009Black RainCarol GreyTV movie
2010Seven Deadly SinsDet. Sharon GearyEpisodes: " Episode #1.1" & " Episode #1.2"
2010TangledMarleneTV movie
2011Off the MapBridget ClemmonsEpisode: "There's Nothing to Fix"
2012The RiverTess ColeMain role
2012CastleGwenn HarwinEpisode: "Secret Santa"
2013RevolutionPresident FosterRecurring
2013–2016NCISSECNAV Sarah PorterRecurring
2014The StrainJoan LussRecurring
2014TyrantLea ExleyRecurring
2015Blue BloodsAnne FarrellEpisodes: "Through the Looking Glass" & "Payback"
2015NCIS: New OrleansSECNAV Sarah PorterEpisode: "Touched by the Sun"
2015Jesse Stone: Lost in ParadiseSidney GreenstreetTV movie
2016Murdoch MysteriesElizabeth CummersworthEpisode: "Unlucky in Love"
2016–17SuitsAnita GibbsRecurring
2017Slasher: Guilty PartyJudith BerryMain
2018Station 19Battalion 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
2008A Very Merry Daughter of the BrideTV movie
2009My Neighbor's SecretTV movie
2010GaykeithVideo short
2011–2019Murdoch Mysteries8 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
2012Buried TreasureShort
2013Christmas on the BayouTV movie
2016Aftermath2 episodes: "Now That We Talk of Dying", "Where the Dead Men Lost Their Bones"
2017Ghost Wars2 episodes: "The Curse of Copperhead Road", "The Ghost in the Machine"
2017Frankie Drake MysteriesEpisode: "Whisper Sisters"
2018–2021Van Helsing4 episodes: "Hunted Down", "Christ Pose", "State of the Union", "Graveyard Smash"
2019–20The Order4 episodes: "Homecoming, Part One", "Homecoming, Part Two", "Free Radicals, Part 1", "Free Radicals, Part 2"
2019–2021Lost in Space3 episodes: "Echoes", "Stuck", "Contingencies on Contingencies"
2019–2022Law & Order: Special Victims Unit3 episodes: "Counselor, It's Chinatown", "Dance, Lies and Videotape", "Sorry If It Got Weird for You"
2020EmergenceEpisode: "15 Years"
2021GratifiedShort
2021–22Snowpiercer9 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"
2022NCIS: Hawai'iEpisode: "Monster"
2022Star Trek: Strange New WorldsEpisode: "Ghosts of Illyria"
2022Devil in Ohio2 episodes: "Alight", "My Love and I"
2023A Small Light2 episodes "The Butterfly" and "Schiebfield"
2024Law & Order: Organized CrimeEpisode: "Redcoat"
2024Murder in a Small TownEpisode: "Fall from Grace"
2025The Better Sister''2 episodes "Lotta Sky" and "Incoming Widow"