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Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

Birthday: 1960-09-14 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Alone Together

as    Deborah

2022
Measure of Revenge

as    Lillian

2021
Thunder Force

as    Allie

2021
Body Brokers

as    Dr. White

2021
Ida Red

as    Ida ‘Red’ Walker

2020
I Know This Much Is True

as    Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey

2018
The Parting Glass

as    Al

2018
The Ashram

as    Chandra

2018
Furlough

as    Joan Anderson

2018
Unlovable

as    Maddie

2018
The Equalizer 2

as    Susan Plummer

2017
I'm Dying Up Here

as    Goldie

2017
The Most Hated Woman in America

as    Madalyn Murray O'Hair

2017
Novitiate

as    Reverend Mother

2016
Burn Country

as    Gloria

2016
All the Way

as    Lady Bird Johnson

2016
Snowden

as    Laura Poitras

2016
London Has Fallen

as    Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

2015
The Big Short

as    Georgia Hale

2015
Damnation: The Flashback

as    Noda Marra

2015
The Ever After

as    Penny

2015
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

as    Bette Altmann

2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns

as    Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald

2014
The Equalizer

as    Susan Plummer

2013
Prisoners

as    Holly Jones

2013
Charlie Countryman

as    Kate

2013
Oblivion

as    Sally

2013
Olympus Has Fallen

as    Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan