Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo has appeared in 56 movies on CringeMDb. 30 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 26 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Passenger (2026)
- Most recent with adult content: King Ivory (2025)
Born September 14, 1960 · Known for acting
53.6% Featured Movie Cringe Score (56 movies)
Melissa Leo Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Frozen River
...as Ray Eddy
Hide and Seek
...as Laura
Homicide: The Movie
...as Kay Howard
Everybody's Fine
...as Colleen
Black Irish
...as Margaret McKay
Don McKay
...as Marie
American Gun
...as Louise
Conviction
...as Nancy Taylor
Dear Lemon Lima
...as Mrs. Howard
The 24 Hour Woman
...as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Prisoners
...as Holly Jones
Olympus Has Fallen
...as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Why Stop Now?
...as Penny
Last Summer in the Hamptons
...as Trish Axelrod
Bottled Up
...as Fay
The Equalizer 3
...as Susan Plummer
Dwegons and Leprechauns
...as Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
London Has Fallen
...as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
The Knife
...as Detective Carlsen
The Equalizer 2
...as Susan Plummer
The Alphabet Killer
...as Kathy Walsh
Thunder Force
...as Allie
Alone Together
...as Deborah
Jane
...as Principal Rhodes
Passenger
...as Diana Larson
Guns Up
...as Michael Temple
Certified Cringeworthy
21 Grams
...as Marianne Jordan
Welcome to the Rileys
...as Lois Riley
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
...as Rachel
Lullaby
...as Stephanie
Veronika Decides to Die
...as Mari
According to Greta
...as Karen
Righteous Kill
...as Cheryl
Charlie Countryman
...as Kate
The Dry Land
...as Martha
The Fighter
...as Alice Ward
Confess
...as Agnes Lessor
Queen of the Lot
...as Aunt Bee
Red State
...as Sara
The Ballad of Little Jo
...as Beatrice Grey
Oblivion
...as Sally
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
...as Bette Altmann
King Ivory
...as Ginger Greene
Flight
...as Ellen Block
Stephanie Daley
...as Miri Daley
The Equalizer
...as Susan Plummer
Hollywood Dreams
...as Aunt Bee
Snowden
...as Laura Poitras
The Big Short
...as Georgia Hale
The Cake Eaters
...as Ceci Kimbrough
Long Gone Heroes
...as Olivia
Novitiate
...as Reverend Mother
Furlough
...as Joan Anderson
Mr. Woodcock
...as Sally Jansen
Body Brokers
...as Dr. White
Ida Red
...as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
About Melissa Leo
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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