Melissa Leo
Acting
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 Treme. Leo currently resides in Stone Ridge, New York and two sons John Matthew Heard (born 1987), and Adam (adopted - born 1984).
Born: September 14, 1960
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Lullaby
An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.
BoJack Horseman
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?
Criminal Minds
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Prisoners
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
Homicide: Life on the Street
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Legacy
During post-civil war, Ned Logan, a wealthy widower, is raising a family all on his own on his Kentucky horse farm. Ned's streetwise adopted son clashes with his youngest son, Clay, as well as the southern society. Meanwhile, Sean reconsiders his impending engagement to debutante, Vivian Winters.
Veronica Mars
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
Cold Case
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
The L Word
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
Filmography
as Detective Carlsen
as Michael Temple
as Ginger Greene
as Olivia
as Siobhan
as Susan Plummer
as Self
as Principal Rhodes
as Deborah
as Olivia
as Lillian
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
as Allie
as Dr. White
as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
as Amelia Meegers
as Maddie
as Susan Plummer
as Al
as Narrator
as Joan Anderson
as Chandra
as Reverend Mother
as Claire
as Goldie
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
as Laura Poitras
as Lady Bird Johnson
as Gloria
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
as Georgia Hale
as Narrator
as Papillon
as Nurse Pam
as Self
as Penny
as Susan Plummer
as Ma Nguyen (voice)
as Bette Altmann
as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
as Lori
as Holly Jones
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Robin
as Fay
as Sally
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
as Kate
as Francine
as Penny
as Ellen Block
as Montine
as Lily
as Sara
as Sara
as Lucy Gessler
as Alice Ward
as Aunt Bee
as Lois Riley
as Nancy Taylor
as Martha
as Toni Bernette
as Colleen
as Karen
as Mrs. Howard
as Mari
as Marie
as Sharon Mitchell
as Stephanie
as Kathy Walsh
as Cheryl
as Ray Eddy
as Maggie
as Stephanie
as Margaret McKay
as Sally Jansen
as Sadie / Anna
as Soto
as Aunt Bee
as Ceci Kimbrough
as Mrs. Howard
as Miri Daley
as Rita
as Mrs. Miller
as Elizabeth Rourke
as KC Collins
as Agnes Lessor
as Sheriff Georgia Davis
as Louise
as Lisa Adler
as Laura
as Miriam
as Julia Smith
as Winnie Mann
as Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
as Marianne Jordan
as Maureen Curtis
as Sybil Perez
as Sigrid Anderssen
as Kay Howard
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
as Self
as Trish Axelrod
as Carol Manning
as Suellen O'Hara Benteen
as Beatrice Grey
as Kay Howard
as Helen
as Hannah
as Peggy
as Cassie
as Mary Margaret
as Donna Cheponis
as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton
as Sherri Quinn
as Katie Morrissey
as Katie Morrissey
as Emma Shannon
as Josie Larraneta
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
as Patti Mullen
as Peggy
as Cookie
as Irina Dzershinsky
as Kathleen Gilfords
as Maggie
as Hilda