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Melissa Leo is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Critics' Choice Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Birth Name
Melissa Chessington Leo
Born
Wednesday, 14 September 1960
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Equalizer 3 | Susan Plummer | 2023 |
| Bonnie | Self | 2022 |
| Jane | Principal Rhodes | 2022 |
| Alone Together | Deborah | 2022 |
| Coast | Olivia | 2022 |
| Measure of Revenge | Lillian | 2022 |
| Ida Red | Ida 'Red' Walker / Ida ‘Red’ Walker | 2021 |
| Thunder Force | Allie | 2021 |
| Body Brokers | Dr. White | 2021 |
| I Know This Much Is True | Ma | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Equalizer 3 | Susan Plummer | 2023 |
| Bonnie | Self | 2022 |
| Jane | Principal Rhodes | 2022 |
| Alone Together | Deborah | 2022 |
| Coast | Olivia | 2022 |
| Measure of Revenge | Lillian | 2022 |
| Ida Red | Ida 'Red' Walker / Ida ‘Red’ Walker | 2021 |
| Thunder Force | Allie | 2021 |
| Body Brokers | Dr. White | 2021 |
| I Know This Much Is True | Ma | 2020 |
| Dolly Parton's Heartstrings | Amelia Meegers | 2019 |
| The Parting Glass | Al | 2019 |
| Long Gone Heroes | Olivia | 2019 |
| Unlovable | Maddie | 2018 |
| The Equalizer 2 | Susan Plummer | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer | Narrator | 2018 |
| Furlough | Joan Anderson | 2018 |
| The Ashram | Chandra | 2018 |
| Novitiate | Reverend Mother | 2017 |
| I'm Dying Up Here | Goldie Herschlag / Goldie | 2017 |
| The Most Hated Woman in America | Madalyn Murray O'Hair | 2017 |
| Burn Country | Gloria | 2016 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
| Snowden | Laura Poitras | 2016 |
| All the Way | Lady Bird Johnson | 2016 |
| London Has Fallen | Defence Secretary Ruth Macmillan / Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan | 2016 |
| The Big Short | Georgia Hale | 2015 |
| Damnation: The Flashback | Noda Marra | 2015 |
| After the Spill | (voice) / Narrator | 2015 |
| Wayward Pines | Nurse Pam | 2015 |
| She's the Best Thing in It | Herself / Self | 2015 |
| The Ever After | Penny | 2015 |
| Dwegons and Leprechauns | Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald | 2014 |
| The Equalizer | Susan Plummer | 2014 |
| BoJack Horseman | Diane's Mother | 2014 |
| The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | Bette Altmann | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Broad City | Lori | 2014 |
| Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2013 |
| Prisoners | Holly Jones | 2013 |
| Charlie Countryman | Kate | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| The Only Real Game | Narrator | 2013 |
| Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Robin | 2013 |
| Bottled Up | Fay | 2013 |
| Oblivion | Sally | 2013 |
| Olympus Has Fallen | Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan | 2013 |
| Flight | Ellen Block | 2012 |
| Dear Governor Cuomo | Self | 2012 |
| Francine | Francine | 2012 |
| Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best | Sarah | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Why Stop Now? | Penny Bloom / Penny | 2012 |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2012 |
| The Space Between | Montine | 2010 |
| Seven Days in Utopia | Lily | 2011 |
| The Sea Is All I Know | Sara | 2011 |
| Mildred Pierce | Lucy Gessler | 2011 |
| Behind the Scenes with Melissa Leo | Self | 2011 |
| Red State | Sara | 2011 |
| The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 2011 |
| 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Self | 2011 |
| The Fighter | Alice Ward | 2010 |
| Queen of the Lot | Aunt Bee | 2010 |
| Welcome to the Rileys | Lois Riley | 2010 |
| Conviction | Nancy Taylor | 2010 |
| The Dry Land | Martha | 2010 |
| Louie | Laurie | 2010 |
