Melissa Leo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-09-14 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Melissa Leo

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 L...

Acting

2003

21 Grams

as Marianne Jordan

2008

Frozen River

as Ray Eddy

2005

2022

Bonnie

as Self

2000

Homicide: The Movie

as Kay Howard

2010

2008

Lullaby

as Stephanie

2022

2006

The House Is Burning

as Mrs. Miller

2009

2009

2007

Black Irish

as Margaret McKay

2008

2022

Coast

as Olivia

2009

Don McKay

as Marie

2005

Runaway

as Lisa Adler

2005

American Gun

as Louise

2010

Conviction

as Nancy Taylor

2010

The Dry Land

as Martha

2010

The Fighter

as Alice Ward

1986

Deadtime Stories

as Judith 'MaMa' Baer

2005

Confess

as Agnes Lessor

2010

Queen of the Lot

as Aunt Bee

2011

Red State

as Sara

2009

Dear Lemon Lima

as Mrs. Howard

2007

Racing Daylight

as Sadie / Anna

2011

1993

The Ballad of Little Jo

as Beatrice Grey

2013

Oblivion

as Sally

1985

Streetwalkin'

as Cookie

2012

Francine

as Francine

2004

2000

Fear of Fiction

as Sigrid Anderssen

1999

The 24 Hour Woman

as Dr. Suzanne Pincus

2014

2013

Prisoners

as Holly Jones

1991

2025

King Ivory

as Ginger Greene

2013

Olympus Has Fallen

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

2008

Santa Mesa

as Maggie

2012

2006

The Limbo Room

as KC Collins

1984

1995

2013

2023

The Equalizer 3

as Susan Plummer

1988

A Time of Destiny

as Josie Larraneta

2014

Dwegons and Leprechauns

as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald

2009

Stephanie's Image

as Stephanie

2007

One Night

as Wendy

2012

Flight

as Ellen Block

2007

Stephanie Daley

as Miri Daley

2014

The Equalizer

as Susan Plummer

2024

2016

London Has Fallen

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

2007

2015

1989

Nasty Boys

as Katie Morrissey

2016

Burn Country

as Gloria

2007

Hollywood Dreams

as Aunt Bee

2016

Snowden

as Laura Poitras

2015

The Big Short

as Georgia Hale

1999

Code of Ethics

as Jo DeAngelo

2016

All the Way

as Lady Bird Johnson

2015

2007

The Cake Eaters

as Ceci Kimbrough

2024

The Knife

as Detective Carlsen

2024

1992

By a Thread

as Helen

2017

The Most Hated Woman in America

as Madalyn Murray O'Hair

2017

Novitiate

as Reverend Mother

1990

The Bride in Black

as Mary Margaret

2009

True Adolescents

as Sharon Mitchell

1992

2018

The Ashram

as Chandra

2018

The Equalizer 2

as Susan Plummer

2007

Dear Lemon Lima

as Mrs. Howard

2018

Unlovable

as Maddie

2018

Furlough

as Joan Anderson

2015

After the Spill

as Narrator

1985

Silent Witness

as Patti Mullen

2007

Mr. Woodcock

as Sally Jansen

2021

Body Brokers

as Dr. White

2008

The Alphabet Killer

as Kathy Walsh

2007

2021

2021

Ida Red

as Ida ‘Red’ Walker

2022

Alone Together

as Deborah

2022

Jane

as Principal Rhodes

2025

Guns Up

as Michael

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Ron Forever

as Hilda

Production

2013

Bottled Up

as Producer

2018

Furlough

as Producer

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