Melissa Leo
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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Ron Forever
as Hilda
Passenger
as Diana Larson
The Knife
as Detective Carlsen
Guns Up
as Michael Temple
King Ivory
as Ginger Greene
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
as Unknown
The Clean Up Crew
as Siobhan
Long Gone Heroes
as Olivia
The Equalizer 3
as Susan Plummer
Bonnie
as Self
Jane
as Principal Rhodes
Alone Together
as Deborah
Coast
as Olivia
Measure of Revenge
as Lillian
Ida Red
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Thunder Force
as Allie
Body Brokers
as Dr. White
I Know This Much Is True
as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
as Amelia Meegers
Unlovable
as Maddie
The Equalizer 2
as Susan Plummer
The Parting Glass
as Al
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
as Narrator
Furlough
as Joan Anderson
The Ashram
as Chandra
The View from Up Here
as Claire
Novitiate
as Reverend Mother
I'm Dying Up Here
as Goldie
The Most Hated Woman in America
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Snowden
as Laura Poitras
All the Way
as Lady Bird Johnson
Burn Country
as Gloria
London Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Big Short
as Georgia Hale
After the Spill
as Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
as Papillon
Wayward Pines
as Nurse Pam
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self
The Ever After
as Penny
The Equalizer
as Susan Plummer
BoJack Horseman
as Ma Nguyen (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Bette Altmann
Dwegons and Leprechauns
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Broad City
as Lori
The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Robin
Bottled Up
as Fay
Oblivion
as Sally
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Charlie Countryman
as Kate
Why Stop Now?
as Penny
Flight
as Ellen Block
Francine
as Francine
The Space Between
as Montine
Seven Days in Utopia
as Lily
Red State
as Sara
The Sea Is All I Know
as Sara
Mildred Pierce
as Lucy Gessler
The Fighter
as Alice Ward
Queen of the Lot
as Aunt Bee
Welcome to the Rileys
as Lois Riley
Conviction
as Nancy Taylor
The Dry Land
as Martha
Treme
as Toni Bernette
Everybody's Fine
as Colleen
According to Greta
as Karen
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
Veronika Decides to Die
as Mari
Don McKay
as Marie
True Adolescents
as Sharon Mitchell
Stephanie's Image
as Stephanie
The Alphabet Killer
as Kathy Walsh
Righteous Kill
as Cheryl
Frozen River
as Ray Eddy
Santa Mesa
as Maggie
Black Irish
as Margaret McKay
Mr. Woodcock
as Sally Jansen
Racing Daylight
as Sadie / Anna
I Believe in America
as Soto
Hollywood Dreams
as Aunt Bee
The Cake Eaters
as Ceci Kimbrough
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
Stephanie Daley
as Miri Daley
Midnight Son
as Rita
The House Is Burning
as Mrs. Miller
Shark
as Elizabeth Rourke
The Limbo Room
as KC Collins
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
as Rachel
Confess
as Agnes Lessor
Criminal Minds
as Sheriff Georgia Davis
American Gun
as Louise
Runaway
as Lisa Adler
Hide and Seek
as Laura
From Other Worlds
as Miriam
Veronica Mars
as Julia Smith
The L Word
as Winnie Mann
21 Grams
as Marianne Jordan
Cold Case
as Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Maureen Curtis
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Sybil Perez
Fear of Fiction
as Sigrid Anderssen
Homicide: The Movie
as Kay Howard
Code of Ethics
as Jo DeAngelo
The 24 Hour Woman
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Legacy
as Emma Bradford
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Trish Axelrod
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Carol Manning
Scarlett
as Suellen O'Hara Benteen
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Beatrice Grey
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Kay Howard
By a Thread
as Helen
Immaculate Conception
as Hannah
Venice/Venice
as Peggy
Carolina Skeletons
as Cassie
The Bride in Black
as Mary Margaret
Law & Order
as Donna Cheponis
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton
Law & Order
as Sherri Quinn
Nasty Boys
as Katie Morrissey
The Young Riders
as Emma Shannon
A Time of Destiny
as Josie Larraneta
Deadtime Stories
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Silent Witness
as Patti Mullen
Always … But Not Forever
as Peggy
Streetwalkin'
as Cookie
Spenser: For Hire
as Unknown
The Equalizer
as Irina Dzershinsky
Miami Vice
as Kathleen Gilfords
I'm Only There...
as Maggie