Melissa Leo
Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA — Sep 14 1960
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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…
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Law & Order
Donna Cheponis
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sybil Perez
Criminal Minds
Sheriff Georgia Davis
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Maureen Curtis
Cold Case
Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)
Miami Vice
Kathleen Gilfords
Veronica Mars
Julia Smith
Homicide: Life on the Street
Kay Howard
BoJack Horseman
Ma Nguyen (voice)
The Equalizer
Irina Dzershinsky
Shark
Elizabeth Rourke
The L Word
Winnie Mann
Broad City
Lori
Wayward Pines
Nurse Pam
The Equalizer
Susan Plummer
Treme
Spenser: For Hire
Prisoners
Holly Jones
The Equalizer 3
Susan Plummer
The Young Riders
Emma Shannon
Oblivion
Sally
The Equalizer 2
Susan Plummer
Mildred Pierce
Lucy Gessler
Flight
Ellen Block
I Know This Much Is True
Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
I'm Dying Up Here
Goldie
Nasty Boys
Katie Morrissey
Legacy
The Big Short
Georgia Hale
Scarlett
Suellen O'Hara Benteen
Olympus Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Amelia Meegers
London Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Guns Up
Michael Temple
21 Grams
Marianne Jordan
A Time of Destiny
Josie Larraneta
Hide and Seek
Laura
King Ivory
Ginger Greene
Snowden
Laura Poitras
The Fighter
Alice Ward
Everybody's Fine
Colleen
Righteous Kill
Cheryl
All the Way
Lady Bird Johnson
Novitiate
Reverend Mother
Thunder Force
Allie
The Cake Eaters
Ceci Kimbrough
Conviction
Nancy Taylor
American Gun
Louise
Welcome to the Rileys
Lois Riley
Furlough
Joan Anderson
Bonnie
Self
Mr. Woodcock
Sally Jansen
Body Brokers
Dr. White
Don McKay
Marie
Unlovable
Maddie
Charlie Countryman
Kate
Long Gone Heroes
Olivia
Frozen River
Ray Eddy
Streetwalkin'
Cookie
Confess
Agnes Lessor
The Ballad of Little Jo
Beatrice Grey
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Rachel
The Clean Up Crew
Siobhan
The Most Hated Woman in America
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
The Ever After
Penny
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Robin
Jane
Principal Rhodes
Alone Together
Deborah
Passenger
The Dry Land
Martha
Ida Red
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Bette Altmann
Red State
Sara
Homicide: The Movie
Kay Howard
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Alphabet Killer
Kathy Walsh
Black Irish
Margaret McKay
The Knife
Detective Carlsen
The Ashram
Chandra
According to Greta
Karen
The Space Between
Montine
The Limbo Room
KC Collins
The House Is Burning
Mrs. Miller
Measure of Revenge
Lillian
Runaway
Lisa Adler
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Stephanie Daley
Miri Daley
Queen of the Lot
Aunt Bee
One Night
Wendy
Burn Country
Gloria
The 24 Hour Woman
Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Venice/Venice
Peggy
Seven Days in Utopia
Lily
Veronika Decides to Die
Mari
Bottled Up
Fay
Coast
Olivia
She's The Best Thing in It
Self
Ron Forever
Hilda
From Other Worlds
Miriam
Carolina Skeletons
Cassie
Immaculate Conception
Hannah
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
The Parting Glass
Al
I Believe in America
Soto
Lullaby
Stephanie
Francine
Francine
Bomb
Silent Witness
Patti Mullen
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Racing Daylight
Sadie / Anna
Why Stop Now?
Penny
Hollywood Dreams
Aunt Bee
The Bride in Black
Mary Margaret
Nasty Boys
Katie Morrissey
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Trish Axelrod
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Carol Manning
Deadtime Stories
Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Always … But Not Forever
Peggy
Midnight Son
Rita
By a Thread
Helen
True Adolescents
Sharon Mitchell
Code of Ethics
Jo DeAngelo
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Narrator
The Sea Is All I Know
Sara
Stephanie's Image
Stephanie
Santa Mesa
Maggie
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
Fear of Fiction
Sigrid Anderssen
After the Spill
Narrator
Damnation: The Flashback
Noda Marra
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
The View from Up Here
Claire
The Rooster Prince
Elaine
I'm Only There...
Maggie
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Papillon