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Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award , a Primetime Emmy Award , a Golden Globe Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , and two Critics' Choice Awards .
Jun 21, 2024 · Melissa Leo, American actress known for her naturalistic portrayals of tough, flinty women dealing with difficult situations. Her notable credits included the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street and the films 21 Grams, Frozen River, and The Fighter.
Melissa Chessington Leo was born on September 14, 1960, in Manhattan, New York City, USA, to Arnold Leo III and Margaret (née Chessington). Her father was employed at the Grove Press as an editor and was an ardent fisherman as well as a spokesman for the East Hampton Baymen's Association.
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”.
Nov 12, 2018 · The Academy Award winner was born in Manhattan and spent the first few years of her life living with her family in the Lower East Side. Leo reminisced about her early days in New York in a recent...
After appearing on several television shows and films in the 1980s, Leo became a regular on the television shows “All My Children,” which won her a Daytime Emmy Award, and “The Young Riders.” Her breakthrough role came in 1993 as detective and later sergeant Kay Howard on the television series “Homicide: Life on the Street” (1993 ...
Young Melissa Leo. Have you always wanted to be an actress? Ever since I can remember, ever since I was little and playing pretend. It was hard sometimes to have people believe the pretending as much as I found it – I found it really comfortable.
