10.0
10.0
Lullaby
2008
as Stephanie
Melissa Leo
Acting
Born:September 14, 1960(age 65)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:State University of New York at Purchase
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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).
Filmography (109 movies)
8.1
8.1
Prisoners
2013
as Holly Jones
7.4
7.4
The Big Short
2015
as Georgia Hale
7.4
7.4
The Fighter
2010
as Alice Ward
7.3
7.3
21 Grams
2003
as Marianne Jordan
7.3
7.3
Passenger
2026
as Diana Larson
7.3
7.3
The Equalizer
2014
as Susan Plummer
7.1
7.1
Snowden
2016
as Laura Poitras
7.1
7.1
King Ivory
2025
as Ginger Greene
7.1
7.1
Conviction
2010
as Nancy Taylor
7.0
7.0
After the Spill
2015
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
as Rachel
6.9
6.9
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Robin
6.8
6.8
Flight
2012
as Ellen Block
6.8
6.8
Everybody's Fine
2009
as Colleen
6.8
6.8
Carolina Skeletons
1991
as Cassie
6.8
6.8
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Kay Howard
6.8
6.8
The Equalizer 2
2018
as Susan Plummer
6.7
6.7
All the Way
2016
as Lady Bird Johnson
6.7
6.7
Oblivion
2013
as Sally
6.6
6.6
The Space Between
2011
as Montine
6.6
6.6
Guns Up
2025
as Michael Temple
6.6
6.6
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
Frozen River
2008
as Ray Eddy
6.6
6.6
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
6.6
6.6
Welcome to the Rileys
2010
as Lois Riley
6.5
6.5
Venice/Venice
1992
as Peggy
6.5
6.5
Black Irish
2007
as Margaret McKay
6.5
6.5
Nasty Boys
1989
as Katie Morrissey
6.5
6.5
Runaway
2005
as Lisa Adler
6.4
6.4
One Night
2007
as Wendy
6.4
6.4
Novitiate
2017
as Reverend Mother
6.4
6.4
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
6.4
6.4
Charlie Countryman
2013
as Kate
6.3
6.3
The House Is Burning
2006
as Mrs. Miller
6.3
6.3
Hide and Seek
2005
as Laura
6.2
6.2
London Has Fallen
2016
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
6.1
6.1
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
6.1
6.1
Body Brokers
2021
as Dr. White
6.0
6.0
Red State
2011
as Sara
6.0
6.0
According to Greta
2009
as Karen
6.0
6.0
The Bride in Black
1990
as Mary Margaret
6.0
6.0
The View from Up Here
2017
5.9
5.9
Veronika Decides to Die
2009
as Mari
5.9
5.9
Righteous Kill
2008
as Cheryl
5.8
5.8
Stephanie Daley
2007
as Miri Daley
5.8
5.8
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
as Beatrice Grey
5.7
5.7
Long Gone Heroes
2024
as Olivia
5.7
5.7
Ida Red
2021
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
5.7
5.7
The Ever After
2015
as Penny
5.7
5.7
Furlough
2018
Producer
5.7
5.7
True Adolescents
2009
as Sharon Mitchell
5.7
5.7
Bottled Up
2013
Producer
5.6
5.6
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
as Bette Altmann
5.6
5.6
American Gun
2005
as Louise
5.6
5.6
The Ashram
2018
as Chandra
5.6
5.6
Seven Days in Utopia
2011
as Lily
5.6
5.6
Unlovable
2018
as Maddie
5.5
5.5
The Cake Eaters
2007
as Ceci Kimbrough
5.5
5.5
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Trish Axelrod
5.5
5.5
The Clean Up Crew
2024
as Siobhan
5.5
5.5
Dear Lemon Lima
2009
as Mrs. Howard
5.5
5.5
Thunder Force
2021
as Allie
5.4
5.4
Jane
2022
as Principal Rhodes
5.4
5.4
The Parting Glass
2018
as Al
5.4
5.4
Why Stop Now?
2012
as Penny
5.1
5.1
The Alphabet Killer
2008
as Kathy Walsh
5.1
5.1
Alone Together
2022
as Deborah
5.0
5.0
Mr. Woodcock
2007
as Sally Jansen
5.0
5.0
Bonnie
2022
as Self
5.0
5.0
Santa Mesa
2008
as Maggie
5.0
5.0
Burn Country
2016
as Gloria
4.9
4.9
Immaculate Conception
1992
as Hannah
4.9
4.9
Don McKay
2009
as Marie
4.9
4.9
Deadtime Stories
1986
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
4.8
4.8
A Time of Destiny
1988
as Josie Larraneta
4.6
4.6
Coast
2022
as Olivia
4.6
4.6
Measure of Revenge
2022
as Lillian
4.5
4.5
The Dry Land
2010
as Martha
4.4
4.4
Silent Witness
1985
as Patti Mullen
4.4
4.4
Streetwalkin'
1985
as Cookie
4.1
4.1
Confess
2005
as Agnes Lessor
4.0
4.0
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
as Carol Manning
3.8
3.8
Always … But Not Forever
1985
as Peggy
3.6
3.6
From Other Worlds
2004
as Miriam
3.4
3.4
Francine
2012
as Francine
3.3
3.3
Racing Daylight
2007
as Sadie / Anna
3.0
3.0
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
2.6
2.6
Queen of the Lot
2010
as Aunt Bee
2.4
2.4
Hollywood Dreams
2007
as Aunt Bee
1.2
1.2
Dwegons and Leprechauns
2014
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
1.0
1.0
She's The Best Thing in It
2015
as Self
1.0
1.0
Damnation: The Flashback
2015
as Noda Marra
1.0
1.0
Midnight Son
2007
as Rita
Stephanie's Image
2009
as Stephanie
The Knife
2025
as Detective Carlsen
By a Thread
1992
as Helen
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024
Ron Forever
TBA
as Hilda
Fear of Fiction
2000
as Sigrid Anderssen
I Believe in America
2007
as Soto
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
2018
as Narrator
Code of Ethics
1999
as Jo DeAngelo
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
2015
as Papillon
Bomb
2007
Dear Lemon Lima
2007
as Mrs. Howard
I'm Only There...
1984
as Maggie
The Sea Is All I Know
2011
as Sara
The Limbo Room
2006
as KC Collins
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