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
Prisoners (2013)
as Holly Jones
The Equalizer (2014)
as Susan Plummer
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
as Susan Plummer
Oblivion (2013)
as Sally
The Big Short (2015)
as Georgia Hale
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
as Susan Plummer
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Flight (2012)
as Ellen Block
Passenger (2026)
as Diana Larson
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Fighter (2010)
as Alice Ward
21 Grams (2003)
as Marianne Jordan
Snowden (2016)
as Laura Poitras
Hide and Seek (2005)
as Laura
Guns Up (2025)
as Michael Temple
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Everybody's Fine (2009)
as Colleen
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
as Sally Jansen
Righteous Kill (2008)
as Cheryl
Novitiate (2017)
as Reverend Mother
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
as Lois Riley
Nasty Boys (1989)
as Katie Morrissey
Streetwalkin' (1985)
as Cookie
Measure of Revenge (2022)
as Lillian
Supermax (—)
Actor
Red State (2011)
as Sara
Unlovable (2018)
as Maddie
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
as Bette Altmann
Confess (2005)
as Agnes Lessor
Thunder Force (2021)
as Allie
Conviction (2010)
as Nancy Taylor
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
as Rachel
Charlie Countryman (2013)
as Kate
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Long Gone Heroes (2024)
as Olivia
All the Way (2016)
as Lady Bird Johnson
King Ivory (2025)
as Ginger Greene
The Clean Up Crew (2024)
as Siobhan
Coast (2022)
as Olivia
Ida Red (2021)
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Body Brokers (2021)
as Dr. White
Frozen River (2008)
as Ray Eddy
The Cake Eaters (2007)
as Ceci Kimbrough
The Ashram (2018)
as Chandra
Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014)
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Don McKay (2009)
as Marie
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
as Mari
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Robin
Bomb (2007)
Actor
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Kathy Walsh
The Limbo Room (2006)
as KC Collins
Furlough (2018)
as Joan Anderson
I Believe in America (2007)
as Soto
Alone Together (2022)
as Deborah
According to Greta (2009)
as Karen
One Night (2007)
as Wendy
The Parting Glass (2018)
as Al
The Rooster Prince (—)
as Elaine
American Gun (2005)
as Louise
Ron Forever (—)
as Hilda
The Ever After (2015)
as Penny
Under the bridge (1998)
as Kathy
By a Thread (1992)
as Helen
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
as Lily
Garden (1995)
as Elizabeth
The Knife (2025)
as Detective Carlsen
Hollywood Dreams (2007)
as Aunt Bee
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
as Beatrice Grey
Francine (2012)
as Francine
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995)
as Carol Manning
Black Irish (2007)
as Margaret McKay
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jane (2022)
as Principal Rhodes
Stephanie Daley (2007)
as Miri Daley
The Mannequin (—)
Actor
Deadtime Stories (1986)
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Cassie
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Trish Axelrod
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
as Kay Howard
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
From Other Worlds (2004)
as Miriam
Dear Lemon Lima (2007)
as Mrs. Howard
Why Stop Now? (2012)
as Penny
Venice/Venice (1992)
as Peggy
Immaculate Conception (1992)
as Hannah
Lullaby (2008)
as Stephanie
A Time of Destiny (1988)
as Josie Larraneta
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer (2018)
as Narrator
Silent Witness (1985)
as Patti Mullen
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence (2024)
Actor
Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
as Mrs. Howard
Queen of the Lot (2010)
as Aunt Bee
The Space Between (2011)
as Montine
The Sea Is All I Know (2011)
as Sara
Burn Country (2016)
as Gloria
The House Is Burning (2006)
as Mrs. Miller
Stephanie's Image (2009)
as Stephanie
Fear of Fiction (2000)
as Sigrid Anderssen
After the Spill (2015)
as Narrator
Always … But Not Forever (1985)
as Peggy
The Dry Land (2010)
as Martha
She's The Best Thing in It (2015)
as Self
Bottled Up (2013)
as Fay
Runaway (2005)
as Lisa Adler
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece (2015)
as Papillon
I'm Only There... (1984)
as Maggie
Code of Ethics (1999)
as Jo DeAngelo
Midnight Son (2007)
as Rita
Racing Daylight (2007)
as Sadie / Anna
The Bride in Black (1990)
as Mary Margaret
The View from Up Here (2017)
as Claire
Damnation: The Flashback (2015)
as Noda Marra
True Adolescents (2009)
as Sharon Mitchell
Santa Mesa (2008)
as Maggie
Mother Wolf (—)
as Babs