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Melissa Leo

09/14/1960 (63 years old) | New York City, USA | Actor | Female

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).

Melissa Leo Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	The Equalizer 2	21,754
2.	The Equalizer	3,661
3.	The Big Short	549
4.	Righteous Kill	325
5.	Oblivion	280
6.	Novitiate	237
7.	Mildred Pierce	206
8.	Snowden	130
9.	Flight	102
10.	Olympus Has Fallen	53
11.	The Angriest Man in Brooklyn	33
12.	Prisoners	18
13.	The Fighter	14
14.	London Has Fallen	12
15.	Everybody's Fine	3
16.	Hide and Seek	2
17.	Alone Together	1
18.	21 Grams	1
19.	Red State	0
20.	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	0

The Equalizer 2

Movie | United States | 07/19/2018 | Action | Revenge

Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?

6.7/10

52%

67,459

The Equalizer

Movie | United States | 09/26/2014 | Action | Revenge

In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

7.2/10

60%

18,992

The Big Short

Movie | United States | 12/12/2015 | Drama | Business

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

7.8/10

89%

8,688

Righteous Kill

Movie | United States | 09/11/2008 | Thriller | Serial killer

It is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, featuring Scrooge McDuck as his namesake and inspiration Ebenezer Scrooge and Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit. This film was based on a 1972 audio musical entitled Disney's A Christmas Carol. It is a twenty-four minute animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions as an accompaniment to a re-release of The Rescuers.

6.0/10

18%

693

Oblivion

Movie | United States | 04/18/2013 | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion

A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.

7.0/10

54%

5,037

Novitiate

Movie | United States | 10/27/2017 | Drama | Christian

In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.

6.6/10

86%

324

Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.

7.6/10

81%

206

Snowden

Movie | United States | 09/16/2016 | Biography | Politics

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

7.3/10

61%

584

Flight

Movie | United States | 11/02/2012 | Thriller | Disaster

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

7.3/10

77%

2,573

Olympus Has Fallen

Movie | United States | 03/22/2013 | Action | Thrillers

When the White House (Secret Service Code: Olympus) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Bannings inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

6.5/10

50%

2,345

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

Movie | United States | 05/23/2014 | Comedy

Some people have bad days. Henry Altmann (Williams) has one every day. Always unhappy and angry at the world including everyone in it, Henry sits impatiently at the doctor's office when he is finally seen by Dr. Sharon Gill (Kunis). Sharon, who is enduring her own bad day, reveals that Henry has a brain aneurysm. This news makes Henry even angrier, yelling at Sharon he demands to know how much time he has left. Faced with Henry's anger and insults, Sharon abruptly tells him he has only 90 minutes. Shocked and reeling by this news, Henry storms out of the office leaving Sharon stunned by what she has just done in a lapse of judgment. As Sharon goes on a city-wide search, Henry struggles with his diagnosis, determined to make amends with everyone he has hurt in his life.

5.7/10

Prisoners

Movie | United States | 09/21/2013 | Thriller | Disapperance

When Keller Dovers daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

8.2/10

81%

4,144

The Fighter

Movie | United States | 12/17/2010 | Sports | Boxing

The Fighter, is a drama about boxer \Irish\ Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

7.8/10

91%

130

London Has Fallen

Movie | United States | 01/22/2016 | Action | Thrillers

In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

5.9/10

27%

2,985

Everybody's Fine

Movie | United States | 12/04/2009 | Drama | Travel

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

7.2/10

48%

Hide and Seek

Movie | United States | 01/27/2005 | Crime | Supernatural

At their new home in upstate New York, newly widowed psychologist David Callaway tries desperately to help his traumatized daughter Emily deal with her mother's death. But before long, both David and Emily are being terrorized by someone - or something - named charlie: a \friend\ who may or may not be imaginary but is definately the stuff nightmares are made of!

5.9/10

Alone Together

Movie | 07/22/2022 | Drama

Strangers June and Charlie have to learn to coexist when they accidentally book the same Airbnb to get away from the pandemic. Alone Together is the ultimate New York lockdown love story.

5.4/10

33%

559

21 Grams

Movie | United States | 11/21/2003 | Drama | Dying

This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.

7.6/10

81%

Red State

Movie | United States | 08/19/2011 | Action

Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

6.1/10

61%

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Movie | United States | 04/20/2013 | Drama

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

7.0/10

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