Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 14, 1960
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
137 titles
Melissa Leo
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 “All My Children”. Her most notable role as was as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on “Homicide: Life on the Street” for the show's first five seasons from 1993–1997. 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, “The Fighter” (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. Leo currently resides in Stone Ridge, New York and two sons John Matthew Heard (born 1987), and Adam (adopted - born 1984).
Known For
Filmography
Passenger
Diana Larson
The Knife
Detective Carlsen
Guns Up
Michael Temple
King Ivory
Ginger Greene
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
Long Gone Heroes
Olivia
The Clean Up Crew
Siobhan
The Equalizer 3
Susan Plummer
Bonnie
Self
Jane
Principal Rhodes
Alone Together
Deborah
Coast
Olivia
Measure of Revenge
Lillian
Ida Red
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Thunder Force
Allie
Body Brokers
Dr. White
I Know This Much Is True
Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Amelia Meegers
Unlovable
Maddie
The Equalizer 2
Susan Plummer
The Parting Glass
Al
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Narrator
Furlough
Joan Anderson
The Ashram
Chandra
Novitiate
Reverend Mother
The View from Up Here
Claire
I'm Dying Up Here
Goldie
The Most Hated Woman in America
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Snowden
Laura Poitras
All the Way
Lady Bird Johnson
Burn Country
Gloria
London Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Big Short
Georgia Hale
Damnation: The Flashback
Noda Marra
After the Spill
Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Papillon
Wayward Pines
Nurse Pam
She's The Best Thing in It
Self
The Ever After
Penny
The Equalizer
Susan Plummer
BoJack Horseman
Ma Nguyen (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Bette Altmann
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Broad City
Lori
Prisoners
Holly Jones
The Arsenio Hall Show
Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Robin
Bottled Up
Fay
Oblivion
Sally