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).
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Movies (116)
El pasajero del diablo
2026 · Diana Larson
The Knife
2025 · Detective Carlsen
¡Armados!
2025 · Michael Temple
King Ivory
2025 · Ginger Greene
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024
The Clean Up Crew
2024 · Siobhan
Invasion a Venezuela
2024 · Olivia
El Justiciero: Capítulo final
2023 · Susan Plummer
Bonnie
2022 · Self
Intenciones Crueles
2022 · Principal Rhodes
Separadamente Juntos
2022 · Deborah
Coast
2022 · Olivia
¿Quién Mató a Mi Hijo?
2022 · Lillian
Ida Red: El precio de la libertad
2021 · Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Fuerza Trueno
2021 · Allie
Traficantes de cuerpos
2021 · Dr. White
Unlovable
2018 · Maddie
El Justiciero 2
2018 · Susan Plummer
The Parting Glass
2018 · Al
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
2018 · Narrator
Furlough
2018 · Joan Anderson, Producer
The Ashram
2018 · Chandra
The View from Up Here
2017 · Claire
La Novicia
2017 · Reverend Mother
La mujer mas odiada en America
2017 · Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Snowden
2016 · Laura Poitras
Hasta el fin
2016 · Lady Bird Johnson
Burn Country
2016 · Gloria
Londres bajo fuego
2016 · Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
La Gran Apuesta
2015 · Georgia Hale
Damnation: The Flashback
2015 · Noda Marra
After the Spill
2015 · Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
2015 · Papillon
She's The Best Thing in It
2015 · Self
The Ever After
2015 · Penny
El Justiciero
2014 · Susan Plummer
El hombre mas enfadado de Brooklyn
2014 · Bette Altmann
Dwegons and Leprechauns
2014 · Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Intriga
2013 · Holly Jones
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 · Robin
Bottled Up
2013 · Fay, Producer
Oblivion: El Tiempo del Olvido
2013 · Sally
Olimpo bajo fuego
2013 · Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Charlie Countryman
2013 · Kate
¿Por qué Detenerse Ahora?
2012 · Penny
El vuelo
2012 · Ellen Block
Francine
2012 · Francine
The Space Between
2011 · Montine
Seven Days in Utopia
2011 · Lily
La Secta
2011 · Sara
The Sea Is All I Know
2011 · Sara
El peleador
2010 · Alice Ward
Queen of the Lot
2010 · Aunt Bee
Welcome to the Rileys
2010 · Lois Riley
Conviction
2010 · Nancy Taylor
The Dry Land
2010 · Martha
Están todos bien
2009 · Colleen
According to Greta
2009 · Karen
Dear Lemon Lima
2009 · Mrs. Howard
Veronika Decide Morir
2009 · Mari
Don McKay
2009 · Marie
True Adolescents
2009 · Sharon Mitchell
Stephanie's Image
2009 · Stephanie
The Alphabet Killer
2008 · Kathy Walsh
Frente a frente
2008 · Cheryl
Río helado
2008 · Ray Eddy
Santa Mesa
2008 · Maggie
Lullaby
2008 · Stephanie
Black Irish
2007 · Margaret McKay
Adivina con quién salgo
2007 · Sally Jansen
Racing Daylight
2007 · Sadie / Anna
I Believe in America
2007 · Soto
Hollywood Dreams
2007 · Aunt Bee
The Cake Eaters
2007 · Ceci Kimbrough
Dear Lemon Lima
2007 · Mrs. Howard
Stephanie Daley
2007 · Miri Daley
Midnight Son
2007 · Rita
Bomb
2007
One Night
2007 · Wendy
The House Is Burning
2006 · Mrs. Miller
The Limbo Room
2006 · KC Collins
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · Rachel
Confess
2005 · Agnes Lessor
American Gun
2005 · Louise
Runaway
2005 · Lisa Adler
Mente siniestra
2005 · Laura
From Other Worlds
2004 · Miriam
21 gramos
2003 · Marianne Jordan
Fear of Fiction
2000 · Sigrid Anderssen
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Kay Howard
Code of Ethics
1999 · Jo DeAngelo
The 24 Hour Woman
1999 · Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Under the bridge
1998 · Kathy
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Self
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995 · Trish Axelrod
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995 · Carol Manning
Garden
1995 · Elizabeth
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993 · Beatrice Grey
By a Thread
1992 · Helen
Immaculate Conception
1992 · Hannah
Venice/Venice
1992 · Peggy
Carolina Skeletons
1991 · Cassie
The Bride in Black
1990 · Mary Margaret
Nasty Boys
1989 · Katie Morrissey
A Time of Destiny
1988 · Josie Larraneta
Deadtime Stories
1986 · Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Silent Witness
1985 · Patti Mullen
Always … But Not Forever
1985 · Peggy
Streetwalkin'
1985 · Cookie
I'm Only There...
1984 · Maggie
Ron Forever
· Hilda
The Rooster Prince
· Elaine
The Mannequin
· Executive Producer
Supermax
Mother Wolf
· Babs, Producer
TV shows (24)
La innegable verdad
2020 · Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
Dolly Parton: Acordes del corazón
2019 · Amelia Meegers
Morir de pie
2017 · Goldie
Wayward Pines
2015 · Nurse Pam
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Ma Nguyen (voice)
Broad City
2014 · Lori
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013 · Self
Mildred Pierce
2011 · Lucy Gessler
Treme
2010 · Toni Bernette
Shark
2006 · Elizabeth Rourke
Mentes Criminales
2005 · Sheriff Georgia Davis
Verónica Mars
2004 · Julia Smith
La palabra L
2004 · Winnie Mann
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Maureen Curtis
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Sybil Perez
Legacy
1998 · Emma Bradford
Scarlett
1994 · Suellen O'Hara Benteen
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Kay Howard
Law & Order
1990 · Donna Cheponis, Defense Attorney Alice Sutton, Sherri Quinn
The Young Riders
1989 · Emma Shannon
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
1985 · Irina Dzershinsky
Miami Vice
1984 · Kathleen Gilfords