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 (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.

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

Television

As an actor

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"