Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

Acting

Born September 14, 1960 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Known for

Passenger

Passenger

2026

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

Cold Case

Cold Case

2003

Acting(137)

2026PassengerDiana

2025The KnifeDetective Carlsen

2025Guns UpMichael Temple

2025King IvoryGinger Greene

2024AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence

2024The Clean Up CrewSiobhan

2024Long Gone HeroesOlivia

2023The Equalizer 3Susan Plummer

2022JanePrincipal Rhodes

2022Alone TogetherDeborah

2022CoastOlivia

2022Measure of RevengeLillian

2021Ida RedIda ‘Red’ Walker

2021Thunder ForceAllie

2021Body BrokersDr. White

2020I Know This Much Is TrueConcettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey

2019Dolly Parton's HeartstringsAmelia Meegers

2018UnlovableMaddie

2018The Equalizer 2Susan Plummer

2018The Parting GlassAl

2018Mabel, Mabel Tiger TrainerNarrator

2018FurloughJoan Anderson

2018The AshramChandra

2017The View from Up HereClaire

2017NovitiateReverend Mother

2017I'm Dying Up HereGoldie

2017The Most Hated Woman in AmericaMadalyn Murray O'Hair

2016SnowdenLaura Poitras

2016All the WayLady Bird Johnson

2016Burn CountryGloria

2016London Has FallenSecretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

2015The Big ShortGeorgia Hale

2015Damnation: The FlashbackNoda Marra

2015After the SpillNarrator

2015The Butterfly, The Harp, and The TimepiecePapillon

2015Wayward PinesNurse Pam

2015She's The Best Thing in ItSelf

2015The Ever AfterPenny

2014The EqualizerSusan Plummer

2014BoJack HorsemanMa Nguyen (voice)

2014The Angriest Man in BrooklynBette Altmann

2014Dwegons and LeprechaunsGrandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald

2014Broad CityLori

2013PrisonersHolly Jones

2013The Arsenio Hall ShowSelf

2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President KennedySelf - Narrator (voice)

2013Call Me Crazy: A Five FilmRobin

2013Bottled UpFay

2013OblivionSally

2013Olympus Has FallenSecretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

2013Charlie CountrymanKate

2012FrancineFrancine

2012Why Stop Now?Penny

2012FlightEllen Block

2011The Space BetweenMontine

2011Seven Days in UtopiaLily

2011Red StateSara

2011The Sea Is All I KnowSara

2011Mildred PierceLucy Gessler

2010The FighterAlice Ward

2010Queen of the LotAunt Bee

2010Welcome to the RileysLois Riley

2010ConvictionNancy Taylor

2010The Dry LandMartha

2010TremeToni Bernette

2009Everybody's FineColleen

2009According to GretaKaren

2009Dear Lemon LimaMrs. Howard

2009Veronika Decides to DieMari

2009Don McKayMarie

2009True AdolescentsSharon Mitchell

2009Stephanie's ImageStephanie

2008The Alphabet KillerKathy Walsh

2008Righteous KillCheryl

2008Frozen RiverRay Eddy

2008Santa MesaMaggie

2008LullabyStephanie

2007Black IrishMargaret McKay

2007Mr. WoodcockSally Jansen

2007Racing DaylightSadie / Anna

2007I Believe in AmericaSoto

2007Hollywood DreamsAunt Bee

2007The Cake EatersCeci Kimbrough

2007Dear Lemon LimaMrs. Howard

2007Stephanie DaleyMiri Daley

2007Midnight SonRita

2007One NightWendy

2006The House Is BurningMrs. Miller

2006SharkElizabeth Rourke

2006The Limbo RoomKC Collins

2005The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaRachel

2005ConfessAgnes Lessor

2005Criminal MindsSheriff Georgia Davis

2005American GunLouise

2005RunawayLisa Adler

2005Hide and SeekLaura

2004From Other WorldsMiriam

2004Veronica MarsJulia Smith

2004The L WordWinnie Mann

200321 GramsMarianne Jordan

2003Cold CaseTayna Raymes (1994 & 2007)

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentMaureen Curtis

2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSybil Perez

2000Fear of FictionSigrid Anderssen

2000Homicide: The MovieKay Howard

1999Code of EthicsJo DeAngelo

1999The 24 Hour WomanDr. Suzanne Pincus

1998LegacyEmma Bradford

1997Who Is Henry Jaglom?Self

1995Last Summer in the HamptonsTrish Axelrod

1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeCarol Manning

1995GardenElizabeth

1994ScarlettSuellen O'Hara Benteen

1993The Ballad of Little JoBeatrice Grey

1993Homicide: Life on the StreetKay Howard

1992By a ThreadHelen

1992Immaculate ConceptionHannah

1992Venice/VenicePeggy

1991Carolina SkeletonsCassie

1990The Bride in BlackMary Margaret

1990Law & OrderDonna Cheponis

1989Nasty BoysKatie Morrissey

1989The Young RidersEmma Shannon

1988A Time of DestinyJosie Larraneta

1986Deadtime StoriesJudith 'MaMa' Baer

1985Silent WitnessPatti Mullen

1985Always … But Not ForeverPeggy

1985Streetwalkin'Cookie

1985Spenser: For Hire

1985The EqualizerIrina Dzershinsky

1984Miami ViceKathleen Gilfords

1984I'm Only There...Maggie

Ron ForeverHilda

The Rooster PrinceElaine

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