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