Melissa Leo
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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
Credits
Passenger (2026)
as Diana Larson
The Equalizer (2014)
as Susan Plummer
Prisoners (2013)
as Holly Jones
The Big Short (2015)
as Georgia Hale
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
as Susan Plummer
Oblivion (2013)
as Sally
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
as Susan Plummer
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Flight (2012)
as Ellen Block
The Fighter (2010)
as Alice Ward
Snowden (2016)
as Laura Poitras
21 Grams (2003)
as Marianne Jordan
Hide and Seek (2005)
as Laura
Guns Up (2025)
as Michael Temple
Righteous Kill (2008)
as Cheryl
King Ivory (2025)
as Ginger Greene
Thunder Force (2021)
as Allie
All the Way (2016)
as Lady Bird Johnson
Red State (2011)
as Sara
Body Brokers (2021)
as Dr. White
Charlie Countryman (2013)
as Kate
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
as Lois Riley
The Clean Up Crew (2024)
as Siobhan
Novitiate (2017)
as Reverend Mother
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
as Rachel
Everybody's Fine (2009)
as Colleen
Conviction (2010)
as Nancy Taylor
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
as Sally Jansen
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
as Mari
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
as Bette Altmann
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Robin
Long Gone Heroes (2024)
as Olivia
Measure of Revenge (2022)
as Lillian
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Kathy Walsh
Ida Red (2021)
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
According to Greta (2009)
as Karen
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Frozen River (2008)
as Ray Eddy
Confess (2005)
as Agnes Lessor
Alone Together (2022)
as Deborah
The Parting Glass (2018)
as Al
The Mannequin (—)
Actor
The Cake Eaters (2007)
as Ceci Kimbrough
Unlovable (2018)
as Maddie
American Gun (2005)
as Louise
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
as Beatrice Grey
Francine (2012)
as Francine
Streetwalkin' (1985)
as Cookie
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
as Lily
Why Stop Now? (2012)
as Penny
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995)
as Carol Manning
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
as Kay Howard
Coast (2022)
as Olivia
The Knife (2025)
as Detective Carlsen
Jane (2022)
as Principal Rhodes
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
Nasty Boys (1989)
as Katie Morrissey
Black Irish (2007)
as Margaret McKay
The Dry Land (2010)
as Martha
The Bride in Black (1990)
as Mary Margaret
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Cassie
Stephanie Daley (2007)
as Miri Daley
Burn Country (2016)
as Gloria
Bomb (2007)
Actor
From Other Worlds (2004)
as Miriam
Ron Forever (—)
as Hilda
Immaculate Conception (1992)
as Hannah
The Rooster Prince (—)
as Elaine
Venice/Venice (1992)
as Peggy
The Limbo Room (2006)
as KC Collins
A Time of Destiny (1988)
as Josie Larraneta
Hollywood Dreams (2007)
as Aunt Bee
Deadtime Stories (1986)
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Don McKay (2009)
as Marie
The Space Between (2011)
as Montine
Queen of the Lot (2010)
as Aunt Bee
One Night (2007)
as Wendy
Bottled Up (2013)
as Fay
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Trish Axelrod
The Ashram (2018)
as Chandra
Dear Lemon Lima (2007)
as Mrs. Howard
The House Is Burning (2006)
as Mrs. Miller
Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
as Mrs. Howard
Furlough (2018)
as Joan Anderson
After the Spill (2015)
as Narrator
She's The Best Thing in It (2015)
as Self
The Ever After (2015)
as Penny
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014)
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Midnight Son (2007)
as Rita
By a Thread (1992)
as Helen
I Believe in America (2007)
as Soto
Always … But Not Forever (1985)
as Peggy
Racing Daylight (2007)
as Sadie / Anna
Garden (1995)
as Elizabeth
Runaway (2005)
as Lisa Adler
Silent Witness (1985)
as Patti Mullen
Code of Ethics (1999)
as Jo DeAngelo
Santa Mesa (2008)
as Maggie
Stephanie's Image (2009)
as Stephanie
True Adolescents (2009)
as Sharon Mitchell
I'm Only There... (1984)
as Maggie
Damnation: The Flashback (2015)
as Noda Marra
The View from Up Here (2017)
as Claire
The Sea Is All I Know (2011)
as Sara
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer (2018)
as Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece (2015)
as Papillon
Lullaby (2008)
as Stephanie
Fear of Fiction (2000)
as Sigrid Anderssen
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence (2024)
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