# 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 (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 2003–04, Hope portrayed agent Lisa Cohen on Line of Fire.$^{:608}$ In 2005–06, 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 | Title | role | Notes |
| 1981 | Ups and Downs | Penelope | |
| 1984 | Love Streams | Joanie | |
| 1986 | Education of Allison | Allison Tate | |
| 1988 | Kansas | Lori Bayles | |
| 1988 | It Takes Two | Stephanie Lawrence | |
| 1988 | Talk Radio | Laura | |
| 1990 | Men at Work | Susan Wilkins | |
| 1991 | The Big Slice | Jenny Colter | |
| 1991 | True Confections | Verna Miller | |
| 1992 | The Dance Goes On | Rick's Girl in LA | |
| 1993 | Doppelganger | Elizabeth | |
| 1993 | Sweet Killing | Eva Bishop | |
| 1993 | Paris, France | Lucy | |
| 1994 | Boozecan | Helen | |
| 1994 | Fun | Jane | |
| 1994 | Schemes | Laura Steele | Video |
| 1994 | Cityscrapes: Los Angeles | Katie | |
| 1995 | First Degree | Hadley Pyne | Video |
| 1996 | The Conspiracy of Fear | Jimmy | Video |
| 1996 | Rowing Through | Kate Bordeleau | |
| 1998 | Shadow Builder | Jenny Hatcher | |
| 1998 | Summer of the Monkeys | Sarah Lee | |
| 1999 | Water Damage | Arabella Bauer | |
| 1999 | The Life Before This | Alice | |
| 2000 | Double Frame | Special Agent Kate Olsen | |
| 2000 | Bruiser | Rosemary Newley | |
| 2000 | The Spreading Ground | Leslie DeLongpre | |
| 2002 | Dragonfly | Charisse Darrow | |
| 2005 | The Fix | Leslie | Short film |
| 2008 | Never Back Down | Margot Tyler | |
| 2009 | Formosa Betrayed | Lisa Gilbert | |
| 2012 | Mindfield | Maggie | Short film |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Mrs. McMichael, Alan's mother | |
| 2019 | Lie Exposed | Melanie | |

### Television

As an actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Linda | Episode: "All the Kids Do It" |
| 1985 | Berrenger's | Cammie Springer | Main |
| 1985 | Knots Landing | Linda Martin | Recurring |
| 1986 | Sword of Gideon | Shoshana | TV movie |
| 1987 | Hunter | Julie Lawrence | Episode: "Requiem for Sergeant McCall" |
| 1988 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden Land | Dorrie | TV movie |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Madeline Henry | Miniseries |
| 1989 | American Playhouse | Elizabeth Leopold | Episode: "Ask Me Again" |
| 1990 | Working Tra$h | Susan Fahnestock | TV movie |
| 1993 | Caught in the Act | Rachel | TV movie |
| 1994 | SeaQuest 2032 | Marie Piccolo | Episode: "Vapors" |
| 1994 | Party of Five | Meg Bennett | Episode: "Grownups" |
| 1995 | The Avenging Angel | Liza Rigby | TV movie |
| 1995 | Shadow-Ops | Paige | TV movie |
| 1996 | Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story | Claire Brown | Miniseries |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Meredith Carson | Episodes: "The Paper" & "His Girl Thursday" |
| 1998 | Blackout Effect | Karen | TV movie |
| 1998 | This Matter of Marriage | Hallie Mitchell | TV movie |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Kira Meru | Episode: "Wrongs Darker than Death or Night" |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Vicki Slater | Episodes: "The Ties That Bind" & "Playing Through" |
| 1999 | Vengeance Unlimited | Mrs. Thomas | Episode: "Legalese" |
| 1999 | Restless Spirits | Charlotte | TV movie |
| 1999 | The Outer Limits | Darcy Kipling | Episode: "Alien Radio" |
| 2000 | The Outer Limits | Weatherman | Episode: "Zig Zag" |
| 2000 | Judging Amy | Dr. Amanda Kubiak | Episode: "Drawing the Line" |
| 2000 | Level 9 | Grace Bishop aka Gina Bartholomew | Episode: "Mail Call" |
| 2001 | RoboCop: Prime Directives | Ann R. Key | Miniseries |
