Melissa Leo
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday14 September 1960 (66 years old)
Place of birthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits139
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 acc…
Passenger
2026 · Diana Larson
The Knife
2025 · Detective Carlsen
Guns Up
2025 · Michael Temple
King Ivory
2025 · Ginger Greene
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024
The Clean Up Crew
2024 · Siobhan
Long Gone Heroes
2024 · Olivia
The Equalizer 3
2023 · Susan Plummer
Bonnie
2022 · Self
Jane
2022 · Principal Rhodes
Alone Together
2022 · Deborah
Coast
2022 · Olivia
Measure of Revenge
2022 · Lillian
Ida Red
2021 · Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Thunder Force
2021 · Allie
Body Brokers
2021 · Dr. White
I Know This Much Is True
2020 · Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019 · Amelia Meegers
Unlovable
2018 · Maddie
The Equalizer 2
2018 · Susan Plummer
The Parting Glass
2018 · Al
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
2018 · Narrator
Furlough
2018 · Joan Anderson
Furlough
2018 · Producer
The Ashram
2018 · Chandra
The View from Up Here
2017 · Claire
Novitiate
2017 · Reverend Mother
I'm Dying Up Here
2017 · Goldie
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017 · Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Snowden
2016 · Laura Poitras
All the Way
2016 · Lady Bird Johnson
Burn Country
2016 · Gloria
London Has Fallen
2016 · Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Big Short
2015 · Georgia Hale
Damnation: The Flashback
2015 · Noda Marra
After the Spill
2015 · Narrator
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
2015 · Papillon
Wayward Pines
2015 · Nurse Pam
She's The Best Thing in It
2015 · Self
The Ever After
2015 · Penny
The Equalizer
2014 · Susan Plummer
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Ma Nguyen (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · Bette Altmann
Dwegons and Leprechauns
2014 · Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Broad City
2014 · Lori
Prisoners
2013 · Holly Jones
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013 · Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
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