Acting
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).
Filmography
Passenger
Film · 2026
King Ivory
Film · 2025
The Knife
Film · 2025
Guns Up
Film · 2025
The Clean Up Crew
Film · 2024
Long Gone Heroes
Film · 2024
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
Film · 2024
The Equalizer 3
Film · 2023
Bonnie
Film · 2022
Measure of Revenge
Film · 2022
Coast
Film · 2022
Alone Together
Film · 2022
Jane
Film · 2022
Body Brokers
Film · 2021
Thunder Force
Film · 2021
Ida Red
Film · 2021
I Know This Much Is True
Series · 2020
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Series · 2019
The Ashram
Film · 2018
The Equalizer 2
Film · 2018
Unlovable
Film · 2018
Furlough
Film · 2018
The Parting Glass
Film · 2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Film · 2018
The View from Up Here
Film · 2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
Film · 2017
Novitiate
Film · 2017
I'm Dying Up Here
Series · 2017
London Has Fallen
Film · 2016
Burn Country
Film · 2016
Snowden
Film · 2016
All the Way
Film · 2016
The Ever After
Film · 2015
She's The Best Thing in It
Film · 2015
The Big Short
Film · 2015
Damnation: The Flashback
Film · 2015
After the Spill
Film · 2015
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Film · 2015
Wayward Pines
Series · 2015
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Film · 2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Film · 2014
The Equalizer
Film · 2014
Broad City
Series · 2014
BoJack Horseman
Series · 2014
Charlie Countryman
Film · 2013
Oblivion
Film · 2013
Prisoners
Film · 2013
Olympus Has Fallen
Film · 2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Film · 2013
Bottled Up
Film · 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Film · 2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
Series · 2013
Francine
Film · 2012
Why Stop Now?
Film · 2012
Flight
Film · 2012
Red State
Film · 2011
The Space Between
Film · 2011
Seven Days in Utopia
Film · 2011
The Sea Is All I Know
Film · 2011
Mildred Pierce
Series · 2011
Welcome to the Rileys
Film · 2010
Conviction
Film · 2010
The Dry Land
Film · 2010
The Fighter
Film · 2010
Queen of the Lot
Film · 2010
Treme
Series · 2010
Veronika Decides to Die
Film · 2009
According to Greta
Film · 2009
Everybody's Fine
Film · 2009
Don McKay
Film · 2009
Dear Lemon Lima
Film · 2009
Stephanie's Image
Film · 2009
True Adolescents
Film · 2009
Frozen River
Film · 2008
Lullaby
Film · 2008
Righteous Kill
Film · 2008
Santa Mesa
Film · 2008
The Alphabet Killer
Film · 2008
Black Irish
Film · 2007
Racing Daylight
Film · 2007
One Night
Film · 2007
Stephanie Daley
Film · 2007
Midnight Son
Film · 2007
Hollywood Dreams
Film · 2007
The Cake Eaters
Film · 2007
I Believe in America
Film · 2007
Dear Lemon Lima
Film · 2007
Mr. Woodcock
Film · 2007
Bomb
Film · 2007
The House Is Burning
Film · 2006
The Limbo Room
Film · 2006
Shark
Series · 2006
Hide and Seek
Film · 2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Film · 2005
Runaway
Film · 2005
American Gun
Film · 2005
Confess
Film · 2005
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
From Other Worlds
Film · 2004
Veronica Mars
Series · 2004
The L Word
Series · 2004
21 Grams
Film · 2003
Cold Case
Series · 2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
Homicide: The Movie
Film · 2000
Fear of Fiction
Film · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
The 24 Hour Woman
Film · 1999
Code of Ethics
Film · 1999
Under the bridge
Film · 1998
Legacy
Series · 1998
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Film · 1997
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Film · 1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Film · 1995
Garden
Film · 1995
Scarlett
Series · 1994
The Ballad of Little Jo
Film · 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Series · 1993
By a Thread
Film · 1992
Immaculate Conception
Film · 1992
Venice/Venice
Film · 1992
Carolina Skeletons
Film · 1991
The Bride in Black
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Nasty Boys
Film · 1989
The Young Riders
Series · 1989
A Time of Destiny
Film · 1988
Deadtime Stories
Film · 1986
Streetwalkin'
Film · 1985
Always … But Not Forever
Film · 1985
Silent Witness
Film · 1985
Spenser: For Hire
Series · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
I'm Only There...
Film · 1984
Miami Vice
Series · 1984
Ron Forever
Film
The Rooster Prince
Film
The Mannequin
Film
Supermax
Film