Melissa Leo
ActingAlso Known As
Margaret May, Melissa Chessington Leo, ملیسا لیو
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).
Movies
(111 total)
Prisoners
as Holly Jones
Oblivion
as Sally
The Equalizer
as Susan Plummer
The Big Short
as Georgia Hale
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Flight
as Ellen Block
The Equalizer 2
as Susan Plummer
London Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Fighter
as Alice Ward
Snowden
as Laura Poitras
The Equalizer 3
as Susan Plummer
21 Grams
as Marianne Jordan
Hide and Seek
as Laura
Righteous Kill
as Cheryl
Thunder Force
as Allie
Everybody's Fine
as Colleen
Red State
as Sara
Charlie Countryman
as Kate
Conviction
as Nancy Taylor
TV Shows
(28 total)
Criminal Minds
as Sheriff Georgia Davis
BoJack Horseman
as Ma Nguyen (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Sybil Perez
Wayward Pines
as Nurse Pam
The L Word
as Winnie Mann
Veronica Mars
as Julia Smith
Law & Order
as Donna Cheponis
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton
Law & Order
as Sherri Quinn
Miami Vice
as Kathleen Gilfords
Cold Case
as Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Maureen Curtis
I Know This Much Is True
as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
Mildred Pierce
as Lucy Gessler
Broad City
as Lori
Treme
as Toni Bernette
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Kay Howard
Shark
as Elizabeth Rourke
The Equalizer
as Irina Dzershinsky