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Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

ActingBorn September 14, 1960 (age 65)Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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).

Filmography

2026
Passenger

as Diana

Movie
2025
The Knife

as Detective Carlsen

Movie
2025
Guns Up

as Michael Temple

Movie
2025
King Ivory

as Ginger Greene

Movie
2024Movie
2024Movie
2023
The Equalizer 3

as Susan Plummer

Movie
2022
Bonnie

as Self

Movie
2022
Jane

as Principal Rhodes

Movie
2022
Alone Together

as Deborah

Movie
2022
Coast

as Olivia

Movie
2022Movie
2021
Ida Red

as Ida ‘Red’ Walker

Movie
2021Movie
2021
Body Brokers

as Dr. White

Movie
2020
I Know This Much Is True

as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey

TV
2019TV
2018
Unlovable

as Maddie

Movie
2018
The Equalizer 2

as Susan Plummer

Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2018
Furlough

as Joan Anderson

Movie
2018
The Ashram

as Chandra

Movie
2017Movie
2017
Novitiate

as Reverend Mother

Movie
2017TV
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America

as Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Movie
2016
Snowden

as Laura Poitras

Movie
2016
All the Way

as Lady Bird Johnson

Movie
2016
Burn Country

as Gloria

Movie
2016
London Has Fallen

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

Movie
2015
The Big Short

as Georgia Hale

Movie
2015Movie
2015
After the Spill

as Narrator

Movie
2015
Wayward Pines

as Nurse Pam

TV
2015Movie
2014
The Equalizer

as Susan Plummer

Movie
2014
BoJack Horseman

as Ma Nguyen (voice)

TV
2014Movie
2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns

as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald

Movie
2014
Broad City

as Lori

TV
2013
Prisoners

as Holly Jones

Movie
2013Movie
2013Movie
2013
Oblivion

as Sally

Movie
2013
Olympus Has Fallen

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

Movie
2013Movie
2012
Francine

as Francine

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Flight

as Ellen Block

Movie
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011
Red State

as Sara

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Mildred Pierce

as Lucy Gessler

TV
2010
The Fighter

as Alice Ward

Movie
2010
Queen of the Lot

as Aunt Bee

Movie
2010Movie
2010
Conviction

as Nancy Taylor

Movie
2010
The Dry Land

as Martha

Movie
2010
Treme

as Toni Bernette

TV
2009Movie
2009Movie
2009
Dear Lemon Lima

as Mrs. Howard

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Don McKay

as Marie

Movie
2009
True Adolescents

as Sharon Mitchell

Movie
2009
Stephanie's Image

as Stephanie

Movie
2008
The Alphabet Killer

as Kathy Walsh

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Frozen River

as Ray Eddy

Movie
2008
Santa Mesa

as Maggie

Movie
2008
Lullaby

as Stephanie

Movie
2007
Black Irish

as Margaret McKay

Movie
2007
Mr. Woodcock

as Sally Jansen

Movie
2007
Racing Daylight

as Sadie / Anna

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Hollywood Dreams

as Aunt Bee

Movie
2007
The Cake Eaters

as Ceci Kimbrough

Movie
2007
Dear Lemon Lima

as Mrs. Howard

Movie
2007
Stephanie Daley

as Miri Daley

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
One Night

as Wendy

Movie
2006
The House Is Burning

as Mrs. Miller

Movie
2006
Shark

as Elizabeth Rourke

TV
2006
The Limbo Room

as KC Collins

Movie
2005
Confess

as Agnes Lessor

Movie
2005
Criminal Minds

as Sheriff Georgia Davis

TV
2005
American Gun

as Louise

Movie
2005
Runaway

as Lisa Adler

Movie
2005Movie
2004Movie
2004
Veronica Mars

as Julia Smith

TV
2004
The L Word

as Winnie Mann

TV
2003
Cold Case

as Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)

TV
2003
21 Grams

as Marianne Jordan

Movie
2001TV
2000TV
2000
Fear of Fiction

as Sigrid Anderssen

Movie
2000
Homicide: The Movie

as Kay Howard

Movie
1999
Code of Ethics

as Jo DeAngelo

Movie
1999
The 24 Hour Woman

as Dr. Suzanne Pincus

Movie
1998TV
1997Movie
1995Movie
1995Movie
1995
Garden

as Elizabeth

Movie
1994
Scarlett

as Suellen O'Hara Benteen

TV
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo

as Beatrice Grey

Movie
1993TV
1992
By a Thread

as Helen

Movie
1992Movie
1992Movie
1991Movie
1990
The Bride in Black

as Mary Margaret

Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Donna Cheponis

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Sherri Quinn

TV
1989
Nasty Boys

as Katie Morrissey

Movie
1989
The Young Riders

as Emma Shannon

TV
1988
A Time of Destiny

as Josie Larraneta

Movie
1986
Deadtime Stories

as Judith 'MaMa' Baer

Movie
1985
Silent Witness

as Patti Mullen

Movie
1985
Streetwalkin'

as Cookie

Movie
1985
The Equalizer

as Irina Dzershinsky

TV
1984
Miami Vice

as Kathleen Gilfords

TV
1984Movie
Ron Forever

as Hilda

Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 14, 1960
Place of BirthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity1.6