Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/14/1960
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Margaret MayMelissa Chessington Leoملیسا لیو
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 nomination for Best Actress. Leo earned several awards for her role as Alice Ward in the critically acc...
Known For
The Equalizer
as Susan Plummer
Guns Up
as Michael Temple
The Equalizer 3
as Susan Plummer
Prisoners
as Holly Jones
Oblivion
as Sally
The Equalizer 2
as Susan Plummer
The Big Short
as Georgia Hale
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
True Adolescents
as Sharon Mitchell
King Ivory
as Ginger Greene
Frozen River
as Ray Eddy
Venice/Venice
as Peggy
Burn Country
as Gloria
Bottled Up
as Fay
The Knife
as Detective Carlsen
Charlie Countryman
as Kate
London Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Flight
as Ellen Block
Racing Daylight
as Sadie / Anna
Red State
as Sara
Career Timeline
2024
2022
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Prisoners
as Holly Jones
The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Robin
Bottled Up
as Fay
Oblivion
as Sally
Olympus Has Fallen
as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Charlie Countryman
as Kate
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Black Irish
as Margaret McKay
Mr. Woodcock
as Sally Jansen
Racing Daylight
as Sadie / Anna
I Believe in America
as Soto
Hollywood Dreams
as Aunt Bee
The Cake Eaters
as Ceci Kimbrough
Dear Lemon Lima
as Mrs. Howard
Stephanie Daley
as Miri Daley
Midnight Son
as Rita
Bomb
Role unknown
One Night
as Wendy