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Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

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).

King Ivory

2024

as Ginger Greene

Long Gone Heroes

2024

as Olivia

The Clean Up Crew

2024

as Siobhan

The Knife

2024

as Detective Carlsen

The Equalizer 3

2023

as Susan Plummer

Bonnie

2022

as Self

Jane

2022

as Principal Rhodes

Alone Together

2022

as Deborah

Coast

2022

as Olivia

Measure of Revenge

2022

as Lillian

Ida Red

2021

as Ida ‘Red’ Walker

Thunder Force

2021

as Allie

Body Brokers

2021

as Dr. White

I Know This Much Is True

2020

as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

2019

as Amelia Meegers

Unlovable

2018

as Maddie

The Equalizer 2

2018

as Susan Plummer

The Parting Glass

2018

as Al

Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer

2018

as Narrator

Furlough

2018

as Joan Anderson

The Ashram

2018

as Chandra

The View from Up Here

2017

Novitiate

2017

as Reverend Mother

I'm Dying Up Here

2017

as Goldie

The Most Hated Woman in America

2017

as Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Snowden

2016

as Laura Poitras

All the Way

2016

as Lady Bird Johnson

Burn Country

2016

as Gloria

London Has Fallen

2016

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

The Big Short

2015

as Georgia Hale

Damnation: The Flashback

2015

as Noda Marra

After the Spill

2015

as Narrator

The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece

2015

as Papillon

Wayward Pines

2015

as Nurse Pam

She's The Best Thing in It

2015

as Self

The Ever After

2015

as Penny

The Equalizer

2014

as Susan Plummer

BoJack Horseman

2014

as Ma Nguyen (voice)

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

2014

as Bette Altmann

Dwegons and Leprechauns

2014

as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald

Broad City

2014

as Lori

Prisoners

2013

as Holly Jones

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013

as Robin

Bottled Up

2013

as Fay

Oblivion

2013

as Sally

Olympus Has Fallen

2013

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

Charlie Countryman

2013

as Kate

Flight

2012

as Ellen Block

Francine

2012

as Francine

Why Stop Now?

2012

as Penny

The Space Between

2011

as Montine

Seven Days in Utopia

2011

as Lily

Red State

2011

as Sara

The Sea Is All I Know

2011

as Sara

Mildred Pierce

2011

as Lucy Gessler

The Fighter

2010

as Alice Ward

Queen of the Lot

2010

as Aunt Bee

Welcome to the Rileys

2010

as Lois Riley

Conviction

2010

as Nancy Taylor

The Dry Land

2010

as Martha

Treme

2010

Treme

2010

as Toni Bernette

Everybody's Fine

2009

as Colleen

According to Greta

2009

as Karen

Dear Lemon Lima

2009

as Mrs. Howard

Veronika Decides to Die

2009

as Mari

Don McKay

2009

as Marie

True Adolescents

2009

as Sharon Mitchell

Stephanie's Image

2009

as Stephanie

The Alphabet Killer

2008

as Kathy Walsh

Righteous Kill

2008

as Cheryl

Frozen River

2008

as Ray Eddy

Santa Mesa

2008

as Maggie

Lullaby

2008

as Stephanie

Black Irish

2007

as Margaret McKay

Mr. Woodcock

2007

as Sally Jansen

Racing Daylight

2007

as Sadie / Anna

I Believe in America

2007

as Soto

Hollywood Dreams

2007

as Aunt Bee

The Cake Eaters

2007

as Ceci Kimbrough

Dear Lemon Lima

2007

as Mrs. Howard

Stephanie Daley

2007

as Miri Daley

Midnight Son

2007

as Rita

Bomb

2007

One Night

2007

as Wendy

The House Is Burning

2006

as Mrs. Miller

Shark

2006

The Limbo Room

2006

as KC Collins

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005

as Rachel

Criminal Minds

2005

as Sheriff Georgia Davis

American Gun

2005

as Louise

Runaway

2005

as Lisa Adler

Hide and Seek

2005

as Laura

Confess

2005

as Agnes Lessor

From Other Worlds

2004

as Miriam

Veronica Mars

2004

as Julia Smith

The L Word

2004

as Winnie Mann

Cold Case

2003

as Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)

21 Grams

2003

as Marianne Jordan

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Maureen Curtis

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Sybil Perez

Fear of Fiction

2000

as Sigrid Anderssen

Homicide: The Movie

2000

as Kay Howard

Code of Ethics

1999

as Jo DeAngelo

The 24 Hour Woman

1999

as Dr. Suzanne Pincus

Legacy

1998

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995

as Trish Axelrod

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

1995

as Carol Manning

Scarlett

1994

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993

as Beatrice Grey

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Kay Howard

By a Thread

1992

as Helen

Immaculate Conception

1992

as Hannah

Venice/Venice

1992

as Peggy

Carolina Skeletons

1991

as Cassie

The Bride in Black

1990

as Mary Margaret

Law & Order

1990

as Donna Cheponis

Law & Order

1990

as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton

Law & Order

1990

as Sherri Quinn

Nasty Boys

1989

as Katie Morrissey

Nasty Boys

1989

as Katie Morrissey

The Young Riders

1989

as Emma Shannon

A Time of Destiny

1988

as Josie Larraneta

Deadtime Stories

1986

as Judith 'MaMa' Baer

Silent Witness

1985

as Patti Mullen

Always … But Not Forever

1985

as Peggy

Streetwalkin'

1985

as Cookie

Spenser: For Hire

1985

The Equalizer

1985

as Irina Dzershinsky

Miami Vice

1984

I'm Only There...

1984

as Maggie

Returns

AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence