Acting
Melissa Leo
EN cinema · 116 credits
Born
14 September 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Margaret May · Melissa Chessington Leo
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
Ron Forever
as Hilda
The Mannequin
The Mannequin
Actor, Executive Producer
Mother Wolf
Mother Wolf
as Babs, Producer
Passenger
as Diana Larson
King Ivory
as Ginger Greene
The Knife
as Detective Carlsen
Guns Up
as Michael Temple
The Clean Up Crew
as Siobhan
Long Gone Heroes
as Olivia
The Equalizer 3
as Susan Plummer
Bonnie
as Self
Measure of Revenge
as Lillian
Coast
as Olivia
Alone Together
as Deborah
Jane
as Principal Rhodes
Body Brokers
as Dr. White
Thunder Force
as Allie
Ida Red
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
The Ashram
as Chandra
The Equalizer 2
as Susan Plummer
Unlovable
as Maddie
Furlough
as Joan Anderson, Producer
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
as Narrator
The View from Up Here
as Claire
The Most Hated Woman in America
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Novitiate
as Reverend Mother
London Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Burn Country
as Gloria
Snowden
as Laura Poitras
All the Way
as Lady Bird Johnson
The Ever After
as Penny
The Big Short
as Georgia Hale
After the Spill
as Narrator
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Bette Altmann
Dwegons and Leprechauns
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Equalizer
as Susan Plummer
Oblivion
as Sally
Prisoners
as Holly Jones
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Bottled Up
as Fay, Producer
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Francine
as Francine
Why Stop Now?
as Penny
Flight
as Ellen Block
Red State
as Sara
The Space Between
as Montine
Welcome to the Rileys
as Lois Riley
Conviction
as Nancy Taylor
The Dry Land
as Martha
The Fighter
as Alice Ward
Queen of the Lot
as Aunt Bee
According to Greta
as Karen
Everybody's Fine
as Colleen
Don McKay
as Marie
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
Stephanie's Image
as Stephanie
True Adolescents
as Sharon Mitchell
Frozen River
as Ray Eddy
Lullaby
as Stephanie
Righteous Kill
as Cheryl
Santa Mesa
as Maggie
The Alphabet Killer
as Kathy Walsh
Black Irish
as Margaret McKay
Racing Daylight
as Sadie / Anna
Stephanie Daley
as Miri Daley
Midnight Son
as Rita
Hollywood Dreams
as Aunt Bee
The Cake Eaters
as Ceci Kimbrough
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
Mr. Woodcock
as Sally Jansen
The House Is Burning
as Mrs. Miller
The Limbo Room
as KC Collins
Hide and Seek
as Laura
Runaway
as Lisa Adler
American Gun
as Louise
Confess
as Agnes Lessor
From Other Worlds
as Miriam
21 Grams
as Marianne Jordan
Homicide: The Movie
as Kay Howard
Fear of Fiction
as Sigrid Anderssen
The 24 Hour Woman
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Code of Ethics
as Jo DeAngelo
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Trish Axelrod
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Carol Manning
Garden
1995
Garden
as Elizabeth
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Beatrice Grey
By a Thread
as Helen
Immaculate Conception
as Hannah
Venice/Venice
as Peggy
Carolina Skeletons
as Cassie
The Bride in Black
as Mary Margaret
Nasty Boys
as Katie Morrissey
A Time of Destiny
as Josie Larraneta
Deadtime Stories
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Streetwalkin'
as Cookie
Silent Witness
as Patti Mullen
I'm Only There...
as Maggie