Melissa Leo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

138

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-09-14 (65 years old)

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).

Known For

  • Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Veronica Mars

    Veronica Mars

  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The L Word

    The L Word

  • Guns Up

    Guns Up

  • The Equalizer 3

    The Equalizer 3

  • Broad City

    Broad City

  • Wayward Pines

    Wayward Pines

  • Shark

    Shark

  • Olympus Has Fallen

    Olympus Has Fallen

  • London Has Fallen

    London Has Fallen

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • The Equalizer 2

    The Equalizer 2

  • The Young Riders

    The Young Riders

  • Treme

    Treme

  • Treme

    Treme

  • Oblivion

    Oblivion

  • The Big Short

    The Big Short

  • The Arsenio Hall Show

    The Arsenio Hall Show

  • King Ivory

    King Ivory

  • Seven Days in Utopia

    Seven Days in Utopia

  • The Clean Up Crew

    The Clean Up Crew

  • A Time of Destiny

    A Time of Destiny

  • Flight

    Flight

  • I Know This Much Is True

    I Know This Much Is True

  • Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pierce

  • Carolina Skeletons

    Carolina Skeletons

  • The Ballad of Little Jo

    The Ballad of Little Jo

  • Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill

  • The Dry Land

    The Dry Land

  • The Alphabet Killer

    The Alphabet Killer

  • True Adolescents

    True Adolescents

  • Venice/Venice

    Venice/Venice

  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

    The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

  • According to Greta

    According to Greta

  • Queen of the Lot

    Queen of the Lot

  • The Space Between

    The Space Between

  • 21 Grams

    21 Grams

  • Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

  • The Fighter

    The Fighter

  • I'm Dying Up Here

    I'm Dying Up Here

  • Mr. Woodcock

    Mr. Woodcock

  • Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

  • Long Gone Heroes

    Long Gone Heroes

  • The Most Hated Woman in America

    The Most Hated Woman in America

  • Snowden

    Snowden

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • The Knife

    The Knife

  • All the Way

    All the Way

  • Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

  • Nasty Boys

    Nasty Boys

  • Charlie Countryman

    Charlie Countryman

  • Immaculate Conception

    Immaculate Conception

  • Legacy

    Legacy

  • Lullaby

    Lullaby

  • Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

    Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

  • Veronika Decides to Die

    Veronika Decides to Die

  • Hollywood Dreams

    Hollywood Dreams

  • Racing Daylight

    Racing Daylight

  • Code of Ethics

    Code of Ethics

  • Black Irish

    Black Irish

  • Santa Mesa

    Santa Mesa

  • Jane

    Jane

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Why Stop Now?

    Why Stop Now?

  • Red State

    Red State

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • Ron Forever

    Ron Forever

  • Thunder Force

    Thunder Force

  • Bottled Up

    Bottled Up

  • American Gun

    American Gun

  • The Parting Glass

    The Parting Glass

  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

  • The Limbo Room

    The Limbo Room

  • Everybody's Fine

    Everybody's Fine

  • Always … But Not Forever

    Always … But Not Forever

  • Midnight Son

    Midnight Son

  • Novitiate

    Novitiate

  • Stephanie Daley

    Stephanie Daley

  • Burn Country

    Burn Country

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Body Brokers

    Body Brokers

  • Furlough

    Furlough

  • Alone Together

    Alone Together

  • Don McKay

    Don McKay

  • She's The Best Thing in It

    She's The Best Thing in It

  • Runaway

    Runaway

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

  • I Believe in America

    I Believe in America

  • Fear of Fiction

    Fear of Fiction

  • The Cake Eaters

    The Cake Eaters

  • Ida Red

    Ida Red

  • The Ever After

    The Ever After

  • Streetwalkin'

    Streetwalkin'

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Francine

    Francine

  • The Sea Is All I Know

    The Sea Is All I Know

  • Unlovable

    Unlovable

  • Deadtime Stories

    Deadtime Stories

  • The Bride in Black

    The Bride in Black

  • Dwegons and Leprechauns

    Dwegons and Leprechauns

  • The Ashram

    The Ashram

  • The 24 Hour Woman

    The 24 Hour Woman

  • Coast

    Coast

  • Confess

    Confess

  • Last Summer in the Hamptons

    Last Summer in the Hamptons

  • In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

    In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

  • Welcome to the Rileys

    Welcome to the Rileys

  • Dear Lemon Lima

    Dear Lemon Lima

  • Measure of Revenge

    Measure of Revenge

  • From Other Worlds

    From Other Worlds

  • Bomb

    Bomb

  • Dear Lemon Lima

    Dear Lemon Lima

  • One Night

    One Night

  • Nasty Boys

    Nasty Boys

  • Passenger

    Passenger

  • The House Is Burning

    The House Is Burning

  • AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence

    AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence

  • I'm Only There...

    I'm Only There...

  • The View from Up Here

    The View from Up Here

  • By a Thread

    By a Thread

  • Damnation: The Flashback

    Damnation: The Flashback

  • Stephanie's Image

    Stephanie's Image

  • After the Spill

    After the Spill

  • The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

    The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

  • Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer

    Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer