Melissa Leo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 14, 1960
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
- Mother Wolf
Mother Wolf TBA
as Babs, Producer
- Supermax
Supermax TBA
Actor
- The Mannequin
The Mannequin TBA
Actor, Executive Producer
- The Rooster Prince
The Rooster Prince TBA
as Elaine
Ron Forever TBA
as Hilda
Passenger 2026
as Diana Larson
The Knife 2025
as Detective Carlsen
Guns Up 2025
as Michael Temple
King Ivory 2025
as Ginger Greene
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence 2024
Actor
Long Gone Heroes 2024
as Olivia
The Clean Up Crew 2024
as Siobhan
The Equalizer 3 2023
as Susan Plummer
Bonnie 2022
as Self
Jane 2022
as Principal Rhodes
Alone Together 2022
as Deborah
Coast 2022
as Olivia
Measure of Revenge 2022
as Lillian
Ida Red 2021
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Thunder Force 2021
as Allie
Body Brokers 2021
as Dr. White
Unlovable 2018
as Maddie
The Equalizer 2 2018
as Susan Plummer
The Parting Glass 2018
as Al
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer 2018
as Narrator
Furlough 2018
as Joan Anderson, Producer
The Ashram 2018
as Chandra
Novitiate 2017
as Reverend Mother
The View from Up Here 2017
as Claire
The Most Hated Woman in America 2017
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Snowden 2016
as Laura Poitras
All the Way 2016
as Lady Bird Johnson
Burn Country 2016
as Gloria
London Has Fallen 2016
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Big Short 2015
as Georgia Hale
- Damnation: The Flashback
Damnation: The Flashback 2015
as Noda Marra
After the Spill 2015
as Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece 2015
as Papillon
She's The Best Thing in It 2015
as Self
The Ever After 2015
as Penny
The Equalizer 2014
as Susan Plummer
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn 2014
as Bette Altmann
Dwegons and Leprechauns 2014
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Prisoners 2013
as Holly Jones
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy 2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film 2013
as Robin
Bottled Up 2013
as Fay, Producer
Oblivion 2013
as Sally
Olympus Has Fallen 2013
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Charlie Countryman 2013
as Kate
Why Stop Now? 2012
as Penny
Flight 2012
as Ellen Block
Francine 2012
as Francine
The Space Between 2011
as Montine
Seven Days in Utopia 2011
as Lily
Red State 2011
as Sara
The Sea Is All I Know 2011
as Sara
The Fighter 2010
as Alice Ward
Queen of the Lot 2010
as Aunt Bee
Welcome to the Rileys 2010
as Lois Riley
Conviction 2010
as Nancy Taylor
The Dry Land 2010
as Martha
Everybody's Fine 2009
as Colleen
According to Greta 2009
as Karen
Dear Lemon Lima 2009
as Mrs. Howard
Veronika Decides to Die 2009
as Mari
Don McKay 2009
as Marie
True Adolescents 2009
as Sharon Mitchell
Stephanie's Image 2009
as Stephanie
The Alphabet Killer 2008
as Kathy Walsh
Righteous Kill 2008
as Cheryl
Frozen River 2008
as Ray Eddy
Santa Mesa 2008
as Maggie
Lullaby 2008
as Stephanie
Black Irish 2007
as Margaret McKay
Mr. Woodcock 2007
as Sally Jansen
Racing Daylight 2007
as Sadie / Anna
I Believe in America 2007
as Soto
Hollywood Dreams 2007
as Aunt Bee
The Cake Eaters 2007
as Ceci Kimbrough
Dear Lemon Lima 2007
as Mrs. Howard
Stephanie Daley 2007
as Miri Daley
Midnight Son 2007
as Rita
- Bomb
Bomb 2007
Actor
- One Night
One Night 2007
as Wendy
The House Is Burning 2006
as Mrs. Miller
The Limbo Room 2006
as KC Collins
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005
as Rachel
Confess 2005
as Agnes Lessor
American Gun 2005
as Louise
Runaway 2005
as Lisa Adler
Hide and Seek 2005
as Laura
From Other Worlds 2004
as Miriam
21 Grams 2003
as Marianne Jordan
Fear of Fiction 2000
as Sigrid Anderssen
Homicide: The Movie 2000
as Kay Howard
Code of Ethics 1999
as Jo DeAngelo
The 24 Hour Woman 1999
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
- Under the bridge
Under the bridge 1998
as Kathy
Who Is Henry Jaglom? 1997
as Self
Last Summer in the Hamptons 1995
as Trish Axelrod
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice 1995
as Carol Manning
- Garden
Garden 1995
as Elizabeth
The Ballad of Little Jo 1993
as Beatrice Grey
By a Thread 1992
as Helen
Immaculate Conception 1992
as Hannah
Venice/Venice 1992
as Peggy
Carolina Skeletons 1991
as Cassie
The Bride in Black 1990
as Mary Margaret
Nasty Boys 1989
as Katie Morrissey
A Time of Destiny 1988
as Josie Larraneta
Deadtime Stories 1986
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Silent Witness 1985
as Patti Mullen
Always … But Not Forever 1985
as Peggy
Streetwalkin' 1985
as Cookie
I'm Only There... 1984
as Maggie
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