Melissa Leo

American actress Melissa Chessington Leo 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).

Movie		Character	Year
	Carolina Skeletons	Cassie	1991
	Homicide: The Movie	Kay Howard	2000
	21 Grams	Marianne Jordan	2003
	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Rachel	2005
	Black Irish	Margaret McKay	2007
	Frozen River	Ray Eddy	2008
	Everybody's Fine	Colleen	2009
	Conviction	Nancy Taylor	2010
	The Fighter	Alice	2010
	Seven Days in Utopia	Lily	2011
	Red State	Sara	2011
	Flight		2012
	The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman		2013
	A Single Shot	Florence	2013
	Olympus Has Fallen	Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan	2013
	Oblivion	Sally	2013
	Prisoners		2013