Melissa Leo

Acting · Born 1960-09-14 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• 21 Grams as Marianne Jordan
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as Rachel
• Conviction as Nancy Taylor
• The Fighter as Alice Ward
• Prisoners as Holly Jones
• The Equalizer 3 as Susan Plummer
• The Equalizer as Susan Plummer
• Snowden as Laura Poitras
• The Big Short as Georgia Hale
• Frozen River as Ray Eddy

TV

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sybil Perez
• Veronica Mars as Julia Smith
• Cold Case as Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
• The L Word as Winnie Mann
• Criminal Minds as Sheriff Georgia Davis
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Kay Howard
• BoJack Horseman as Ma Nguyen (voice)
• Spenser: For Hire
• Shark as Elizabeth Rourke
• The Young Riders as Emma Shannon