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Alone Together

as Deborah

2022
Measure of Revenge

as Lillian

2022
Thunder Force

as Allie

2021
Body Brokers

as Dr. White

2021
Ida Red

as Ida ‘Red’ Walker

2021
I Know This Much Is True

as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey

2020
The Equalizer 2

as Susan Plummer

2018
The Ashram

as Chandra

2018
Unlovable

as Maddie

2018
Furlough

as Joan Anderson

2018
The Parting Glass

as Al

2018
I'm Dying Up Here

as Goldie

2017
The Most Hated Woman in America

as Madalyn Murray O'Hair

2017
Novitiate

as Reverend Mother

2017
London Has Fallen

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

2016
Snowden

as Laura Poitras

2016
Burn Country

as Gloria

2016
All the Way

as Lady Bird Johnson

2016
The Ever After

as Penny

2015
The Big Short

as Georgia Hale

2015
Damnation: The Flashback

as Noda Marra

2015
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

as Bette Altmann

2014
The Equalizer

as Susan Plummer

2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns

as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald

2014
Charlie Countryman

as Kate

2013
Oblivion

as Sally

2013
Olympus Has Fallen

as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

2013
Prisoners

as Holly Jones

2013
Melissa Leo Melissa Leo

Birthday

1960-09-14

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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).
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