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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229410
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Filmography (Movies)
Passenger
Character:
Release Date:28/05/2026
The Knife
Character:Detective Carlsen
Release Date:15/08/2025
Guns Up
Character:Michael Temple
Release Date:15/05/2025
King Ivory
Character:Ginger Greene
Release Date:08/05/2025
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
Character:
Release Date:01/11/2024
The Clean Up Crew
Character:Siobhan
Release Date:12/09/2024
Long Gone Heroes
Character:Olivia
Release Date:12/09/2024
The Equalizer 3
Character:Susan Plummer
Release Date:30/08/2023
Bonnie
Character:Self
Release Date:12/11/2022
Jane
Character:Principal Rhodes
Release Date:26/08/2022
Alone Together
Character:Deborah
Release Date:22/07/2022
Coast
Character:Olivia
Release Date:08/04/2022
Measure of Revenge
Character:Lillian
Release Date:18/03/2022
Ida Red
Character:Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Release Date:05/11/2021
Thunder Force
Character:Allie
Release Date:09/04/2021
Body Brokers
Character:Dr. White
Release Date:19/02/2021
Unlovable
Character:Maddie
Release Date:01/11/2018
The Equalizer 2
Character:Susan Plummer
Release Date:19/07/2018
The Parting Glass
Character:Al
Release Date:24/06/2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/04/2018
Furlough
Character:Joan Anderson
Release Date:16/03/2018
The Ashram
Character:Chandra
Release Date:02/03/2018
The View from Up Here
Character:Claire
Release Date:27/10/2017
Novitiate
Character:Reverend Mother
Release Date:27/10/2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
Character:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Release Date:24/03/2017
Snowden
Character:Laura Poitras
Release Date:15/09/2016
All the Way
Character:Lady Bird Johnson
Release Date:23/05/2016
Burn Country
Character:Gloria
Release Date:16/04/2016
London Has Fallen
Character:Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Release Date:02/03/2016
The Big Short
Character:Georgia Hale
Release Date:11/12/2015
Damnation: The Flashback
Character:Noda Marra
Release Date:19/10/2015
After the Spill
Character:Narrator
Release Date:04/10/2015
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Character:Papillon
Release Date:03/09/2015
She's The Best Thing in It
Character:Self
Release Date:16/03/2015
The Ever After
Character:Penny
Release Date:13/02/2015
The Equalizer
Character:Susan Plummer
Release Date:24/09/2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Character:Bette Altmann
Release Date:23/05/2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Character:Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Release Date:24/01/2014
Prisoners
Character:Holly Jones
Release Date:19/09/2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/06/2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Character:Robin
Release Date:20/04/2013
Bottled Up
Character:Fay
Release Date:19/04/2013
Oblivion
Character:Sally
Release Date:10/04/2013
Olympus Has Fallen
Character:Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Release Date:20/03/2013
Charlie Countryman
Character:Kate
Release Date:09/02/2013
Francine
Character:Francine
Release Date:12/09/2012
Why Stop Now?
Character:Penny
Release Date:17/08/2012
Flight
Character:Ellen Block
Release Date:22/02/2012
The Space Between
Character:Montine
Release Date:11/09/2011
Seven Days in Utopia
Character:Lily
Release Date:02/09/2011
Red State
Character:Sara
Release Date:19/08/2011
The Sea Is All I Know
Character:Sara
Release Date:24/06/2011
The Fighter
Character:Alice Ward
Release Date:10/12/2010
Queen of the Lot
Character:Aunt Bee
Release Date:19/11/2010
Welcome to the Rileys
Character:Lois Riley
Release Date:29/10/2010
Conviction
Character:Nancy Taylor
Release Date:15/10/2010
The Dry Land
Character:Martha
Release Date:30/07/2010
Everybody's Fine
Character:Colleen
Release Date:04/12/2009
According to Greta
Character:Karen
Release Date:25/11/2009
Dear Lemon Lima
Character:Mrs. Howard
Release Date:23/10/2009
Veronika Decides to Die
Character:Mari
Release Date:16/05/2009
Don McKay
Character:Marie
Release Date:24/04/2009
True Adolescents
