Melissa Leo
Acting
Né·e en 1960 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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).
★ 7.3Passenger
Film · 2026
Diana Larson
★ 7.2The Knife
Film · 2025
Detective Carlsen
★ 6.5Guns Up
Film · 2025
Michael Temple
★ 7.0King Ivory
Film · 2025
Ginger Greene
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
Film · 2024
Role
★ 5.6The Clean Up Crew
Film · 2024
Siobhan
★ 5.4Long Gone Heroes
Film · 2024
Olivia
★ 7.3The Equalizer 3
Film · 2023
Susan Plummer
★ 5.3Bonnie
Film · 2022
Self
★ 5.3Jane
Film · 2022
Principal Rhodes
★ 5.1Alone Together
Film · 2022
Deborah
★ 4.6Coast
Film · 2022
Olivia
★ 4.6Measure of Revenge
Film · 2022
Lillian
★ 5.7Ida Red
Film · 2021
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
★ 5.5Thunder Force
Film · 2021
Allie
★ 6.2Body Brokers
Film · 2021
Dr. White
★ 7.6I Know This Much Is True
TV series · 2020
Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
★ 7.1Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
TV series · 2019
Amelia Meegers
★ 5.6Unlovable
Film · 2018
Maddie
★ 6.8The Equalizer 2
Film · 2018
Susan Plummer
★ 5.4The Parting Glass
Film · 2018
Al
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Film · 2018
Narrator
★ 5.7Furlough
Film · 2018
Joan Anderson
★ 5.4The Ashram
Film · 2018
Chandra
★ 6.0The View from Up Here
Film · 2017
Claire
★ 6.5Novitiate
Film · 2017
Reverend Mother
★ 6.4I'm Dying Up Here
TV series · 2017
Goldie
★ 6.2The Most Hated Woman in America
Film · 2017
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
★ 7.1Snowden
Film · 2016
Laura Poitras
★ 6.7All the Way
Film · 2016
Lady Bird Johnson
★ 5.0Burn Country
Film · 2016
Gloria
★ 6.2London Has Fallen
Film · 2016
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
★ 7.4The Big Short
Film · 2015
Georgia Hale
★ 7.0After the Spill
Film · 2015
Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Film · 2015
Papillon
★ 6.9Wayward Pines
TV series · 2015
Nurse Pam
★ 1.0She's The Best Thing in It
Film · 2015
Self
★ 5.7The Ever After
Film · 2015
Penny
★ 7.3The Equalizer
Film · 2014
Susan Plummer
★ 8.5BoJack Horseman
TV series · 2014
Ma Nguyen
★ 5.6The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Film · 2014
Bette Altmann
★ 1.4Dwegons and Leprechauns
Film · 2014
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
★ 7.1Broad City
TV series · 2014
Lori
★ 8.1Prisoners
Film · 2013
Holly Jones
★ 6.6Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Film · 2013
Self - Narrator
★ 7.0Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Film · 2013
Robin
★ 5.7Bottled Up
Film · 2013
Fay
★ 6.7Oblivion
Film · 2013
Sally
★ 6.4Olympus Has Fallen
Film · 2013
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
★ 6.4Charlie Countryman
Film · 2013
Kate
★ 3.4Francine
Film · 2012
Francine
★ 5.4Why Stop Now?
