Melissa Leo
Acting
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).
Born: September 14, 1960 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (102)
The Knife
2025
Guns Up
2025
King Ivory
2025
The Clean Up Crew
2024
Long Gone Heroes
2024
The Equalizer 3
2023
Jane
2022
Alone Together
2022
Coast
2022
Measure of Revenge
2022
Ida Red
2021
Thunder Force
2021
Body Brokers
2021
I Know This Much Is True
2020
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
Unlovable
2018
The Equalizer 2
2018
The Parting Glass
2018
Furlough
2018
The Ashram
2018
Novitiate
2017
I'm Dying Up Here
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
Snowden
2016
All the Way
2016
Burn Country
2016
London Has Fallen
2016
The Big Short
2015
Wayward Pines
2015
The Ever After
2015
The Equalizer
2014
BoJack Horseman
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Broad City
2014
Prisoners
2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Bottled Up
2013
Oblivion
2013
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
Charlie Countryman
2013
Francine
2012
Why Stop Now?
2012
Flight
2012
The Space Between
2011
Seven Days in Utopia
2011
Red State
2011
Mildred Pierce
2011
The Fighter
2010
Queen of the Lot
2010
Welcome to the Rileys
2010
Conviction
2010
The Dry Land
2010
Treme
2010
Everybody's Fine
2009
According to Greta
2009
Dear Lemon Lima
2009
Veronika Decides to Die
2009
Don McKay
2009
True Adolescents
2009
The Alphabet Killer
2008
Righteous Kill
2008
Frozen River
2008
Black Irish
2007
Mr. Woodcock
2007
Hollywood Dreams
2007
The Cake Eaters
2007
Stephanie Daley
2007
The House Is Burning
2006
Shark
2006
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
Confess
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
American Gun
2005
Runaway
2005
Hide and Seek
2005
From Other Worlds
2004
Veronica Mars
2004
The L Word
2004
Cold Case
2003
21 Grams
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Legacy
1998
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
Scarlett
1994
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Immaculate Conception
1992
Carolina Skeletons
1991
Law & Order
1990
Nasty Boys
1989
The Young Riders
1989
A Time of Destiny
1988
Deadtime Stories
1986
Silent Witness
1985
Streetwalkin'
1985
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
1985
Miami Vice
1984