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

  • 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

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Veronica Mars

    Veronica Mars

  • Guns Up

    Guns Up

  • The L Word

    The L Word

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Broad City

    Broad City

  • The Equalizer 3

    The Equalizer 3

  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

  • Wayward Pines

    Wayward Pines

  • The Equalizer 2

    The Equalizer 2

  • The Big Short

    The Big Short

  • Shark

    Shark

  • Oblivion

    Oblivion

  • Olympus Has Fallen

    Olympus Has Fallen

  • In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

    In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • Treme

    Treme

  • Treme

    Treme

  • The Arsenio Hall Show

    The Arsenio Hall Show

  • London Has Fallen

    London Has Fallen

  • Flight

    Flight

  • King Ivory

    King Ivory

  • True Adolescents

    True Adolescents

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • Bottled Up

    Bottled Up

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pierce

  • Snowden

    Snowden

  • Santa Mesa

    Santa Mesa

  • Venice/Venice

    Venice/Venice

  • The Young Riders

    The Young Riders

  • Thunder Force

    Thunder Force

  • Why Stop Now?

    Why Stop Now?

  • Burn Country

    Burn Country

  • The Knife

    The Knife

  • 21 Grams

    21 Grams

  • The Fighter

    The Fighter

  • Coast

    Coast

  • Charlie Countryman

    Charlie Countryman

  • Racing Daylight

    Racing Daylight

  • Red State

    Red State

  • Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

    Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

  • Long Gone Heroes

    Long Gone Heroes

  • I Know This Much Is True

    I Know This Much Is True

  • Deadtime Stories

    Deadtime Stories

  • Body Brokers

    Body Brokers

  • Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

  • Alone Together

    Alone Together

  • Hollywood Dreams

    Hollywood Dreams

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Streetwalkin'

    Streetwalkin'

  • Everybody's Fine

    Everybody's Fine

  • Black Irish

    Black Irish

  • Bomb

    Bomb

  • Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett

  • The Ashram

    The Ashram

  • The Most Hated Woman in America

    The Most Hated Woman in America

  • Furlough

    Furlough

  • Immaculate Conception

    Immaculate Conception

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • Nasty Boys

    Nasty Boys

  • Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill

  • Francine

    Francine

  • American Gun

    American Gun

  • Lullaby

    Lullaby

  • Measure of Revenge

    Measure of Revenge

  • Mr. Woodcock

    Mr. Woodcock

  • Carolina Skeletons

    Carolina Skeletons

  • Unlovable

    Unlovable

  • Ida Red

    Ida Red

  • The Clean Up Crew

    The Clean Up Crew

  • I'm Dying Up Here

    I'm Dying Up Here

  • Novitiate

    Novitiate

  • Runaway

    Runaway

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

  • Veronika Decides to Die

    Veronika Decides to Die

  • Stephanie Daley

    Stephanie Daley

  • Legacy

    Legacy

  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

    The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

  • Confess

    Confess

  • Midnight Son

    Midnight Son

  • All the Way

    All the Way

  • According to Greta

    According to Greta

  • One Night

    One Night

  • The Parting Glass

    The Parting Glass

  • Don McKay

    Don McKay

  • The Ever After

    The Ever After

  • The Alphabet Killer

    The Alphabet Killer

  • The Ballad of Little Jo

    The Ballad of Little Jo

  • Seven Days in Utopia

    Seven Days in Utopia

  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

  • The Limbo Room

    The Limbo Room

  • Code of Ethics

    Code of Ethics

  • The View from Up Here

    The View from Up Here

  • The Dry Land

    The Dry Land

  • The 24 Hour Woman

    The 24 Hour Woman

  • From Other Worlds

    From Other Worlds

  • Nasty Boys

    Nasty Boys

  • I Believe in America

    I Believe in America

  • Welcome to the Rileys

    Welcome to the Rileys

  • Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

  • A Time of Destiny

    A Time of Destiny

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • The Space Between

    The Space Between

  • Dear Lemon Lima

    Dear Lemon Lima

  • Last Summer in the Hamptons

    Last Summer in the Hamptons

  • Always … But Not Forever

    Always … But Not Forever

  • The Bride in Black

    The Bride in Black

  • Fear of Fiction

    Fear of Fiction

  • The Sea Is All I Know

    The Sea Is All I Know

  • Dwegons and Leprechauns

    Dwegons and Leprechauns

  • She's The Best Thing in It

    She's The Best Thing in It

  • Queen of the Lot

    Queen of the Lot

  • The Cake Eaters

    The Cake Eaters

  • AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence

    AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence

  • Jane

    Jane

  • Dear Lemon Lima

    Dear Lemon Lima

  • The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

    The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

  • Ron Forever

    Ron Forever

  • Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer

    Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer

  • Stephanie's Image

    Stephanie's Image

  • By a Thread

    By a Thread

  • After the Spill

    After the Spill

  • The House Is Burning

    The House Is Burning

  • Passenger

    Passenger

  • I'm Only There...

    I'm Only There...

  • Damnation: The Flashback

    Damnation: The Flashback