Film · 2012
Penny
★ 6.9Flight
Film · 2012
Ellen Block
★ 6.6The Space Between
Film · 2011
Montine
★ 5.7Seven Days in Utopia
Film · 2011
Lily
★ 6.0Red State
Film · 2011
Sara
The Sea Is All I Know
Film · 2011
Sara
★ 7.0Mildred Pierce
TV series · 2011
Lucy Gessler
★ 7.4The Fighter
Film · 2010
Alice Ward
★ 2.6Queen of the Lot
Film · 2010
Aunt Bee
★ 6.6Welcome to the Rileys
Film · 2010
Lois Riley
★ 7.1Conviction
Film · 2010
Nancy Taylor
★ 4.5The Dry Land
Film · 2010
Martha
★ 7.6Treme
TV series · 2010
Toni Bernette
★ 6.8Everybody's Fine
Film · 2009
Colleen
★ 6.0According to Greta
Film · 2009
Karen
★ 5.6Dear Lemon Lima
Film · 2009
Mrs. Howard
★ 5.8Veronika Decides to Die
Film · 2009
Mari
★ 4.9Don McKay
Film · 2009
Marie
★ 5.7True Adolescents
Film · 2009
Sharon Mitchell
★ 8.0Stephanie's Image
Film · 2009
Stephanie
★ 5.1The Alphabet Killer
Film · 2008
Kathy Walsh
★ 5.9Righteous Kill
Film · 2008
Cheryl
★ 6.6Frozen River
Film · 2008
Ray Eddy
★ 5.0Santa Mesa
Film · 2008
Maggie
★ 10.0Lullaby
Film · 2008
Stephanie
★ 6.5Black Irish
Film · 2007
Margaret McKay
★ 5.1Mr. Woodcock
Film · 2007
Sally Jansen
★ 3.3Racing Daylight
Film · 2007
Sadie / Anna
★ 10.0I Believe in America
Film · 2007
Soto
★ 3.1Hollywood Dreams
Film · 2007
Aunt Bee
★ 5.5The Cake Eaters
Film · 2007
Ceci Kimbrough
Dear Lemon Lima
Film · 2007
Mrs. Howard
★ 5.8Stephanie Daley
Film · 2007
Miri Daley
★ 1.0Midnight Son
Film · 2007
Rita
★ 6.5The House Is Burning
Film · 2006
Mrs. Miller
★ 6.7Shark
TV series · 2006
Elizabeth Rourke
The Limbo Room
Film · 2006
KC Collins
★ 7.0The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Film · 2005
Rachel
★ 4.3Confess
Film · 2005
Agnes Lessor
★ 8.3Criminal Minds
TV series · 2005
Sheriff Georgia Davis
★ 5.7American Gun
Film · 2005
Louise
★ 6.5Runaway
Film · 2005
Lisa Adler
★ 6.3Hide and Seek
Film · 2005
Laura
★ 3.9From Other Worlds
Film · 2004
Miriam
★ 7.8Veronica Mars
TV series · 2004
Julia Smith
★ 7.7The L Word
TV series · 2004
Winnie Mann
★ 7.321 Grams
Film · 2003
Marianne Jordan
★ 7.7Cold Case
TV series · 2003
Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
★ 7.6Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV series · 2001
Maureen Curtis
★ 7.6CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV series · 2000
Sybil Perez
★ 8.0Fear of Fiction
Film · 2000
Sigrid Anderssen
★ 6.9Homicide: The Movie
Film · 2000
Kay Howard
★ 7.0Code of Ethics
Film · 1999
Jo DeAngelo
★ 5.8The 24 Hour Woman
Film · 1999
Dr. Suzanne Pincus
★ 8.4Legacy
TV series · 1998
Emma Bradford
★ 6.8Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Film · 1997
Self
★ 5.8Last Summer in the Hamptons
Film · 1995
Trish Axelrod
★ 4.8In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Film · 1995
Carol Manning
★ 6.6Scarlett
TV series · 1994
Suellen O'Hara Benteen
★ 6.1The Ballad of Little Jo
Film · 1993
Beatrice Grey
★ 8.1Homicide: Life on the Street
TV series · 1993
Kay Howard
★ 10.0By a Thread
Film · 1992
Helen
★ 5.4Immaculate Conception
Film · 1992
Hannah
★ 7.0Venice/Venice
Film · 1992
Peggy
★ 7.2Carolina Skeletons
Film · 1991
Cassie
★ 8.0The Bride in Black
Film · 1990
Mary Margaret
★ 7.3Law & Order
TV series · 1990
Donna Cheponis
★ 7.3Nasty Boys
Film · 1989
Katie Morrissey
★ 7.4The Young Riders
TV series · 1989
Emma Shannon
★ 5.4A Time of Destiny
Film · 1988
Josie Larraneta
★ 4.9Deadtime Stories
Film · 1986
Judith 'MaMa' Baer
★ 4.7Silent Witness
Film · 1985
Patti Mullen
★ 4.4Always … But Not Forever
Film · 1985
Peggy
★ 4.9Streetwalkin'
Film · 1985
Cookie
★ 6.9Spenser: For Hire
TV series · 1985
Role
★ 7.1The Equalizer
TV series · 1985
Irina Dzershinsky
★ 7.4Miami Vice
TV series · 1984
Kathleen Gilfords
I'm Only There...
Film · 1984
Maggie
Ron Forever
Film
Hilda