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).
137 acting credits
Acting · 137
Law & Order
1990
Criminal Minds
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Cold Case
2003
Miami Vice
1984
BoJack Horseman
2014
Veronica Mars
2004
Passenger
2026
The Equalizer
1985
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The L Word
2004
The Equalizer
2014
Shark
2006
Wayward Pines
2015
Broad City
2014
Prisoners
2013
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer 3
2023
The Young Riders
1989
Treme
2010
The Equalizer 2
2018
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
Oblivion
2013
The Big Short
2015
London Has Fallen
2016
Mildred Pierce
2011
Flight
2012
The Fighter
2010
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
I'm Dying Up Here
2017
I Know This Much Is True
2020
Scarlett
1994
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
Legacy
1998
Guns Up
2025
Snowden
2016
21 Grams
2003
Hide and Seek
2005
Righteous Kill
2008
Red State
2011
Thunder Force
2021
Conviction
2010
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
Everybody's Fine
2009
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
All the Way
2016
Novitiate
2017
Charlie Countryman
2013
American Gun
2005
Alone Together
2022
King Ivory
2025
The Alphabet Killer
2008
Mr. Woodcock
2007
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
The Clean Up Crew
2024
Body Brokers
2021
Confess
2005
Welcome to the Rileys
2010
Jane
2022
Furlough
2018
Frozen River
2008
The Cake Eaters
2007
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Veronika Decides to Die
2009
Streetwalkin'
1985
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Seven Days in Utopia
2011
According to Greta
2009
Bonnie
2022
Ida Red
2021
Long Gone Heroes
2024
Deadtime Stories
1986
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
Stephanie Daley
2007
Don McKay
2009
Carolina Skeletons
1991
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
Unlovable
2018
Burn Country
2016
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
Runaway
2005
The Ashram
2018
Measure of Revenge
2022
Dear Lemon Lima
2009
Black Irish
2007
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
Ron Forever
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The Knife
2025
A Time of Destiny
1988
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
The Parting Glass
2018
The Space Between
2011
Why Stop Now?
2012
The Dry Land
2010
Coast
2022
Nasty Boys
1989
From Other Worlds
2004
Hollywood Dreams
2007
Silent Witness
1985
Lullaby
2008
The Ever After
2015
Queen of the Lot
2010
Dwegons and Leprechauns
2014
The Bride in Black
1990
The Limbo Room
2006
Immaculate Conception
1992
She's The Best Thing in It
2015
Bottled Up
2013
One Night
2007
The House Is Burning
2006
Racing Daylight
2007
Venice/Venice
1992
True Adolescents
2009
Midnight Son
2007
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
2018
Santa Mesa
2008
Fear of Fiction
2000
Always … But Not Forever
1985
I Believe in America
2007
Code of Ethics
1999
The View from Up Here
2017
Dear Lemon Lima
2007
The Mannequin
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Francine
2012
By a Thread
1992
I'm Only There...
1984
Bomb
2007
Damnation: The Flashback
2015
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
2015
After the Spill
2015
Garden
1995
Stephanie's Image
2009
The Sea Is All I Know
2011
The Rooster Prince
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