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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 ...
Jun 2, 2017 · June 2, 2017. Melissa Leo in Showtime's I'm Dying Up Here Justina Mintz/ Courtesy of SHOWTIME. Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here is a sprawling dramedy about a claustrophobically insular world ...
Feb 22, 2011 · Melissa Leo, an Oscar nominee for 2008's Frozen River, won a new York Film Critics Circle award for her role in the boxing drama The Fighter. JoJo Whilden/2010 Fighter, LLC. hide caption
All the Way. 2014 Nominee Satellite Award. Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television. Call Me Crazy: A Five Film. 2008 Nominee Satellite Award. Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama. Frozen River.
Oct 26, 2017 · Melissa Leo in The Fighter in 2010. Photograph: Paramount/Everett/Rex Features There’s a sense of that nuance to her portrayal of the often abusive but never villainous Reverend Mother in Novitiate.
Nov 28, 2019 · Melissa Leo never forgot where she came from. She is soul so kind, fragile and empathetic that it makes you think about who you are and what you want to become. Through her eyes, her gestures, the way she acts, both in real life and in film or on stage, she expresses so sincerely everything she feels and thinks.
Jul 20, 2018 · Melissa Leo shares her thoughts on working with Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua again, compares the two versions of The Equalizer, talks about her preparation for shooting a death scene, and more.