| Treme | Toni Bernette | 2010 |
| Everybody's Fine | Colleen | 2009 |
| According to Greta | Karen | 2009 |
| Dear Lemon Lima | Mrs. Howard | 2009 |
| Veronika Decides to Die | Mari | 2009 |
| Don McKay | Marie | 2009 |
| True Adolescents | Sharon Mitchell / Sharon | 2009 |
| Stephanie's Image | Stephanie | 2009 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2009 |
| Storymakers | Self | 2009 |
| The Alphabet Killer | Kathy Walsh | 2008 |
| Righteous Kill | Cheryl Brooks / Cheryl | 2008 |
| Frozen River | Ray Eddy | 2008 |
| Ball Don't Lie | Georgia | 2008 |
| Santa Mesa | Maggie | 2008 |
| Lullaby | Stephanie / Stephanie Armstrong | 2008 |
| Mr. Woodcock | Sally Jansen | 2007 |
| Racing Daylight | Sadie / Anna | 2007 |
| Hollywood Dreams | Aunt Bee | 2007 |
| The Cake Eaters | Ceci Kimbrough | 2007 |
| Black Irish | Margaret McKay | 2007 |
| Stephanie Daley | Miri Daley | 2007 |
| One Night | Wendy | 2007 |
| The House Is Burning | Mrs. Miller | 2006 |
| Secret's Out | Self | 2006 |
| Shark | Elizabeth Rourke | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| American Gun | Louise | 2006 |
| The Limbo Room | KC Collins | 2006 |
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Rachel | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | Georgia Davis | 2005 |
| Runaway | Lisa Adler | 2005 |
| Hide and Seek | Laura | 2005 |
| No Shoulder | Ruth | 2005 |
| Confess | Agnes Lessor | 2005 |
| From Other Worlds | Miriam | 2004 |
| Veronica Mars | Julia Smith | 2004 |
| The Insider | Herself | 2004 |
| The L Word | Winnie Mann | 2004 |
| Cold Case | Tayna Raymes '94-'07 | 2003 |
| 21 Grams | Marianne Jordan | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself - Guest | 2003 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Maureen Curtis | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sybil Perez | 2000 |
| Fear of Fiction | Sigrid Anderssen | 2000 |
| Homicide: The Movie | Kay Howard | 2000 |
| The 24 Hour Woman | Dr. Suzanne Pincus | 1999 |
| Code of Ethics | Jo DeAngelo | 1998 |
| Legacy | Emma Bradford | 1998 |
| Under the Bridge | Kathy | 1997 |
| The View | Self | 1997 |
| Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self | 1997 |
| Last Summer in the Hamptons | Trish Axelrod | 1995 |
| In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Carol Manning | 1995 |
| Scarlett | Suellen O'Hara Benteen | 1994 |
| The Ballad of Little Jo | Beatrice Grey / Mrs. Grey | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Kay Howard / Carrie Howard (as Margaret May) | 1993 |
| Venice/Venice | Peggy | 1992 |
| Immaculate Conception | Hannah | 1992 |
| Carolina Skeletons | Cassie | 1991 |
| The Bride in Black | Mary Margaret | 1990 |
| Against the Law | Jill | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Sherri Quinn / Donna Cheponis / Alice Hutton | 1990 |
| Nasty Boys | Katie Morrissey | 1990 |
| The Young Riders | Emma Shannon | 1989 |
| Gideon Oliver | Rebecca Hecht | 1989 |
| A Time of Destiny | Josie Larraneta | 1988 |
| Deadtime Stories | Judith 'MaMa' Baer | 1986 |
| Silent Witness | Patti Mullen | 1985 |
| Always | Peggy | 1985 |
| Streetwalkin' | Cookie | 1985 |
| Spenser: For Hire | Mary Hamilton | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Irina Dzershinsky | 1985 |
| Miami Vice | Kathleen Gilfords | 1984 |
| I'm Only There... | Maggie | 1984 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Furlough | 2018 |
| Bottled Up | 2013 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2013 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |
| 2011 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Won |
| 2011 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 2011 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Nominated |
| 2009 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
