Personal Info
Known Credits
108
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1960-09-14 (65 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Margaret MayMelissa Chessington Leo멜리사 레오
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 nom ...
Acting
2025 --
King Ivory
| Ginger Greene
2024 --
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
|
2024 --
Long Gone Heroes
| Olivia
2024 --
The Clean Up Crew
| Siobhan
2024 --
The Knife
| Detective Carlsen
2023 --
The Equalizer 3
| Susan Plummer
2022 --
Bonnie
| Self
2022 --
Jane
| Principal Rhodes
2022 --
Alone Together
| Deborah
2022 --
Coast
| Olivia
2022 --
Measure of Revenge
| Lillian
2021 --
Ida Red
| Ida ‘Red’ Walker
2021 --
Thunder Force
| Allie
2021 --
Body Brokers
| Dr. White
2018 --
Unlovable
| Maddie
2018 --
The Equalizer 2
| Susan Plummer
2018 --
The Parting Glass
| Al
2018 --
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
| Narrator
2018 --
Furlough
| Joan Anderson
2018 --
The Ashram
| Chandra
2017 --
Novitiate
| Reverend Mother
2017 --
The View from Up Here
|
2017 --
The Most Hated Woman in America
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair
2016 --
Snowden
| Laura Poitras
2016 --
All the Way
| Lady Bird Johnson
2016 --
Burn Country
| Gloria
2016 --
London Has Fallen
| Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2015 --
The Big Short
| Georgia Hale
2015 --
Damnation: The Flashback
| Noda Marra
2015 --
After the Spill
| Narrator
2015 --
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
| Papillon
2015 --
She's The Best Thing in It
| Self
2015 --
The Ever After
| Penny
2014 --
The Equalizer
| Susan Plummer
2014 --
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
| Bette Altmann
2014 --
Dwegons and Leprechauns
| Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
2013 --
Prisoners
| Holly Jones
2013 --
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
| Narrator (voice)
2013 --
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
| Robin
2013 --
Bottled Up
| Fay
2013 --
Oblivion
| Sally
2013 --
Olympus Has Fallen
| Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2013 --
Charlie Countryman
| Kate
2012 --
Flight
| Ellen Block
2012 --
Francine
| Francine
2012 --
Why Stop Now?
| Penny
2011 --
The Space Between
| Montine
2011 --
Seven Days in Utopia
| Lily
2011 --
Red State
| Sara
2011 --
The Sea Is All I Know
| Sara
2010 --
The Fighter
| Alice Ward
2010 --
Queen of the Lot
| Aunt Bee
2010 --
Welcome to the Rileys
| Lois Riley
2010 --
Conviction
| Nancy Taylor
2010 --
The Dry Land
| Martha
2009 --
Everybody's Fine
| Colleen
2009 --
According to Greta
| Karen
2009 --
Dear Lemon Lima
| Mrs. Howard
2009 --
Veronika Decides to Die
| Mari
2009 --
Don McKay
| Marie
2009 --
True Adolescents
| Sharon Mitchell
2009 --
Stephanie's Image
| Stephanie
2008 --
The Alphabet Killer
| Kathy Walsh
2008 --
Righteous Kill
| Cheryl
2008 --
Frozen River
| Ray Eddy
2008 --
Santa Mesa
| Maggie
2008 --
Lullaby
| Stephanie
2007 --
Black Irish
| Margaret McKay
2007 --
Mr. Woodcock
| Sally Jansen
2007 --
Racing Daylight
| Sadie / Anna
2007 --
I Believe in America
| Soto
2007 --
Hollywood Dreams
| Aunt Bee
2007 --
The Cake Eaters
| Ceci Kimbrough
2007 --
Dear Lemon Lima
| Mrs. Howard
2007 --
Stephanie Daley
| Miri Daley
2007 --
Midnight Son
| Rita
2007 --
Bomb
|
2007 --
One Night
| Wendy
2006 --
The House Is Burning
| Mrs. Miller
2006 --
The Limbo Room
| KC Collins
2005 --
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
| Rachel
2005 --
American Gun
| Louise
2005 --
Runaway
| Lisa Adler
2005 --
Hide and Seek
| Laura
2005 --
Confess
| Agnes Lessor
2004 --
From Other Worlds
| Miriam
2003 --
21 Grams
| Marianne Jordan
2000 --
Fear of Fiction
| Sigrid Anderssen
2000 --
Homicide: The Movie
| Kay Howard
1999 --
Code of Ethics
| Jo DeAngelo
1999 --
The 24 Hour Woman
| Dr. Suzanne Pincus
1997 --
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
| Self
1995 --
Last Summer in the Hamptons
| Trish Axelrod
1995 --
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
| Carol Manning
1993 --
The Ballad of Little Jo
| Beatrice Grey
1992 --
By a Thread
| Helen
1992 --
Immaculate Conception
| Hannah
1992 --
Venice/Venice
| Peggy
1991 --
Carolina Skeletons
| Cassie
1990 --
The Bride in Black
| Mary Margaret
1989 --
Nasty Boys
| Katie Morrissey
1988 --
A Time of Destiny
| Josie Larraneta
1986 --
Deadtime Stories
| Judith 'MaMa' Baer
1985 --
Silent Witness
| Patti Mullen
1985 --
Always … But Not Forever
| Peggy
1985 --
Streetwalkin'
| Cookie
1984 --
I'm Only There...
| Maggie