Melissa Leo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

138

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-09-14 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, 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).

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Veronica Mars

    Veronica Mars

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • The L Word

    The L Word

  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

  • Wayward Pines

    Wayward Pines

  • Shark

    Shark

  • The Equalizer 3

    The Equalizer 3

  • Broad City

    Broad City

  • Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

  • Unlovable

    Unlovable

  • Ida Red

    Ida Red

  • Racing Daylight

    Racing Daylight

  • Immaculate Conception

    Immaculate Conception

  • Olympus Has Fallen

    Olympus Has Fallen

  • Oblivion

    Oblivion

  • The Big Short

    The Big Short

  • Stephanie Daley

    Stephanie Daley

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • The Equalizer 2

    The Equalizer 2

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • Alone Together

    Alone Together

  • Body Brokers

    Body Brokers

  • Burn Country

    Burn Country

  • Runaway

    Runaway

  • Don McKay

    Don McKay

  • Francine

    Francine

  • King Ivory

    King Ivory

  • Flight

    Flight

  • Mr. Woodcock

    Mr. Woodcock

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • Long Gone Heroes

    Long Gone Heroes

  • I Believe in America

    I Believe in America

  • Treme

    Treme

  • Treme

    Treme

  • Welcome to the Rileys

    Welcome to the Rileys

  • London Has Fallen

    London Has Fallen

  • Guns Up

    Guns Up

  • I Know This Much Is True

    I Know This Much Is True

  • Confess

    Confess

  • Lullaby

    Lullaby

  • Furlough

    Furlough

  • Everybody's Fine

    Everybody's Fine

  • Streetwalkin'

    Streetwalkin'

  • The Young Riders

    The Young Riders

  • The Fighter

    The Fighter

  • The Limbo Room

    The Limbo Room

  • Bomb

    Bomb

  • Novitiate

    Novitiate

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • 21 Grams

    21 Grams

  • Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

    Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

  • Snowden

    Snowden

  • Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pierce

  • Charlie Countryman

    Charlie Countryman

  • The Cake Eaters

    The Cake Eaters

  • The Arsenio Hall Show

    The Arsenio Hall Show

  • The Ashram

    The Ashram

  • Nasty Boys

    Nasty Boys

  • Black Irish

    Black Irish

  • Coast

    Coast

  • The Knife

    The Knife

  • Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill

  • Ron Forever

    Ron Forever

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • I'm Dying Up Here

    I'm Dying Up Here

  • Legacy

    Legacy

  • Red State

    Red State

  • American Gun

    American Gun

  • Thunder Force

    Thunder Force

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • One Night

    One Night

  • Nasty Boys

    Nasty Boys

  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

    The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

  • The Clean Up Crew

    The Clean Up Crew

  • All the Way

    All the Way

  • Dwegons and Leprechauns

    Dwegons and Leprechauns

  • The Alphabet Killer

    The Alphabet Killer

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

  • Jane

    Jane

  • Veronika Decides to Die

    Veronika Decides to Die

  • According to Greta

    According to Greta

  • Why Stop Now?

    Why Stop Now?

  • The Dry Land

    The Dry Land

  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

  • Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

  • The Most Hated Woman in America

    The Most Hated Woman in America

  • Passenger

    Passenger

  • The Ballad of Little Jo

    The Ballad of Little Jo

  • Seven Days in Utopia

    Seven Days in Utopia

  • Measure of Revenge

    Measure of Revenge

  • Deadtime Stories

    Deadtime Stories

  • A Time of Destiny

    A Time of Destiny

  • I'm Only There...

    I'm Only There...

  • Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer

    Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer

  • The Parting Glass

    The Parting Glass

  • Midnight Son

    Midnight Son

  • The 24 Hour Woman

    The 24 Hour Woman

  • The House Is Burning

    The House Is Burning

  • Carolina Skeletons

    Carolina Skeletons

  • The Space Between

    The Space Between

  • Always … But Not Forever

    Always … But Not Forever

  • Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

  • Dear Lemon Lima

    Dear Lemon Lima

  • In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

    In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

  • Stephanie's Image

    Stephanie's Image

  • Queen of the Lot

    Queen of the Lot

  • Last Summer in the Hamptons

    Last Summer in the Hamptons

  • Bottled Up

    Bottled Up

  • Venice/Venice

    Venice/Venice

  • From Other Worlds

    From Other Worlds

  • Dear Lemon Lima

    Dear Lemon Lima

  • Hollywood Dreams

    Hollywood Dreams

  • True Adolescents

    True Adolescents

  • By a Thread

    By a Thread

  • The Bride in Black

    The Bride in Black

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Fear of Fiction

    Fear of Fiction

  • The Ever After

    The Ever After

  • After the Spill

    After the Spill

  • Code of Ethics

    Code of Ethics

  • She's The Best Thing in It

    She's The Best Thing in It

  • Damnation: The Flashback

    Damnation: The Flashback

  • The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

    The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

  • The Sea Is All I Know

    The Sea Is All I Know

  • The View from Up Here

    The View from Up Here

  • Santa Mesa

    Santa Mesa

  • AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence

    AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence