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