
Melissa Leo
Born: 1960-09-14
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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

The Equalizer

Prisoners

The Equalizer 3

Guns Up

The Equalizer 2

Olympus Has Fallen

Oblivion

London Has Fallen

The Big Short

Flight

AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence

King Ivory

The Fighter

Snowden

Mr. Woodcock

American Gun

The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

Hide and Seek

The Space Between

Charlie Countryman

Bottled Up

The Knife

Novitiate

Santa Mesa

21 Grams

Silent Witness

Everybody's Fine

Measure of Revenge

Furlough

Francine

Midnight Son

Black Irish

Long Gone Heroes

Confess

Alone Together

Stephanie Daley

Frozen River

The 24 Hour Woman

Conviction

Ida Red

The Dry Land

Dear Lemon Lima

The Ashram

Bonnie

Racing Daylight

Righteous Kill

Carolina Skeletons

Lullaby

Body Brokers

Thunder Force

Don McKay

Runaway

Immaculate Conception

Ron Forever

Fear of Fiction

Nasty Boys

Unlovable

Homicide: The Movie

Welcome to the Rileys

Streetwalkin'

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

Coast

The Clean Up Crew

Seven Days in Utopia

Burn Country

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Red State

A Time of Destiny

The Alphabet Killer

The Cake Eaters

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Dwegons and Leprechauns

All the Way

According to Greta

Jane

The Sea Is All I Know

By a Thread

The Most Hated Woman in America

The Limbo Room

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Queen of the Lot

Veronika Decides to Die

After the Spill

The Ballad of Little Jo

Stephanie's Image

Deadtime Stories

Why Stop Now?

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

The Ever After

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

I'm Only There...

Dear Lemon Lima

The Parting Glass

Last Summer in the Hamptons

The Bride in Black

Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer

Always … But Not Forever

Venice/Venice

Hollywood Dreams

True Adolescents

She's The Best Thing in It

From Other Worlds

The House Is Burning

I Believe in America
