Melissa Leo
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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
Credits
Passenger (2026)
as Diana Larson
The Equalizer (2014)
as Susan Plummer
Prisoners (2013)
as Holly Jones
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
as Susan Plummer
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Oblivion (2013)
as Sally
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
as Susan Plummer
The Big Short (2015)
as Georgia Hale
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Flight (2012)
as Ellen Block
Snowden (2016)
as Laura Poitras
The Fighter (2010)
as Alice Ward
21 Grams (2003)
as Marianne Jordan
Novitiate (2017)
as Reverend Mother
Hide and Seek (2005)
as Laura
Everybody's Fine (2009)
as Colleen
King Ivory (2025)
as Ginger Greene
Righteous Kill (2008)
as Cheryl
Guns Up (2025)
as Michael Temple
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
as Lois Riley
Conviction (2010)
as Nancy Taylor
Red State (2011)
as Sara
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
as Rachel
Thunder Force (2021)
as Allie
Long Gone Heroes (2024)
as Olivia
Body Brokers (2021)
as Dr. White
Measure of Revenge (2022)
as Lillian
The Rooster Prince (—)
as Elaine
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
as Sally Jansen
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Robin
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
as Beatrice Grey
All the Way (2016)
as Lady Bird Johnson
Unlovable (2018)
as Maddie
The Cake Eaters (2007)
as Ceci Kimbrough
According to Greta (2009)
as Karen
Frozen River (2008)
as Ray Eddy
Ron Forever (—)
as Hilda
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
Charlie Countryman (2013)
as Kate
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Kathy Walsh
Streetwalkin' (1985)
as Cookie
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014)
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
as Lily
Francine (2012)
as Francine
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
as Bette Altmann
The Clean Up Crew (2024)
as Siobhan
Deadtime Stories (1986)
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Confess (2005)
as Agnes Lessor
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
as Mari
The Space Between (2011)
as Montine
American Gun (2005)
as Louise
Don McKay (2009)
as Marie
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Cassie
Why Stop Now? (2012)
as Penny
Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
as Mrs. Howard
From Other Worlds (2004)
as Miriam
I Believe in America (2007)
as Soto
Stephanie Daley (2007)
as Miri Daley
Dear Lemon Lima (2007)
as Mrs. Howard
Ida Red (2021)
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Black Irish (2007)
as Margaret McKay
Alone Together (2022)
as Deborah
Burn Country (2016)
as Gloria
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bomb (2007)
Actor
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
The Ashram (2018)
as Chandra
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
as Kay Howard
Furlough (2018)
as Joan Anderson
Stephanie's Image (2009)
as Stephanie
The Parting Glass (2018)
as Al
The Limbo Room (2006)
as KC Collins
Coast (2022)
as Olivia
Damnation: The Flashback (2015)
as Noda Marra
The Knife (2025)
as Detective Carlsen
Queen of the Lot (2010)
as Aunt Bee
The House Is Burning (2006)
as Mrs. Miller
Always … But Not Forever (1985)
as Peggy
The Dry Land (2010)
as Martha
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Trish Axelrod
Jane (2022)
as Principal Rhodes
Nasty Boys (1989)
as Katie Morrissey
A Time of Destiny (1988)
as Josie Larraneta
The View from Up Here (2017)
as Claire
Racing Daylight (2007)
as Sadie / Anna
Garden (1995)
as Elizabeth
Silent Witness (1985)
as Patti Mullen
Immaculate Conception (1992)
as Hannah
After the Spill (2015)
as Narrator
True Adolescents (2009)
as Sharon Mitchell
Runaway (2005)
as Lisa Adler
The Sea Is All I Know (2011)
as Sara
One Night (2007)
as Wendy
The Mannequin (—)
Actor
The Bride in Black (1990)
as Mary Margaret
Fear of Fiction (2000)
as Sigrid Anderssen
Santa Mesa (2008)
as Maggie
The Ever After (2015)
as Penny
By a Thread (1992)
as Helen
Hollywood Dreams (2007)
as Aunt Bee
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995)
as Carol Manning
Venice/Venice (1992)
as Peggy
Bottled Up (2013)
as Fay
Code of Ethics (1999)
as Jo DeAngelo
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence (2024)
Actor
She's The Best Thing in It (2015)
as Self
Midnight Son (2007)
as Rita
Lullaby (2008)
as Stephanie
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer (2018)
as Narrator
I'm Only There... (1984)
as Maggie
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece (2015)
as Papillon