Biography
Melissa Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in 1985, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Ingenue/Woman in the Drama Series āAll My Childrenā. Her most notable role as was as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on āHomicide: Life on the Streetā for the show's first five seasons from 1993ā1997.
Following several films, Leo received critical acclaim and national attention in earning several nominations and awards, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Leo earned several awards for her role as Alice Ward in the critically acclaimed film, āThe Fighterā (2010). For this role Leo won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Leo currently appears on the television series Treme.Ā
Leo currently resides in Stone Ridge, New York and two sons John Matthew Heard (born 1987), and Adam (adopted - born 1984).
Filmography
all 132
Movies 106
TV Shows 26
self 5
Narrator 2
Voice 2
King Ivory (2024)
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
Bonnie (2022)
Jane (2022)
Alone Together (2022)
Coast (2022)
Measure of Revenge (2022)
Ida Red (2021)
Thunder Force (2021)
Body Brokers (2021)
I Know This Much Is True (2020)
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019)
Unlovable (2018)
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
The Parting Glass (2018)
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer (2018)
Furlough (2018)
The Ashram (2018)
The View from Up Here (2017)
Novitiate (2017)
I'm Dying Up Here (2017)
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
Snowden (2016)
All the Way (2016)
Burn Country (2016)
London Has Fallen (2016)
The Big Short (2015)
Damnation: The Flashback (2015)
After the Spill (2015)
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece (2015)
Wayward Pines (2015)
She's The Best Thing in It (2015)
The Ever After (2015)
The Equalizer (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014)
Broad City (2014)
Prisoners (2013)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
The Only Real Game (2013)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
Bottled Up (2013)
Oblivion (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Charlie Countryman (2013)
Flight (2012)
Francine (2012)
Why Stop Now? (2012)
The Space Between (2011)
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
Red State (2011)
The Sea Is All I Know (2011)
Mildred Pierce (2011)
The Fighter (2010)
Queen of the Lot (2010)
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
Conviction (2010)
The Dry Land (2010)
Treme (2010)
Everybody's Fine (2009)
According to Greta (2009)
Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
Don McKay (2009)
True Adolescents (2009)
Stephanie's Image (2009)
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
Righteous Kill (2008)
Frozen River (2008)
Santa Mesa (2008)
Lullaby (2008)
Black Irish (2007)
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
Racing Daylight (2007)
I Believe in America (2007)
Hollywood Dreams (2007)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Dear Lemon Lima (2007)
Stephanie Daley (2007)
Midnight Son (2007)
Bomb (2007)
One Night (2007)
The House Is Burning (2006)
Shark (2006)
The Limbo Room (2006)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Criminal Minds (2005)
American Gun (2005)
Runaway (2005)
Hide and Seek (2005)
Confess (2005)
From Other Worlds (2004)
Veronica Mars (2004)
The L Word (2004)
Cold Case (2003)
21 Grams (2003)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Fear of Fiction (2000)
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
Code of Ethics (1999)
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
Legacy (1998)
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995)
Scarlett (1994)
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Immaculate Conception (1992)
Venice/Venice (1992)
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
The Bride in Black (1990)
Law & Order (1990)
Nasty Boys (1989)
Nasty Boys (1989)
The Young Riders (1989)
Gideon Oliver (1989)
A Time of Destiny (1988)
Deadtime Stories (1986)
Silent Witness (1985)
Always (1985)
Streetwalkin' (1985)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
The Equalizer (1985)
Miami Vice (1984)
I'm Only There... (1984)
Dear Governor Cuomo
Returns
Clean-Up Crew
Ratings
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1960-09-14 (63 years old)
Birth NameMelissa Chessington Leo
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesStone Ridge, United States of America
Also Known AsMargaret May, Melissa Chessington Leo, ė©ė¦¬ģ¬ ė ģ¤
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress ā Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
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