Birthday:
Sep 14, 1960
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Melissa Leo
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Grams | Marianne Jordan | 2003 |
| Frozen River | Ray Eddy | 2008 |
| Hide and Seek | Laura | 2005 |
| Bonnie | Self | 2022 |
| Homicide: The Movie | Kay Howard | 2000 |
| Welcome to the Rileys | Lois Riley | 2010 |
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Rachel | 2005 |
| Measure of Revenge | Lillian | 2022 |
| Lullaby | Stephanie | 2008 |
| The House Is Burning | Mrs. Miller | 2006 |
| Veronika Decides to Die | Mari | 2009 |
| According to Greta | Karen | 2009 |
| Everybody's Fine | Colleen | 2009 |
| Black Irish | Margaret McKay | 2007 |
| Righteous Kill | Cheryl | 2008 |
| Coast | Olivia | 2022 |
| Don McKay | Marie | 2009 |
| Runaway | Lisa Adler | 2005 |
| Charlie Countryman | Kate | 2013 |
| American Gun | Louise | 2005 |
| Returns | 1970 | |
| Conviction | Nancy Taylor | 2010 |
| The Dry Land | Martha | 2010 |
| The Fighter | Alice Ward | 2010 |
| Deadtime Stories | Judith 'MaMa' Baer | 1986 |
| Confess | Agnes Lessor | 2005 |
| Queen of the Lot | Aunt Bee | 2010 |
| Red State | Sara | 2011 |
| Dear Lemon Lima | Mrs. Howard | 2009 |
| Racing Daylight | Sadie / Anna | 2007 |
| The Space Between | Montine | 2011 |
| Seven Days in Utopia | Lily | 2011 |
| The Ballad of Little Jo | Beatrice Grey | 1993 |
| Oblivion | Sally | 2013 |
| Streetwalkin' | Cookie | 1985 |
| The Sea Is All I Know | Sara | 2011 |
| Francine | Francine | 2012 |
| From Other Worlds | Miriam | 2004 |
| Fear of Fiction | Sigrid Anderssen | 2000 |
| The 24 Hour Woman | Dr. Suzanne Pincus | 1999 |
| Always … But Not Forever | Peggy | 1985 |
| The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | Bette Altmann | 2014 |
| Prisoners | Holly Jones | 2013 |
| Carolina Skeletons | Cassie | 1991 |
| King Ivory | Ginger Greene | 2024 |
| Olympus Has Fallen | Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan | 2013 |
| Santa Mesa | Maggie | 2008 |
| Why Stop Now? | Penny | 2012 |
| The Limbo Room | KC Collins | 2006 |
| Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Robin | 2013 |
| I'm Only There... | Maggie | 1984 |
| Last Summer in the Hamptons | Trish Axelrod | 1995 |
| Bottled Up | Fay | 2013 |
| The View from Up Here | 2017 | |
| The Equalizer 3 | Susan Plummer | 2023 |
| Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Narrator (voice) | 2013 |
| A Time of Destiny | Josie Larraneta | 1988 |
| Dwegons and Leprechauns | Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald | 2014 |
| One Night | Wendy | 2007 |
| Stephanie's Image | Stephanie | 2009 |
| Flight | Ellen Block | 2012 |
| Stephanie Daley | Miri Daley | 2007 |
| The Equalizer | Susan Plummer | 2014 |
| The Clean Up Crew | Siobhan | 2024 |
| London Has Fallen | Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan | 2016 |
| In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Carol Manning | 1995 |
| Midnight Son | Rita | 2007 |
| The Ever After | Penny | 2015 |
| She's The Best Thing in It | Self | 2015 |
| Nasty Boys | Katie Morrissey | 1989 |
| Burn Country | Gloria | 2016 |
| Hollywood Dreams | Aunt Bee | 2007 |
| Snowden | Laura Poitras | 2016 |
| The Big Short | Georgia Hale | 2015 |
| Code of Ethics | Jo DeAngelo | 1999 |
| All the Way | Lady Bird Johnson | 2016 |
| Damnation: The Flashback | Noda Marra | 2015 |
| The Cake Eaters | Ceci Kimbrough | 2007 |
| The Knife | Detective Carlsen | 2024 |
| Long Gone Heroes | Olivia | 2024 |
| By a Thread | Helen | 1992 |
| The Most Hated Woman in America | Madalyn Murray O'Hair | 2017 |
| Novitiate | Reverend Mother | 2017 |
| I Believe in America | Soto | 2007 |
| The Bride in Black | Mary Margaret | 1990 |
| True Adolescents | Sharon Mitchell | 2009 |
| Immaculate Conception | Hannah | 1992 |
| Venice/Venice | Peggy | 1992 |
| The Ashram | Chandra | 2018 |
| The Equalizer 2 | Susan Plummer | 2018 |
| Dear Lemon Lima | Mrs. Howard | 2007 |
| Unlovable | Maddie | 2018 |
| Furlough | Joan Anderson | 2018 |
| After the Spill | Narrator | 2015 |
| The Parting Glass | Al | 2018 |
| Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer | Narrator | 2018 |
| Silent Witness | Patti Mullen | 1985 |
| Mr. Woodcock | Sally Jansen | 2007 |
| Body Brokers | Dr. White | 2021 |
| The Alphabet Killer | Kathy Walsh | 2008 |
| The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece | Papillon | 2015 |
| Bomb | 2007 | |
| Thunder Force | Allie | 2021 |
| Ida Red | Ida ‘Red’ Walker | 2021 |
| Alone Together | Deborah | 2022 |
| Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self | 1997 |
| Jane | Principal Rhodes | 2022 |
| AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sybil Perez | 2000 |
| Spenser: For Hire | 1985 | |
| Shark | 2006 | |
| Veronica Mars | Julia Smith | 2004 |
| The Young Riders | Emma Shannon | 1989 |
| Miami Vice | 1984 | |
| Cold Case | Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007) | 2003 |
| The L Word | Winnie Mann | 2004 |
| Criminal Minds | Sheriff Georgia Davis | 2005 |
| The Equalizer | Irina Dzershinsky | 1985 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Maureen Curtis | 2001 |
| Legacy | 1998 | |
| Scarlett | 1994 | |
| Nasty Boys | Katie Morrissey | 1989 |
| Treme | 2010 | |
| Treme | Toni Bernette | 2010 |
| Law & Order | Donna Cheponis | 1990 |
| Mildred Pierce | Lucy Gessler | 2011 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Kay Howard | 1993 |
| I'm Dying Up Here | Goldie | 2017 |
| Law & Order | Defense Attorney Alice Sutton | 1990 |
| Broad City | Lori | 2014 |
| Law & Order | Sherri Quinn | 1990 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self | 2013 |
| I Know This Much Is True | Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey | 2020 |
| BoJack Horseman | Ma Nguyen (voice) | 2014 |
| Dolly Parton's Heartstrings | Amelia Meegers | 2019 |
| Wayward Pines | Nurse Pam | 2015 |