| 2001 | Sanctuary | Kirby Fitzsimmons | Television film |
| 2001 | The District | Special Agent Grace Curry | Episodes: "Fools Russian: Part 1" & "Fools Russian: Part 2" |
| 2001 | Stolen Miracle | Sgt. Jane McKinley | TV movie |
| 2001 | 24 | Teri Bauer | Main role |
| 2003 | The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton | Sarah | TV movie |
| 2003 | An Unexpected Love | Kate Mayer | TV movie |
| 2003 | Line of Fire | Lisa Cohen | Main |
| 2004 | Human Cargo | Charlene Fischer | Miniseries |
| 2004 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Joan | TV movie |
| 2004 | Meltdown | Zoe Cox | TV movie |
| 2004 | Open Heart | Host | TV movie |
| 2004 | H$_2$O | Sgt. Leah Collins | Miniseries |
| 2005 | House | Victoria Madsen | Episode: "Histories" |
| 2005 | The Eleventh Hour | Marsha Segal / Moira Seagull | Episode: "The Miracle Worker" |
| 2005 | Hunt for Justice [de] | Camille Gilbert | TV movie |
| 2005–06 | Commander in Chief | Melanie Blackston | Episodes: "Pilot", "First Strike", "First... Do No Harm" & "The Price You Pay" |
| 2006 | Karol - The Pope, the Man | Julia Ritter | TV movie |
| 2006 | Everwood | Laurie Fields | Episodes: "Ghosts", "Lost and Found" & " You're a Good Man, Andy Brown" |
| 2006 | Runaway | Lily Rader | Recurring |
| 2007 | Eyes | Nan Burgess | Episode: "Karma" |
| 2007 | Don't Cry Now | Bonnie | TV movie |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Denise Partney | Episode: "Permanent Vacation" |
| 2007 | Everest '82 | Michelle Winegate | Miniseries |
| 2008 | The Apostles | Dee Brinjak | TV movie |
| 2008 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Terri Driver | Episodes: "Neighborhood Watch" & "Last Rites" |
| 2008 | Private Practice | Linda | Episode: "Nothing to Talk About" |
| 2008 | Faux Baby | Leslie / Dr. Greenfield | Episodes: "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 Greenstreet | TV movie |
| 2009 | Black Rain | Carol Grey | TV movie |
| 2010 | Seven Deadly Sins | Det. Sharon Geary | Episodes: " Episode #1.1" & " Episode #1.2" |
| 2010 | Tangled | Marlene | TV movie |
| 2011 | Off the Map | Bridget Clemmons | Episode: "There's Nothing to Fix" |
| 2012 | The River | Tess Cole | Main role |
| 2012 | Castle | Gwenn Harwin | Episode: "Secret Santa" |
| 2013 | Revolution | President Foster | Recurring |
| 2013–2016 | NCIS | SECNAV Sarah Porter | Recurring |
| 2014 | The Strain | Joan Luss | Recurring |
| 2014 | Tyrant | Lea Exley | Recurring |
| 2015 | Blue Bloods | Anne Farrell | Episodes: "Through the Looking Glass" & "Payback" |
| 2015 | NCIS: New Orleans | SECNAV Sarah Porter | Episode: "Touched by the Sun" |
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Sidney Greenstreet | TV movie |
| 2016 | Murdoch Mysteries | Elizabeth Cummersworth | Episode: "Unlucky in Love" |
| 2016–17 | Suits | Anita Gibbs | Recurring |
| 2017 | Slasher: Guilty Party | Judith Berry | Main |
| 2018 | Station 19 | Battalion Chief Frankel | Episodes: "Invisible to Me", "Contain the Flame" & "Stronger Together" |
| 2019 | Lie Exposed | Melanie | TV movie |
As a director
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2008 | What I See When I Close My Eyes | Documentary short |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2012 | 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" |
| 2017 | 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 | 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" |
| 2022 | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Episode: "Ghosts of Illyria" |
| 2022 | 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" |
| 2024 | Murder in a Small Town | Episode: "Fall from Grace" |