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Melissa Leo

1960-09-14 (64 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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).

Movies

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AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
0 %|Nov 1, 2024
Documentary
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King Ivory
0 %|Sep 30, 2024
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Long Gone Heroes
53 %|Sep 20, 2024
Action, War, Crime
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The Clean Up Crew
54 %|Sep 12, 2024
Action, Crime, Thriller
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The Knife
80 %|Jun 9, 2024
Drama, Thriller
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The Equalizer 3
73.33 %|Aug 30, 2023
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Bonnie
30 %|Nov 12, 2022
Documentary
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Jane
60 %|Aug 26, 2022
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
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Alone Together
52 %|Jul 22, 2022
Romance, Drama
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Coast
46 %|Apr 8, 2022
Drama
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Measure of Revenge
47 %|Mar 18, 2022
Thriller, Drama
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Ida Red
60 %|Nov 5, 2021
Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
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Thunder Force
55 %|Apr 9, 2021
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Body Brokers
62 %|Feb 19, 2021
Thriller, Crime
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Unlovable
57 %|Nov 1, 2018
Comedy, Drama, Music
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The Equalizer 2
67.63 %|Jul 19, 2018
Action, Thriller, Crime
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The Parting Glass
57 %|Jun 24, 2018
Drama
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Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
0 %|Apr 10, 2018
Documentary
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Furlough
58 %|Mar 16, 2018
Comedy
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The Ashram
56.900000000000006 %|Mar 2, 2018
Thriller, Fantasy
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The View from Up Here
60 %|Oct 27, 2017
Drama
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Novitiate
64 %|Oct 27, 2017
Drama
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The Most Hated Woman in America
61.529999999999994 %|Mar 24, 2017
Crime, Drama
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Snowden
71 %|Sep 15, 2016
Drama, History, Crime, Thriller
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All the Way
66.61 %|May 23, 2016
Drama, History, TV Movie
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Burn Country
52 %|Apr 16, 2016
Drama, Thriller, War
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London Has Fallen
62 %|Mar 2, 2016
Action, Thriller
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The Big Short
73.53 %|Dec 11, 2015
Comedy, Drama
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Damnation: The Flashback
10 %|Oct 19, 2015
Drama, Comedy
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After the Spill
70 %|Oct 4, 2015
Documentary
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She's The Best Thing in It
10 %|Mar 16, 2015
Documentary
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The Ever After
58 %|Feb 13, 2015
Drama
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The Equalizer
72.83 %|Sep 24, 2014
Thriller, Action, Crime
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
57 %|May 23, 2014
Drama, Comedy
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Dwegons and Leprechauns
12 %|Jan 24, 2014
Animation
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Prisoners
81 %|Sep 19, 2013
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
69 %|Apr 20, 2013
Drama
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Bottled Up
55 %|Apr 19, 2013
Drama
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Oblivion
66.5 %|Apr 10, 2013
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery
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Olympus Has Fallen
64 %|Mar 20, 2013
Action, Thriller
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Charlie Countryman
64 %|Feb 9, 2013
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Flight
68.43 %|Nov 2, 2012
Drama
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Francine
36 %|Sep 12, 2012
Drama
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Why Stop Now?
53 %|Aug 17, 2012
Comedy, Drama
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The Space Between
72 %|Sep 11, 2011
Drama
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Seven Days in Utopia
56 %|Sep 2, 2011
Drama
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Red State
60.53 %|Aug 19, 2011
Horror, Action, Thriller
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The Sea Is All I Know
0 %|Jun 24, 2011
Drama
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The Fighter
73.91 %|Dec 10, 2010
Drama
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Queen of the Lot
35 %|Nov 19, 2010
Comedy, Drama
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Welcome to the Rileys
65.91 %|Oct 29, 2010
Drama
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Conviction
70.59 %|Oct 15, 2010
Drama
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The Dry Land
50 %|Jul 30, 2010
Drama
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Everybody's Fine
68.19 %|Dec 4, 2009
Drama
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According to Greta
60.88 %|Nov 25, 2009
Drama, Romance
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Dear Lemon Lima
56 %|Oct 23, 2009
Drama, Comedy
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Veronika Decides to Die
59.33 %|May 16, 2009
Drama, Romance
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Don McKay
49.61 %|Apr 24, 2009
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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True Adolescents
59 %|Mar 14, 2009
Comedy, Drama
actor
Stephanie's Image
0 %|Feb 25, 2009
Crime, Drama
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The Alphabet Killer
51.44 %|Nov 7, 2008
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Righteous Kill
58.97 %|Sep 11, 2008
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Frozen River
67 %|Mar 26, 2008
Drama, Crime
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Santa Mesa
50 %|Mar 15, 2008
Drama
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Lullaby
100 %|Feb 24, 2008
Thriller, Drama
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Black Irish
67 %|Oct 26, 2007
Drama
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Mr. Woodcock
50.629999999999995 %|Sep 14, 2007
Comedy, Romance
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Racing Daylight
33 %|Jul 31, 2007
Drama, Romance
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I Believe in America
0 %|Jul 2, 2007
Drama
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Hollywood Dreams
28 %|May 25, 2007
Romance, Comedy, Drama
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The Cake Eaters
55.410000000000004 %|Apr 29, 2007
Drama, Romance
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Dear Lemon Lima
0 %|Apr 28, 2007
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Stephanie Daley
58 %|Apr 20, 2007
Drama
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Midnight Son
10 %|Feb 2, 2007
Thriller, Drama
actor
Bomb
0 %|Jan 19, 2007
Drama
actor
One Night
73 %|Jan 1, 2007
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The House Is Burning
66 %|Nov 16, 2006
Drama
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The Limbo Room
0 %|Jan 23, 2006
Drama
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
70 %|Nov 17, 2005
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
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American Gun
56 %|Sep 15, 2005
Drama
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Runaway
63 %|Apr 26, 2005
Drama, Thriller
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Hide and Seek
63.32 %|Jan 27, 2005
Horror, Mystery
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Confess
44 %|Jan 1, 2005
Action, Drama, Thriller
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21 Grams
73.3 %|Sep 6, 2003
Drama, Crime, Thriller
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Homicide: The Movie
69 %|Feb 13, 2000
Drama, Crime, TV Movie
actor
Returns
0 %|Invalid Date
Thriller
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From Other Worlds
44 %|Oct 29, 2004
Science Fiction, Comedy
actor
Fear of Fiction
0 %|Jul 13, 2000
actor
Code of Ethics
0 %|Sep 7, 1999
Action
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The 24 Hour Woman
30 %|Jan 29, 1999
Comedy, Romance
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
66 %|Jul 8, 1997
Documentary
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Last Summer in the Hamptons
55 %|Nov 22, 1995
Comedy, Drama
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In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
45 %|Oct 1, 1995
Drama, Crime, Thriller
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The Ballad of Little Jo
58 %|Aug 20, 1993
Romance, Drama, Western
actor
By a Thread
0 %|Oct 2, 1992
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Immaculate Conception
52 %|Sep 11, 1992
Drama
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Venice/Venice
80 %|Apr 10, 1992
Drama
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Carolina Skeletons
68 %|Sep 30, 1991
Thriller
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The Bride in Black
60 %|Oct 21, 1990
Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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Nasty Boys
60 %|Sep 22, 1989
Crime, TV Movie
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A Time of Destiny
48 %|Apr 22, 1988
War, Drama
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Deadtime Stories
50 %|Apr 13, 1986
Comedy, Horror
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Silent Witness
41 %|Oct 14, 1985
Drama, TV Movie
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Always … But Not Forever
43 %|Oct 4, 1985
Drama, Romance
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Streetwalkin'
42.86 %|Sep 20, 1985
Thriller, Drama
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I'm Only There...
0 %|Jun 19, 1984
Drama

