Melissa Leo
Birthdate
September 14, 1960 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
September 14, 1960 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
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).
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).
Melissa Leo's LGBTQ+ Titles
Red State
Sara
Acting (134)
Returns
Clean-Up Crew as Siobhan
Land of Grace as Olivia
2024
King Ivory as Ginger Greene
2024
The Knife as Detective Carlsen
2023
The Equalizer 3 as Susan Plummer
2022
Bonnie as Self
2022
Jane as Principal Rhodes
2022
Alone Together as Deborah
2022
Coast as Olivia
2022
Measure of Revenge as Lillian
2021
Ida Red as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
2021
Thunder Force as Allie
2021
Body Brokers as Dr. White
2020
I Know This Much Is True as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey (6 episodes)
2019
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings as Amelia Meegers (1 episode)
2018
Unlovable as Maddie
2018
The Equalizer 2 as Susan Plummer
2018
The Parting Glass as Al
2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer as Narrator
2018
Furlough as Joan Anderson
2018
The Ashram as Chandra
2017
Novitiate as Reverend Mother
2017
The View from Up Here
2017
I'm Dying Up Here as Goldie (20 episodes)
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
2016
Snowden as Laura Poitras
2016
All the Way as Lady Bird Johnson
2016
Burn Country as Gloria
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
After the Spill as Narrator
2015
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece as Papillon
2015
Wayward Pines as Nurse Pam (11 episodes)
2015
She's The Best Thing in It as Self
2015
The Ever After as Penny
2014
The Equalizer as Susan Plummer
2014
BoJack Horseman as Ma Nguyen (voice) (2 episodes)
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Bette Altmann
2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
2014
Broad City as Lori (1 episode)
2013
Prisoners as Holly Jones
2013
The Arsenio Hall Show as Self (1 episode)
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Robin
2013
Bottled Up as Fay
2013
Oblivion as Sally
2013
Olympus Has Fallen as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2013
Charlie Countryman as Kate
2012
Flight as Ellen Block
2012
Francine as Francine
2012
Why Stop Now? as Penny
2011
The Space Between as Montine
2011
Seven Days in Utopia as Lily
2011
Red State as Sara
2011
The Sea Is All I Know as Sara
2011
Mildred Pierce as Lucy Gessler (5 episodes)
2010
The Fighter as Alice Ward
2010
Queen of the Lot as Aunt Bee
2010
Welcome to the Rileys as Lois Riley
2010
Conviction as Nancy Taylor
2010
The Dry Land as Martha
2010
Treme (1 episode)
2010
Treme as Toni Bernette (36 episodes)
2009
Everybody's Fine as Colleen
2009
According to Greta as Karen
2009
Dear Lemon Lima as Mrs. Howard
2009
Veronika Decides to Die as Mari
2009
Don McKay as Marie
2009
True Adolescents as Sharon Mitchell
2009
Stephanie's Image as Stephanie
2008
The Alphabet Killer as Kathy Walsh
2008
Righteous Kill as Cheryl
2008
Frozen River as Ray Eddy
2008
Santa Mesa as Maggie
2008
Lullaby as Stephanie
2007
Black Irish as Margaret McKay
2007
Mr. Woodcock as Sally Jansen
2007
Racing Daylight as Sadie / Anna
2007
I Believe in America as Soto
2007
Hollywood Dreams as Aunt Bee
2007
The Cake Eaters as Ceci Kimbrough
2007
Dear Lemon Lima as Mrs. Howard
2007
Stephanie Daley as Miri Daley
2007
Midnight Son as Rita
2007
Bomb
2007
One Night as Wendy
2006
The House Is Burning as Mrs. Miller
2006
Shark (1 episode)
2006
The Limbo Room as KC Collins
2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as Rachel
2005
Criminal Minds as Sheriff Georgia Davis (1 episode)
2005
American Gun as Louise
2005
Runaway as Lisa Adler
2005
Hide and Seek as Laura
2005
Confess as Agnes Lessor
2004
From Other Worlds as Miriam
2004
Veronica Mars as Julia Smith (1 episode)
2004
The L Word as Winnie Mann (3 episodes)
2003
Cold Case as Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007) (1 episode)
2003
21 Grams as Marianne Jordan
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Maureen Curtis (1 episode)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sybil Perez (1 episode)
2000
Fear of Fiction as Sigrid Anderssen
2000
Homicide: The Movie as Kay Howard
1999
Code of Ethics as Jo DeAngelo
1999
The 24 Hour Woman as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
1998
Legacy (2 episodes)
1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons as Trish Axelrod
1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as Carol Manning
1994
Scarlett (4 episodes)
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo as Beatrice Grey
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street as Kay Howard (77 episodes)
1992
Immaculate Conception as Hannah
1992
Venice/Venice as Peggy
1991
Carolina Skeletons as Cassie
1990
The Bride in Black as Mary Margaret
1990
Law & Order as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Donna Cheponis (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Sherri Quinn (1 episode)
1989
Nasty Boys as Katie Morrissey
1989
Nasty Boys as Katie Morrissey (2 episodes)
1989
The Young Riders as Emma Shannon (24 episodes)
1988
A Time of Destiny as Josie Larraneta
1986
Deadtime Stories as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
1985
Silent Witness as Patti Mullen
1985
Always as Peggy
1985
Spenser: For Hire (1 episode)
1985
Streetwalkin' as Cookie
1985
The Equalizer as Irina Dzershinsky (1 episode)
1984
Miami Vice (1 episode)
1984
I'm Only There... as Maggie
Production (2)
2018
Furlough
• Producer
2013
Bottled Up
• Producer