Melissa Leo
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1960-09-14
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).
Also Known For
21 Grams
Sep 06, 2003
Frozen River
Mar 26, 2008
Hide and Seek
Jan 27, 2005
Bonnie
Nov 12, 2022
Homicide: The Movie
Feb 13, 2000
Welcome to the Rileys
Oct 29, 2010
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Nov 17, 2005
Lullaby
Feb 24, 2008
Measure of Revenge
Mar 18, 2022
The House Is Burning
Nov 16, 2006
Veronika Decides to Die
May 16, 2009
According to Greta
Nov 25, 2009
Everybody's Fine
Dec 04, 2009
Black Irish
Oct 26, 2007
Righteous Kill
Sep 11, 2008
Coast
Apr 08, 2022
Don McKay
Apr 24, 2009
Runaway
Apr 26, 2005
Charlie Countryman
Feb 09, 2013
American Gun
Sep 15, 2005
Conviction
Oct 15, 2010
The Dry Land
Jul 30, 2010
The Fighter
Dec 10, 2010
Deadtime Stories
Apr 13, 1986
Confess
Jan 01, 2005
Queen of the Lot
Nov 19, 2010
Red State
Aug 19, 2011
Dear Lemon Lima
Oct 23, 2009
Racing Daylight
Jul 31, 2007
The Space Between
Sep 11, 2011
Seven Days in Utopia
Sep 02, 2011
The Ballad of Little Jo
Aug 20, 1993
Oblivion
Apr 10, 2013
Streetwalkin'
Sep 20, 1985
The Sea Is All I Know
Jun 24, 2011
Francine
Sep 12, 2012
From Other Worlds
Oct 29, 2004
Fear of Fiction
Jul 13, 2000
The 24 Hour Woman
Jan 29, 1999
Always … But Not Forever
Oct 04, 1985
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
May 23, 2014
Prisoners
Sep 19, 2013
Carolina Skeletons
Sep 30, 1991
King Ivory
May 08, 2025
Olympus Has Fallen
Mar 20, 2013
Santa Mesa
Mar 15, 2008
Why Stop Now?
Aug 17, 2012
The Limbo Room
Jan 23, 2006
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Apr 20, 2013
I'm Only There...
Jun 19, 1984
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Nov 22, 1995
Bottled Up
Apr 19, 2013
The View from Up Here
Oct 27, 2017
The Equalizer 3
Aug 30, 2023
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Jun 19, 2013
A Time of Destiny
Apr 22, 1988
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Jan 24, 2014
One Night
Jan 01, 2007
Stephanie's Image
Feb 25, 2009
Flight
Feb 22, 2012
Stephanie Daley
Apr 20, 2007
The Equalizer
Sep 24, 2014
The Clean Up Crew
Sep 12, 2024
London Has Fallen
Mar 02, 2016
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Oct 01, 1995
Midnight Son
Feb 02, 2007
The Ever After
Feb 13, 2015
She's The Best Thing in It
Mar 16, 2015
Nasty Boys
Sep 22, 1989
Burn Country
Apr 16, 2016
Hollywood Dreams
May 25, 2007
Snowden
Sep 15, 2016
The Big Short
Dec 11, 2015
Code of Ethics
Sep 07, 1999
All the Way
May 23, 2016
Damnation: The Flashback
Oct 19, 2015
The Cake Eaters
Apr 29, 2007
The Knife
Aug 15, 2025
Long Gone Heroes
Sep 12, 2024
By a Thread
Oct 02, 1992
The Most Hated Woman in America
Mar 24, 2017
Novitiate
Oct 27, 2017
I Believe in America
Jul 02, 2007
The Bride in Black
Oct 21, 1990
True Adolescents
Mar 14, 2009
Immaculate Conception
Sep 11, 1992
Venice/Venice
Apr 10, 1992
The Ashram
Mar 02, 2018
The Equalizer 2
Jul 19, 2018
Dear Lemon Lima
Apr 28, 2007
Unlovable
Nov 01, 2018
Furlough
Mar 16, 2018
After the Spill
Oct 04, 2015
The Parting Glass
Jun 24, 2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Apr 10, 2018
Silent Witness
Oct 14, 1985
Mr. Woodcock
Sep 14, 2007
Body Brokers
Feb 19, 2021
The Alphabet Killer
Nov 07, 2008
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Sep 03, 2015
Bomb
Jan 19, 2007
Thunder Force
Apr 09, 2021
Ida Red
Nov 05, 2021
Alone Together
Jul 22, 2022
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Jul 08, 1997
Jane
Aug 26, 2022
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
Nov 01, 2024
Passenger
Guns Up
May 15, 2025
Ron Forever
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Oct 06, 2000
Veronica Mars
Sep 22, 2004
Spenser: For Hire
Sep 20, 1985
Shark
Sep 21, 2006
The Young Riders
Sep 20, 1989
Miami Vice
Sep 16, 1984
Cold Case
Sep 28, 2003
The L Word
Jan 18, 2004
Criminal Minds
Sep 22, 2005
The Equalizer
Sep 18, 1985
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sep 30, 2001
Legacy
Oct 09, 1998
Scarlett
Nov 13, 1994
Nasty Boys
Sep 21, 1989
Treme
Apr 11, 2010
Treme
Apr 11, 2010
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Mildred Pierce
Mar 27, 2011
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jan 31, 1993
I'm Dying Up Here
Jun 04, 2017
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Broad City
Jan 22, 2014
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The Arsenio Hall Show
Sep 09, 2013
I Know This Much Is True
May 09, 2020
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Nov 22, 2019