Series

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I Know This Much Is True
76 %|May 9, 2020
Drama
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Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
68.75 %|Nov 22, 2019
Drama
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I'm Dying Up Here
66 %|Jun 4, 2017
Comedy, Drama
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Wayward Pines
68 %|May 14, 2015
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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BoJack Horseman
85.61999999999999 %|Aug 22, 2014
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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Broad City
71.92999999999999 %|Jan 22, 2014
Comedy, Drama
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The Arsenio Hall Show
57 %|Sep 9, 2013
Talk
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Mildred Pierce
70.28999999999999 %|Mar 27, 2011
Drama
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Treme
78 %|Apr 11, 2010
Drama
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Treme
78 %|Apr 11, 2010
Drama
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Shark
68 %|Sep 21, 2006
Drama, Mystery, Crime
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Criminal Minds
83.08999999999999 %|Sep 22, 2005
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Veronica Mars
79 %|Sep 22, 2004
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
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The L Word
76.2 %|Jan 18, 2004
Drama
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Cold Case
77.66 %|Sep 28, 2003
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
75.67 %|Sep 30, 2001
Drama
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
76 %|Oct 6, 2000
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Legacy
80 %|Oct 9, 1998
Western, Drama
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Scarlett
66 %|Nov 13, 1994
Drama
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Homicide: Life on the Street
80 %|Jan 31, 1993
Mystery, Drama, Crime
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Law & Order
74 %|Sep 13, 1990
Crime, Drama
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Law & Order
74 %|Sep 13, 1990
Crime, Drama
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Law & Order
74 %|Sep 13, 1990
Crime, Drama
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Nasty Boys
47 %|Sep 21, 1989
Drama
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The Young Riders
75 %|Sep 20, 1989
Western, Drama
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Spenser: For Hire
66 %|Sep 20, 1985
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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The Equalizer
71 %|Sep 18, 1985
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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Miami Vice
75 %|Sep 16, 1984
Crime, Drama