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
Marianne Jordan
21 Grams
Ray Eddy
Frozen River
Laura
Hide and Seek
Self
Bonnie
Kay Howard
Homicide: The Movie
Lois Riley
Welcome to the Rileys
Rachel
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Stephanie
Lullaby
Lillian
Measure of Revenge
Mrs. Miller
The House Is Burning
Mari
Veronika Decides to Die
Karen
According to Greta
Colleen
Everybody's Fine
Margaret McKay
Black Irish
Cheryl
Righteous Kill
Olivia
Coast
Marie
Don McKay
Lisa Adler
Runaway
Kate
Charlie Countryman
Louise
American Gun
Nancy Taylor
Conviction
Martha
The Dry Land
Alice Ward
The Fighter
Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Deadtime Stories
Agnes Lessor
Confess
Aunt Bee
Queen of the Lot
Sara
Red State
Mrs. Howard
Dear Lemon Lima
Sadie / Anna
Racing Daylight
Montine
The Space Between
Lily
Seven Days in Utopia
Beatrice Grey
The Ballad of Little Jo
Sally
Oblivion
Cookie
Streetwalkin'
Sara
The Sea Is All I Know
Francine
Francine
Miriam
From Other Worlds
Sigrid Anderssen
Fear of Fiction
Dr. Suzanne Pincus
The 24 Hour Woman
Peggy
Always … But Not Forever
Bette Altmann
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Holly Jones
Prisoners
Cassie
Carolina Skeletons
Ginger Greene
King Ivory
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Olympus Has Fallen
Maggie
Santa Mesa
Penny
Why Stop Now?
KC Collins
The Limbo Room
Robin
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Maggie
I'm Only There...
Trish Axelrod
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Fay
Bottled Up
Claire
The View from Up Here
Susan Plummer
The Equalizer 3
Self - Narrator (voice)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Josie Larraneta
A Time of Destiny
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Wendy
One Night
Stephanie
Stephanie's Image
Ellen Block
Flight
Miri Daley
Stephanie Daley
Susan Plummer
The Equalizer
Siobhan
The Clean Up Crew
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
London Has Fallen
Carol Manning
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Rita
Midnight Son
Penny
The Ever After
Self
She's The Best Thing in It
Katie Morrissey
Nasty Boys
Gloria
Burn Country
Aunt Bee
Hollywood Dreams
Laura Poitras
Snowden
Georgia Hale
The Big Short
Jo DeAngelo
Code of Ethics
Lady Bird Johnson
All the Way
Noda Marra
Damnation: The Flashback
Ceci Kimbrough
The Cake Eaters
Detective Carlsen
The Knife
Olivia
Long Gone Heroes
Helen
By a Thread
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
The Most Hated Woman in America
Reverend Mother
Novitiate
Soto
I Believe in America
Mary Margaret
The Bride in Black
Sharon Mitchell
True Adolescents
Hannah
Immaculate Conception
Peggy
Venice/Venice
Chandra
The Ashram
Susan Plummer
The Equalizer 2
Mrs. Howard
Dear Lemon Lima
Maddie
Unlovable
Joan Anderson
Furlough
Narrator
After the Spill
Al
The Parting Glass
Narrator
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Patti Mullen
Silent Witness
Sally Jansen
Mr. Woodcock
Dr. White
Body Brokers
Kathy Walsh
The Alphabet Killer
Papillon
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Bomb
Allie
Thunder Force
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Ida Red
Deborah
Alone Together
Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Principal Rhodes
Jane
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
Passenger
Michael Temple
Guns Up
Hilda
Ron Forever
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
110
Gender
Female
Birthday
1960-09-14
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Margaret May