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).
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Movies (43)
The Knife
as Detective Carlsen
2025
Guns Up
as Michael Temple
2025
King Ivory
as Ginger Greene
2025
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024
The Clean Up Crew
as Siobhan
2024
Long Gone Heroes
as Olivia
2024
The Equalizer 3
as Susan Plummer
2023
Bonnie
as Self
2022
Jane
as Principal Rhodes
2022
Alone Together
as Deborah
2022
Coast
as Olivia
2022
Measure of Revenge
as Lillian
2022
Ida Red
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
2021
Thunder Force
as Allie
2021
Body Brokers
as Dr. White
2021
Unlovable
as Maddie
2018
The Equalizer 2
as Susan Plummer
2018
The Parting Glass
as Al
2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
as Narrator
2018
Furlough
as Joan Anderson
2018
The Ashram
as Chandra
2018
The View from Up Here
as Claire
2017
Novitiate
as Reverend Mother
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
2017
Snowden
as Laura Poitras
2016
All the Way
as Lady Bird Johnson
2016
Burn Country
as Gloria
2016
London Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2016
The Big Short
as Georgia Hale
2015
Damnation: The Flashback
as Noda Marra
2015
After the Spill
as Narrator
2015
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
as Papillon
2015
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self
2015
The Ever After
as Penny
2015
The Equalizer
as Susan Plummer
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Bette Altmann
2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
2014
Prisoners
as Holly Jones
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Robin
2013
Bottled Up
as Fay
2013
Oblivion
as Sally
2013
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2013
