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
The Equalizer (2014)
as Susan Plummer
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
as Susan Plummer
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
as Susan Plummer
The Big Short (2015)
as Georgia Hale
Prisoners (2013)
as Holly Jones
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Passenger (2026)
as Diana Larson
Oblivion (2013)
as Sally
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Fighter (2010)
as Alice Ward
Flight (2012)
as Ellen Block
Hide and Seek (2005)
as Laura
Everybody's Fine (2009)
as Colleen
Snowden (2016)
as Laura Poitras
Righteous Kill (2008)
as Cheryl
21 Grams (2003)
as Marianne Jordan
Guns Up (2025)
as Michael Temple
Red State (2011)
as Sara
King Ivory (2025)
as Ginger Greene
Thunder Force (2021)
as Allie
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
as Lois Riley
All the Way (2016)
as Lady Bird Johnson
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
as Sally Jansen
Charlie Countryman (2013)
as Kate
Body Brokers (2021)
as Dr. White
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Robin
Long Gone Heroes (2024)
as Olivia
Conviction (2010)
as Nancy Taylor
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
as Bette Altmann
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
as Rachel
The Clean Up Crew (2024)
as Siobhan
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
as Mari
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Novitiate (2017)
as Reverend Mother
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frozen River (2008)
as Ray Eddy
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
Alone Together (2022)
as Deborah
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Kathy Walsh
The Cake Eaters (2007)
as Ceci Kimbrough
Measure of Revenge (2022)
as Lillian
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
as Lily
Ida Red (2021)
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Francine (2012)
as Francine
American Gun (2005)
as Louise
Confess (2005)
as Agnes Lessor
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
as Kay Howard
According to Greta (2009)
as Karen
Jane (2022)
as Principal Rhodes
Unlovable (2018)
as Maddie
Stephanie Daley (2007)
as Miri Daley
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
as Beatrice Grey
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Trish Axelrod
The Limbo Room (2006)
as KC Collins
Why Stop Now? (2012)
as Penny
Streetwalkin' (1985)
as Cookie
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
The Knife (2025)
as Detective Carlsen
Queen of the Lot (2010)
as Aunt Bee
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995)
as Carol Manning
Nasty Boys (1989)
as Katie Morrissey
The Parting Glass (2018)
as Al
The Ever After (2015)
as Penny
The Mannequin (—)
Actor
The House Is Burning (2006)
as Mrs. Miller
The Space Between (2011)
as Montine
Coast (2022)
as Olivia
Furlough (2018)
as Joan Anderson
I Believe in America (2007)
as Soto
A Time of Destiny (1988)
as Josie Larraneta
The Bride in Black (1990)
as Mary Margaret
The Ashram (2018)
as Chandra
Supermax (—)
Actor
Bomb (2007)
Actor
Always … But Not Forever (1985)
as Peggy
Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
as Mrs. Howard
Don McKay (2009)
as Marie
She's The Best Thing in It (2015)
as Self
Black Irish (2007)
as Margaret McKay
The Sea Is All I Know (2011)
as Sara
One Night (2007)
as Wendy
The Dry Land (2010)
as Martha
Burn Country (2016)
as Gloria
Hollywood Dreams (2007)
as Aunt Bee
From Other Worlds (2004)
as Miriam
Bottled Up (2013)
as Fay
Stephanie's Image (2009)
as Stephanie
Ron Forever (—)
as Hilda
Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014)
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Garden (1995)
as Elizabeth
Venice/Venice (1992)
as Peggy
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Cassie
Racing Daylight (2007)
as Sadie / Anna
The Rooster Prince (—)
as Elaine
Dear Lemon Lima (2007)
as Mrs. Howard
By a Thread (1992)
as Helen
Runaway (2005)
as Lisa Adler
Under the bridge (1998)
as Kathy
Midnight Son (2007)
as Rita
Deadtime Stories (1986)
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
The View from Up Here (2017)
as Claire
True Adolescents (2009)
as Sharon Mitchell
Fear of Fiction (2000)
as Sigrid Anderssen
Silent Witness (1985)
as Patti Mullen
I'm Only There... (1984)
as Maggie
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer (2018)
as Narrator
Damnation: The Flashback (2015)
as Noda Marra
Santa Mesa (2008)
as Maggie
Immaculate Conception (1992)
as Hannah
After the Spill (2015)
as Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece (2015)
as Papillon
Lullaby (2008)
as Stephanie
Code of Ethics (1999)
as Jo DeAngelo
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence (2024)
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