Melissa Leo #2
Melissa Leo #2
The Fighter; Frozen River
For her work in THE FIGHTER, Melissa Leo won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, a Best Supporting Actress Award from the New York Film Critics Circle and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, SAG Award and Critics' Choice Award.
She also received Oscar and SAG nominations for her starring role in FROZEN RIVER for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a Spotlight Award from the National Board of Review, among countless other accolades, as well as universal critical acclaim.
Melissa shared a Best Ensemble Acting award from the Phoenix Film Critics Society for her work in 21 GRAMS opposite Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn.
Her many other film credits include OBLIVION with Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN with Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, and Aaron Eckhart, FLIGHT with Denzel Washington, SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA with Robert Duvall and Lucas Black, CONVICTION opposite Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell, WELCOME TO THE RILEYS opposite James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart, THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA starring opposite Dwight Yoakam and Tommy Lee Jones, and HIDE AND SEEK starring opposite Robert De Niro.
Her television credits include the current HBO series TREME - she plays Toni Bernette, a widowed single mother with a passion for music and justice - and she is known for her groundbreaking portrayal of Detective Kay Howard on HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET (1993-1997). She also appeared in the HBO miniseries MILDRED PIERCE alongside Kate Winslet, Evan Rachel Wood and Guy Pearce. Her performance garnered an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.
Melissa Leo at the Internet Movie Database