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).
★7.2
MOVIE2026
Passenger
as Diana Larson
★7.3
MOVIE2014
The Equalizer
as Susan Plummer
★8.1
MOVIE2013
Prisoners
as Holly Jones
★7.3
MOVIE2023
The Equalizer 3
as Susan Plummer
★6.4
MOVIE2013
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Oblivion
as Sally
★7.4
MOVIE2015
The Big Short
as Georgia Hale
★6.8
MOVIE2018
The Equalizer 2
as Susan Plummer
★6.2
MOVIE2016
London Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
★7.1
MOVIE2016
Snowden
as Laura Poitras
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Flight
as Ellen Block
★7.4
MOVIE2010
The Fighter
as Alice Ward
★6.5
MOVIE2017
Novitiate
as Reverend Mother
★6.8
MOVIE2025
King Ivory
as Ginger Greene
★7.3
MOVIE2003
21 Grams
as Marianne Jordan
★6.8
MOVIE2009
Everybody's Fine
as Colleen
★5.9
MOVIE2008
Righteous Kill
as Cheryl
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Hide and Seek
as Laura
★6.5
MOVIE2025
Guns Up
as Michael Temple
★6.6
MOVIE2010
Welcome to the Rileys
as Lois Riley
★5.5
MOVIE2021
Thunder Force
as Allie
★5.4
MOVIE2024
Long Gone Heroes
as Olivia
★6.4
MOVIE2013
Charlie Countryman
as Kate
★6.2
MOVIE2021
Body Brokers
as Dr. White
MOVIETBA
The Rooster Prince
as Elaine
★6.0
MOVIE2011
Red State
as Sara
★5.6
MOVIE2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Bette Altmann
★5.1
MOVIE2007
Mr. Woodcock
as Sally Jansen
★7.0
MOVIE2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Robin
★6.2
MOVIE2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
★5.6
MOVIE2018
Unlovable
as Maddie
★4.7
MOVIE2022
Measure of Revenge
as Lillian
★7.1
MOVIE2010
Conviction
as Nancy Taylor
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Veronika Decides to Die
as Mari
★5.3
MOVIE2022
Bonnie
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2016
All the Way
as Lady Bird Johnson
★5.7
MOVIE2011
Seven Days in Utopia
as Lily
★5.5
MOVIE2024
The Clean Up Crew
as Siobhan
★6.0
MOVIE1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Beatrice Grey
★10.0
MOVIE2007
I Believe in America
as Soto
★6.6
MOVIE2008
Frozen River
as Ray Eddy
★3.4
MOVIE2012
Francine
as Francine
★6.8
MOVIE1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
MOVIE2007
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
★6.0
MOVIE2009
According to Greta
as Karen
★7.0
MOVIE2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
as Rachel
★5.1
MOVIE2008
The Alphabet Killer
as Kathy Walsh
★4.9
MOVIE1985
Streetwalkin'
as Cookie
MOVIETBA
Ron Forever
as Hilda
★4.3
MOVIE2005
Confess
as Agnes Lessor
★1.4
MOVIE2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
★4.9
MOVIE2009
Don McKay
as Marie
★5.4
MOVIE2012
Why Stop Now?
as Penny
★6.9
MOVIE2000
Homicide: The Movie
as Kay Howard
★7.2
MOVIE1991
Carolina Skeletons
as Cassie
★5.4
MOVIE2018
The Ashram
as Chandra
★3.9
MOVIE2004
From Other Worlds
as Miriam
★5.7
MOVIE2018
Furlough
as Joan Anderson
★5.7
MOVIE2021
Ida Red
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
MOVIE2007
Bomb
★5.1
MOVIE2022
Alone Together
as Deborah
★5.5
MOVIE2007
The Cake Eaters
as Ceci Kimbrough
★5.5
MOVIE2009
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
MOVIETBA
The Mannequin
★4.9
MOVIE1986
Deadtime Stories
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
★7.3
MOVIE1989
Nasty Boys
as Katie Morrissey
★5.7
MOVIE2005
American Gun
as Louise
★5.4
MOVIE1988
A Time of Destiny
as Josie Larraneta
MOVIE1995
Garden
as Elizabeth
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Stephanie Daley
as Miri Daley
MOVIE2006
The Limbo Room
as KC Collins
★6.6
MOVIE2011
The Space Between
as Montine
★5.4
MOVIE1992
Immaculate Conception
as Hannah
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Black Irish
as Margaret McKay
★6.6
MOVIE2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★4.6
MOVIE2022
Coast
as Olivia
★7.2
MOVIE2025
The Knife
as Detective Carlsen
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Burn Country
as Gloria
★6.0
MOVIE2017
The View from Up Here
as Claire
★5.8
MOVIE1999
The 24 Hour Woman
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
★6.4
MOVIE2007
One Night
as Wendy
★7.0
MOVIE2015
After the Spill
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE2009
Stephanie's Image
as Stephanie
★6.5
MOVIE2006
The House Is Burning
as Mrs. Miller
★5.4
MOVIE2022
Jane
as Principal Rhodes
★5.4
MOVIE2018
The Parting Glass
as Al
★4.4
MOVIE1985
Always … But Not Forever
as Peggy
★3.1
MOVIE2007
Hollywood Dreams
as Aunt Bee
★3.3
MOVIE2007
Racing Daylight
as Sadie / Anna
★1.0
MOVIE2015
Damnation: The Flashback
as Noda Marra
★4.7
MOVIE1985
Silent Witness
as Patti Mullen
★8.0
MOVIE1990
The Bride in Black
as Mary Margaret
★4.5
MOVIE2010
The Dry Land
as Martha
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Venice/Venice
as Peggy
★4.8
MOVIE1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Carol Manning
★5.7
MOVIE2015
The Ever After
as Penny
★10.0
MOVIE1992
By a Thread
as Helen
★5.8
MOVIE1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Trish Axelrod
★8.0
MOVIE2000
Fear of Fiction
as Sigrid Anderssen
★5.7
MOVIE2013
Bottled Up
as Fay
★2.6
MOVIE2010
Queen of the Lot
as Aunt Bee
★5.7
MOVIE2009
True Adolescents
as Sharon Mitchell
★1.0
MOVIE2007
Midnight Son
as Rita
★6.5
MOVIE2005
Runaway
as Lisa Adler
★1.0
MOVIE2015
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self
MOVIE2011
The Sea Is All I Know
as Sara
★7.0
MOVIE1999
Code of Ethics
as Jo DeAngelo
★5.0
MOVIE2008
Santa Mesa
as Maggie
★10.0
MOVIE2008
Lullaby
as Stephanie
MOVIE2024
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
MOVIE2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
as Narrator
MOVIE1984
I'm Only There...
as Maggie
MOVIE2015
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
as Papillon