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Acting
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Vrouw
Geboren
14 september 1960 (66)
Geboorteplaats
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Ook bekend als
Margaret May · Melissa Chessington Leo
Biografie
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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7.3
Film
The Equalizer
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2014
6.8
Film
The Equalizer 2
Susan Plummer
2018
7.4
Film
The Big Short
Georgia Hale
2015
7.6
Serie
Treme
Toni Bernette
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8.1
Film
Prisoners
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2013
6.4
Film
Olympus Has Fallen
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2013
7.3
Film
Passenger
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2026
6.7
Film
Oblivion
Sally
2013
7.3
Film
21 Grams
Marianne Jordan
2003
7.4
Film
The Fighter
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2010
7.1
Film
Snowden
Laura Poitras
2016
6.2
Film
London Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2016
6.9
Film
Flight
Ellen Block
2012
7.0
Serie
Mildred Pierce
Lucy Gessler
2011
5.6
Film
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
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2014
7.6
Serie
I Know This Much Is True
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2020
5.9
Film
Righteous Kill
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2008
7.0
Film
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
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2005
6.4
Film
Charlie Countryman
Kate
2013
5.1
Film
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6.6
Film
Welcome to the Rileys
Lois Riley
2010
6.4
Serie
I'm Dying Up Here
Goldie
2017–2018
6.5
Film
Guns Up
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6.8
Film
King Ivory
Ginger Greene
2025
6.8
Film
Everybody's Fine
Colleen
2009
6.3
Film
Hide and Seek
Laura
2005
6.5
Film
Novitiate
Reverend Mother
2017
5.5
Film
Thunder Force
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2021
6.2
Film
The Most Hated Woman in America
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2017
6.0
Film
Red State
Sara
2011
6.7
Film
All the Way
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2016
0.0
Film
The Mannequin
6.2
Film
Body Brokers
Dr. White
2021
5.7
Film
Ida Red
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
2021
5.4
Film
Long Gone Heroes
Olivia
2024
5.3
Film
Bonnie
Self
2022
5.5
Film
The Clean Up Crew
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5.4
Film
The Ashram
Chandra
2018
5.4
Film
Jane
Principal Rhodes
2022
7.2
Film
The Knife
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2025
5.4
Film
The Parting Glass
Al
2018
5.0
Film
Burn Country
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5.1
Film
Alone Together
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2022
5.6
Film
Unlovable
Maddie
2018
4.7
Film
Measure of Revenge
Lillian
2022
5.7
Film
Furlough
Joan Anderson
2018
4.6
Film
Coast
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2022
6.0
Film
The View from Up Here
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2017
Acteercredits 48 titels
Passenger
als Diana Larson
7.3
2026
The Knife
als Detective Carlsen
7.2
2025
Guns Up
als Michael Temple
6.5
2025
King Ivory
als Ginger Greene
6.8
2025
Long Gone Heroes
als Olivia
5.4
2024
The Clean Up Crew
als Siobhan
5.5
2024
Coast
als Olivia
4.6
2022
Measure of Revenge
als Lillian
4.7
2022
Alone Together
als Deborah
5.1
2022
Jane
als Principal Rhodes
5.4
2022
Bonnie
als Self
5.3
2022
Ida Red
als Ida ‘Red’ Walker
5.7
2021
Thunder Force
als Allie
5.5
2021
Body Brokers
als Dr. White
6.2
2021
I Know This Much Is True
als Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
7.6
2020
Furlough
als Joan Anderson
5.7
2018
The Ashram
als Chandra
5.4
2018
Unlovable
als Maddie
5.6
2018
The Parting Glass
als Al
5.4
2018
The Equalizer 2
als Susan Plummer
6.8
2018
I'm Dying Up Here
als Goldie
6.4
2017–2018
The Most Hated Woman in America
als Madalyn Murray O'Hair
6.2
2017
Novitiate
als Reverend Mother
6.5
2017
The View from Up Here
als Claire
6.0
2017
Burn Country
als Gloria
5.0
2016
Snowden
als Laura Poitras
7.1
2016
All the Way
als Lady Bird Johnson
6.7
2016
London Has Fallen
als Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
6.2
2016
The Big Short
als Georgia Hale
7.4
2015
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
als Bette Altmann
5.6
2014
The Equalizer
als Susan Plummer
7.3
2014
Oblivion
als Sally
6.7
2013
Prisoners
als Holly Jones
8.1
2013
Charlie Countryman
als Kate
6.4
2013
Olympus Has Fallen
als Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
6.4
2013
Flight
als Ellen Block
6.9
2012
Red State
als Sara
6.0
2011
Mildred Pierce
als Lucy Gessler
7.0
2011
Welcome to the Rileys
als Lois Riley
6.6
2010
The Fighter
als Alice Ward
7.4
2010
Treme
als Toni Bernette
7.6
2010–2013
Everybody's Fine
als Colleen
6.8
2009
Righteous Kill
als Cheryl
5.9
2008
Mr. Woodcock
als Sally Jansen
5.1
2007
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
als Rachel
7.0
2005
Hide and Seek
als Laura
6.3
2005
21 Grams
als Marianne Jordan
7.3
2003
The Mannequin
0.0