Melissa Leo
Acting
Born 1960-09-14
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
137 credits
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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).
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Filmography
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Law & Order
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Cold Case
Miami Vice
BoJack Horseman
Passenger
Veronica Mars
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
The L Word
Prisoners
Broad City
The Big Short
Wayward Pines
The Equalizer 3
The Equalizer 2
Oblivion
Shark
Olympus Has Fallen
Spenser: For Hire
Flight
Treme
London Has Fallen
The Young Riders
The Fighter
Guns Up
I Know This Much Is True
Mildred Pierce
Snowden
21 Grams
Righteous Kill
Legacy
Scarlett
Hide and Seek
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Red State
The Arsenio Hall Show
Thunder Force
Novitiate
Everybody's Fine
All the Way
Mr. Woodcock
I'm Dying Up Here
The Most Hated Woman in America
Body Brokers
Ida Red
King Ivory
Bonnie
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Charlie Countryman
Welcome to the Rileys
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Conviction
Frozen River
Unlovable
Long Gone Heroes
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