Biography
Melissa Leo studied Drama at Mount View Theatre School in London, England and later at the SUNY Purchase Acting Program.
She received an Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award for her tour de force performance in "The Fighter." She also received Oscar and SAG nominations for her starring role in "Frozen River" for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a Spotlight Award from the National Board of Review among countless other accolades.
Leo shared a Best Ensemble acting award from the Phoenix Film Critics Society for her outstanding work in "21 Grams" opposite Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn and an Emmy nomination for the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" directed by Todd Haynes in which she starred opposite Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce.
Her work includes "Red State" written and directed by Kevin Smith, "Seven Days in Utopia" opposite Robert Duvall, "Conviction" opposite Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell and "Welcome to the Rileys" opposite James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart.
Other notable film work includes "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" in which she starred opposite Dwight Yoakam and Tommy Lee Jones, and "Hide and Seek" in which she starred opposite Robert DeNiro.
Leo's television credits include the current HBO series "Treme" from executive producer David Simon, and she is known for her groundbreaking portrayal of Detective Kay Howard on "Homicide: Life on the Streets."
Paramount Pictures
Actress
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Bonnie |
2015 |
After the Spill |
She's The Best Thing In It |
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2013 |
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy |
Prisoners: Powerful Performances |
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The Only Real Game - narrator |
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1996 |
Who Is Henry Jaglom? |
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2017 |
The View from Up Here |
2015 |
Mother's Day |
2008 |
This Is a Story About Ted and Alice |
2007 |
Bomb |
Dear Lemon Lima |
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Midnight Son |
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Night of the Living Jews |
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2006 |
Falling Objects |
2005 |
No Shoulder |
Patch |
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2004 |
First Breath |
1994 |
Garden |
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Producer
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2018 |
Furlough |
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