Highest rated as cast or director
The Big Short
2015
I Know This Much Is True
2020 · 1 Season
The Fighter
2010
Prisoners
2013
Frozen River
2008
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).
Acted in 124
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
Movie
- 2023
- 2022
Jane
Principal Rhodes
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
The View from Up Here
Claire
- 2016
- 2015
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Papillon
The Ever After
Penny
- 2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
- 2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Robin
Bottled Up
Fay
- 2012
- 2011
The Sea Is All I Know
Sara
- 2010
Queen of the Lot
Aunt Bee
The Dry Land
Martha
2000s
- 2009
True Adolescents
Sharon Mitchell
Stephanie's Image
Stephanie
- 2008
Santa Mesa
Maggie
Lullaby
Stephanie
- 2007
Black Irish
Margaret McKay
Racing Daylight
Sadie / Anna
I Believe in America
Soto
Hollywood Dreams
Aunt Bee
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
Midnight Son
Rita
- 2006
The House Is Burning
Mrs. Miller
The Limbo Room
KC Collins
- 2005
American Gun
Louise
Runaway
Lisa Adler
- 2004
- 2003
- 2001
- 2000
Fear of Fiction
Sigrid Anderssen
Homicide: The Movie
Kay Howard
1990s
- 1999
Code of Ethics
Jo DeAngelo
The 24 Hour Woman
Dr. Suzanne Pincus
- 1998
- 1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Trish Axelrod
- 1994
- 1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
Beatrice Grey
- 1992
By a Thread
Helen
Immaculate Conception
Hannah
Venice/Venice
Peggy
- 1991
Carolina Skeletons
Cassie
- 1990
The Bride in Black
Mary Margaret
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
A Time of Destiny
Josie Larraneta
- 1986
- 1985
Silent Witness
Patti Mullen
Always … But Not Forever
Peggy
- 1984
I'm Only There...
Maggie
No release date
Ron Forever
Hilda
Produced 2
2010s
- 2018
- 2013
Bottled Up
Producer
Appearances7
2020s
- 2022
2010s
- 2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Narrator
- 2015
After the Spill
Narrator
She's The Best Thing in It
Self
- 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
1990s
- 1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self