Melissa Leo
Acting
Born September 14, 1960
From Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Margaret May, Melissa Chessington 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 St...
Filmography
Passenger
Diana Larson
20267.3
The Knife
Detective Carlsen
20257.2
Guns Up
Michael Temple
20256.5
King Ivory
Ginger Greene
20256.8
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024
The Clean Up Crew
Siobhan
20245.5
Long Gone Heroes
Olivia
20245.4
The Equalizer 3
Susan Plummer
20237.3
Bonnie
Self
20225.3
Jane
Principal Rhodes
20225.4
Alone Together
Deborah
20225.1
Coast
Olivia
20224.6
Measure of Revenge
Lillian
20224.7
Ida Red
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
20215.7
Thunder Force
Allie
20215.5
Body Brokers
Dr. White
20216.2
Unlovable
Maddie
20185.6
The Equalizer 2
Susan Plummer
20186.8
The Parting Glass
Al
20185.4
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Narrator
2018
Furlough
Joan Anderson
20185.7
The Ashram
Chandra
20185.4
The View from Up Here
Claire
20176.0
Novitiate
Reverend Mother
20176.5
The Most Hated Woman in America
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
20176.2
Snowden
Laura Poitras
20167.1
All the Way
Lady Bird Johnson
20166.6
Burn Country
Gloria
20165.0
London Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
20166.2
The Big Short
Georgia Hale
20157.4
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Damnation: The Flashback
Noda Marra
20151.0
After the Spill
Narrator
20157.0
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Papillon
2015
She's The Best Thing in It
Self
20151.0
The Ever After
Penny
20155.7
The Equalizer
Susan Plummer
20147.3
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Bette Altmann
20145.6
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
20141.4
Prisoners
Holly Jones
20138.1
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
20136.6
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Robin
20137.0
Bottled Up
Fay
20135.7
Oblivion
Sally
20136.7
Olympus Has Fallen
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
20136.4
Charlie Countryman
Kate
20136.4
Francine
Francine
20123.4
Why Stop Now?
Penny
20125.4
Flight
Ellen Block
20126.9
The Space Between
Montine
20116.6
Seven Days in Utopia
Lily
20115.7
Red State
Sara
20116.0
The Sea Is All I Know
Sara
2011
The Fighter
Alice Ward
20107.4
Queen of the Lot
Aunt Bee
20102.6
Welcome to the Rileys
Lois Riley
20106.6
Conviction
Nancy Taylor
20107.1
The Dry Land
Martha
20104.5
Everybody's Fine
Colleen
20096.8
According to Greta
Karen
20096.0
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
20095.5
Veronika Decides to Die
Mari
20095.9
Don McKay
Marie
20094.9
True Adolescents
Sharon Mitchell
20095.7
Stephanie's Image
Stephanie
20098.0
The Alphabet Killer
Kathy Walsh
20085.1
Righteous Kill
Cheryl
20085.9
Frozen River
Ray Eddy
20086.6
Santa Mesa
Maggie
20085.0
Lullaby
Stephanie
200810.0
Black Irish
Margaret McKay
20076.5
Mr. Woodcock
Sally Jansen
20075.1
Racing Daylight
Sadie / Anna
20073.3
I Believe in America
Soto
200710.0
Hollywood Dreams
Aunt Bee
20073.1
The Cake Eaters
Ceci Kimbrough
20075.5
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
2007
Stephanie Daley
Miri Daley
20075.8
Midnight Son
Rita
20071.0
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Bomb
2007
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One Night
Wendy
20076.4
The House Is Burning
Mrs. Miller
20066.5
The Limbo Room
KC Collins
2006
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Rachel
20057.0
Confess
Agnes Lessor
20054.3
American Gun
Louise
20055.7
Runaway
Lisa Adler
20056.5
Hide and Seek
Laura
20056.4
From Other Worlds
Miriam
20043.9
21 Grams
Marianne Jordan
20037.3
Fear of Fiction
Sigrid Anderssen
20008.0
Homicide: The Movie
Kay Howard
20006.9
Code of Ethics
Jo DeAngelo
19997.0
The 24 Hour Woman
Dr. Suzanne Pincus
19995.8
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
19976.8
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Trish Axelrod
19955.8
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Carol Manning
19954.8
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Garden
Elizabeth
1995
The Ballad of Little Jo
Beatrice Grey
19936.0
By a Thread
Helen
199210.0
Immaculate Conception
Hannah
19925.4
Venice/Venice
Peggy
19927.0
Carolina Skeletons
Cassie
19917.2
The Bride in Black
Mary Margaret
19908.0
Nasty Boys
Katie Morrissey
19897.3
A Time of Destiny
Josie Larraneta
19885.4
Deadtime Stories
Judith 'MaMa' Baer
19864.9
Silent Witness
Patti Mullen
19854.7
Always … But Not Forever
Peggy
19854.4
Streetwalkin'
Cookie
19854.9
I'm Only There...
Maggie
1984
Ron Forever
Hilda
N/A
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The Rooster Prince
Elaine
N/A
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The Mannequin
N/A