
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