Character:Sharon Mitchell
Release Date:14/03/2009
Stephanie's Image
Character:Stephanie
Release Date:25/02/2009
The Alphabet Killer
Character:Kathy Walsh
Release Date:07/11/2008
Righteous Kill
Character:Cheryl
Release Date:11/09/2008
Frozen River
Character:Ray Eddy
Release Date:26/03/2008
Santa Mesa
Character:Maggie
Release Date:15/03/2008
Lullaby
Character:Stephanie
Release Date:24/02/2008
Black Irish
Character:Margaret McKay
Release Date:26/10/2007
Mr. Woodcock
Character:Sally Jansen
Release Date:14/09/2007
Racing Daylight
Character:Sadie / Anna
Release Date:31/07/2007
I Believe in America
Character:Soto
Release Date:02/07/2007
Hollywood Dreams
Character:Aunt Bee
Release Date:25/05/2007
The Cake Eaters
Character:Ceci Kimbrough
Release Date:29/04/2007
Dear Lemon Lima
Character:Mrs. Howard
Release Date:28/04/2007
Stephanie Daley
Character:Miri Daley
Release Date:20/04/2007
Midnight Son
Character:Rita
Release Date:02/02/2007
Bomb
Character:
Release Date:19/01/2007
One Night
Character:Wendy
Release Date:01/01/2007
The House Is Burning
Character:Mrs. Miller
Release Date:16/11/2006
The Limbo Room
Character:KC Collins
Release Date:23/01/2006
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Character:Rachel
Release Date:17/11/2005
Confess
Character:Agnes Lessor
Release Date:21/10/2005
American Gun
Character:Louise
Release Date:15/09/2005
Runaway
Character:Lisa Adler
Release Date:26/04/2005
Hide and Seek
Character:Laura
Release Date:27/01/2005
From Other Worlds
Character:Miriam
Release Date:29/10/2004
21 Grams
Character:Marianne Jordan
Release Date:06/09/2003
Fear of Fiction
Character:Sigrid Anderssen
Release Date:13/07/2000
Homicide: The Movie
Character:Kay Howard
Release Date:13/02/2000
Code of Ethics
Character:Jo DeAngelo
Release Date:07/09/1999
The 24 Hour Woman
Character:Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Release Date:29/01/1999
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Character:Self
Release Date:08/07/1997
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Character:Trish Axelrod
Release Date:22/11/1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Character:Carol Manning
Release Date:01/10/1995
The Ballad of Little Jo
Character:Beatrice Grey
Release Date:20/08/1993
By a Thread
Character:Helen
Release Date:02/10/1992
Immaculate Conception
Character:Hannah
Release Date:11/09/1992
Venice/Venice
Character:Peggy
Release Date:10/04/1992
Carolina Skeletons
Character:Cassie
Release Date:30/09/1991
The Bride in Black
Character:Mary Margaret
Release Date:21/10/1990
Nasty Boys
Character:Katie Morrissey
Release Date:22/09/1989
A Time of Destiny
Character:Josie Larraneta
Release Date:22/04/1988
Deadtime Stories
Character:Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Release Date:13/04/1986
Silent Witness
Character:Patti Mullen
Release Date:14/10/1985
Always … But Not Forever
Character:Peggy
Release Date:04/10/1985
Streetwalkin'
Character:Cookie
Release Date:20/09/1985
I'm Only There...
Character:Maggie
Release Date:19/06/1984
Television Appearances
I Know This Much Is True
Character:Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Character:Amelia Meegers
I'm Dying Up Here
Character:Goldie
Wayward Pines
Character:Nurse Pam
BoJack Horseman
Character:Ma Nguyen (voice)
Broad City
Character:Lori
The Arsenio Hall Show
Character:Self
Mildred Pierce
Character:Lucy Gessler
Treme
Character:
Treme
Character:Toni Bernette
Shark
Character:Elizabeth Rourke
Criminal Minds
Character:Sheriff Georgia Davis
Veronica Mars
Character:Julia Smith
The L Word
Character:Winnie Mann
Cold Case
Character:Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Maureen Curtis
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Sybil Perez
Legacy
Character:
Scarlett
Character:Suellen O'Hara Benteen
Homicide: Life on the Street
Character:Kay Howard
Law & Order
Character:Donna Cheponis
Law & Order
Character:Defense Attorney Alice Sutton
Law & Order
Character:Sherri Quinn
Nasty Boys
Character:Katie Morrissey
The Young Riders
Character:Emma Shannon
Spenser: For Hire
Character:
The Equalizer
Character:Irina Dzershinsky
Miami Vice
Character:Kathleen Gilfords
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