Melissa Leo
Acting
Born: September 14, 1960 (age 65) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Prisoners
2013
Oblivion
2013
The Equalizer
2014
The Big Short
2015
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
Flight
2012
The Equalizer 2
2018
London Has Fallen
2016
The Fighter
2010
Snowden
2016
Criminal Minds
2005
The Equalizer 3
2023
Photos (4)
Movies (102)
Passenger
Diana Larson
The Equalizer
Susan Plummer
Prisoners
Holly Jones
The Big Short
Georgia Hale
The Equalizer 3
Susan Plummer
Oblivion
Sally
The Equalizer 2
Susan Plummer
Olympus Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
London Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Flight
Ellen Block
The Fighter
Alice Ward
Snowden
Laura Poitras
Hide and Seek
Laura
21 Grams
Marianne Jordan
Guns Up
Michael Temple
Righteous Kill
Cheryl
Red State
Sara
King Ivory
Ginger Greene
Charlie Countryman
Kate
Thunder Force
Allie
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Rachel
Everybody's Fine
Colleen
Novitiate
Reverend Mother
Long Gone Heroes
Olivia
Welcome to the Rileys
Lois Riley
Body Brokers
Dr. White
All the Way
Lady Bird Johnson
The Clean Up Crew
Siobhan
Conviction
Nancy Taylor
Ida Red
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Mr. Woodcock
Sally Jansen
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Bette Altmann
Veronika Decides to Die
Mari
The Parting Glass
Al
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Robin
Alone Together
Deborah
Measure of Revenge
Lillian
The Alphabet Killer
Kathy Walsh
The Most Hated Woman in America
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Frozen River
Ray Eddy
Unlovable
Maddie
Streetwalkin'
Cookie
The Bride in Black
Mary Margaret
Francine
Francine
According to Greta
Karen
The Cake Eaters
Ceci Kimbrough
Confess
Agnes Lessor
Coast
Olivia
The Ballad of Little Jo
Beatrice Grey
Homicide: The Movie
Kay Howard
American Gun
Louise
Why Stop Now?
Penny
Seven Days in Utopia
Lily
Nasty Boys
Katie Morrissey
The Knife
Detective Carlsen
The Ashram
Chandra
The Limbo Room
KC Collins
The Sea Is All I Know
Sara
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Carol Manning
From Other Worlds
Miriam
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
Jane
Principal Rhodes
The Dry Land
Martha
Burn Country
Gloria
Deadtime Stories
Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Black Irish
Margaret McKay
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
Stephanie Daley
Miri Daley
The Space Between
Montine
Carolina Skeletons
Cassie
Hollywood Dreams
Aunt Bee
Venice/Venice
Peggy
The Ever After
Penny
Don McKay
Marie
The 24 Hour Woman
Dr. Suzanne Pincus
The House Is Burning
Mrs. Miller
Immaculate Conception
Hannah
Furlough
Joan Anderson
After the Spill
Narrator
Queen of the Lot
Aunt Bee
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Trish Axelrod
Bottled Up
Fay
A Time of Destiny
Josie Larraneta
Racing Daylight
Sadie / Anna
I Believe in America
Soto
Code of Ethics
Jo DeAngelo
Runaway
Lisa Adler
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Midnight Son
Rita
By a Thread
Helen
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Narrator
Stephanie's Image
Stephanie
Santa Mesa
Maggie
True Adolescents
Sharon Mitchell
Silent Witness
Patti Mullen
Always … But Not Forever
Peggy
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024
I'm Only There...
Maggie
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Papillon
Lullaby
Stephanie
Fear of Fiction
Sigrid Anderssen
The View from Up Here
Claire
TV Shows (25)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sybil Perez · 1 eps
Law & Order
Donna Cheponis · 1 eps
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Alice Sutton · 1 eps
Law & Order
Sherri Quinn · 1 eps
Criminal Minds
Sheriff Georgia Davis · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Maureen Curtis · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Kathleen Gilfords · 1 eps
Cold Case
Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007) · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Kay Howard · 77 eps
BoJack Horseman
Ma Nguyen (voice) · 2 eps
Veronica Mars
Julia Smith · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Irina Dzershinsky · 1 eps
The L Word
Winnie Mann · 3 eps
Broad City
Lori · 1 eps
Wayward Pines
Nurse Pam · 11 eps
Shark
Elizabeth Rourke · 1 eps
Treme
Toni Bernette · 36 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
The Young Riders
Emma Shannon · 24 eps
I Know This Much Is True
Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey · 6 eps
Mildred Pierce
Lucy Gessler · 5 eps
Scarlett
Suellen O'Hara Benteen · 2 eps
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Amelia Meegers · 1 eps
Legacy
Emma Bradford · 2 eps
I'm Dying Up Here
Goldie · 20 eps
