Melissa Leo
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1960-09-14 (64 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 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).
Acting
(2025)
King Ivory
as Ginger Greene
(2024)
The Clean Up Crew
as Siobhan
(2024)
Long Gone Heroes
as Olivia
(2024)
The Knife
as Detective Carlsen
(2024)
(2023)
The Equalizer 3
as Susan Plummer
(2022)
Bonnie
as Self
(2022)
Jane
as Principal Rhodes
(2022)
Measure of Revenge
as Lillian
(2022)
Alone Together
as Deborah
(2022)
Coast
as Olivia
(2021)
Thunder Force
as Allie
(2021)
Ida Red
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
(2021)
Body Brokers
as Dr. White
(2018)
The Equalizer 2
as Susan Plummer
(2018)
The Ashram
as Chandra
(2018)
Furlough
as Joan Anderson
(2018)
The Parting Glass
as Al
(2018)
Unlovable
as Maddie
(2018)
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
as Narrator
(2017)
Novitiate
as Reverend Mother
(2017)
The Most Hated Woman in America
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
(2017)
(2016)
London Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
(2016)
Snowden
as Laura Poitras
(2016)
All the Way
as Lady Bird Johnson
(2016)
Burn Country
as Gloria
(2015)
The Big Short
as Georgia Hale
(2015)
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self
(2015)
The Ever After
as Penny
(2015)
Damnation: The Flashback
as Noda Marra
(2015)
After the Spill
as Narrator
(2015)
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
as Papillon
(2014)
The Equalizer
as Susan Plummer
(2014)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Bette Altmann
(2014)
Dwegons and Leprechauns
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
(2013)
Prisoners
as Holly Jones
(2013)
Oblivion
as Sally
(2013)
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
(2013)
Charlie Countryman
as Kate
(2013)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Robin
(2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Bottled Up
as Fay
(2012)
Flight
as Ellen Block
(2012)
Why Stop Now?
as Penny
(2012)
Francine
as Francine
(2011)
Red State
as Sara
(2011)
Seven Days in Utopia
as Lily
(2011)
The Space Between
as Montine
(2011)
The Sea Is All I Know
as Sara
(2010)
The Fighter
as Alice Ward
(2010)
Conviction
as Nancy Taylor
(2010)
Welcome to the Rileys
as Lois Riley
(2010)
Queen of the Lot
as Aunt Bee
(2010)
The Dry Land
as Martha
(2009)
Everybody's Fine
as Colleen
(2009)
According to Greta
as Karen
(2009)
Veronika Decides to Die
as Mari
(2009)
Don McKay
as Marie
(2009)
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
(2009)
True Adolescents
as Sharon Mitchell
(2009)
Stephanie's Image
as Stephanie
(2008)
Righteous Kill
as Cheryl
(2008)
The Alphabet Killer
as Kathy Walsh
(2008)
Frozen River
as Ray Eddy
(2008)
Lullaby
as Stephanie
(2008)
Santa Mesa
as Maggie
(2007)
Mr. Woodcock
as Sally Jansen
(2007)
Black Irish
as Margaret McKay
(2007)
The Cake Eaters
as Ceci Kimbrough
(2007)
Stephanie Daley
as Miri Daley
(2007)
(2007)
One Night
as Wendy
(2007)
Hollywood Dreams
as Aunt Bee
(2007)
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
(2007)
Midnight Son
as Rita
(2007)
Racing Daylight
as Sadie / Anna
(2007)
I Believe in America
as Soto
(2006)
The House Is Burning
as Mrs. Miller
(2006)
The Limbo Room
as KC Collins
(2005)
Hide and Seek
as Laura
(2005)
(2005)
American Gun
as Louise
(2005)
Confess
as Agnes Lessor
(2005)
Runaway
as Lisa Adler
(2004)
From Other Worlds
as Miriam
(2003)
21 Grams
as Marianne Jordan
(2000)
Homicide: The Movie
as Kay Howard
(2000)
Fear of Fiction
as Sigrid Anderssen
(1999)
The 24 Hour Woman
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
(1999)
Code of Ethics
as Jo DeAngelo
(1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1995)
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Carol Manning
(1995)
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Trish Axelrod
(1993)
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Beatrice Grey
(1992)
Venice/Venice
as Peggy
(1992)
Immaculate Conception
as Hannah
(1992)
By a Thread
as Helen
(1991)
Carolina Skeletons
as Cassie
(1990)
The Bride in Black
as Mary Margaret
(1989)
Nasty Boys
as Katie Morrissey
(1988)
A Time of Destiny
as Josie Larraneta
(1986)
Deadtime Stories
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
(1985)
Streetwalkin'
as Cookie
(1985)
Silent Witness
as Patti Mullen
(1985)
Always … But Not Forever
as Peggy
(1984)
I'm Only There...
as Maggie
Crew
(2018)
Furlough
Producer
(2013)
Bottled Up
Producer