Melissa Leo

Also Credited As:

Margaret May, Margaret May, Melissa Chessington Leo
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Biography

Melissa Leo came to the fore as the lone female in the original cast of one of the most lauded shows in television history, "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC, 1993-99). Holding her own amongst the heavyweight cast of actors like Richard Belzer and Andre Braugher, she was a standout in a show unappreciated in its time. She went on to carve an indie film niche with acclaimed turns in a raft of films, most notably "21 Grams" (2003) and "Frozen …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

Melissa Chessington Leo on September 14, 1960 in New York City, New York, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Code of Ethics

Actor

Racing Daylight

Actor

The Space Between

Montine McLeod

Lullaby

Stephanie

Fear of Fiction

Sigrid Anderssen

Streetwalkin'

Cookie

Frozen River

Ray Eddy

Something in the Water

Fay Worth

I Fought the Law

Alice McMillan

Francine

Francine

Why Stop Now

Penny Bloom

The Limbo Room

KC Collins

Battlecreek

Tallulah

True Adolescents

Sharon Mitchell

Prisoners

Actor

Kennonite

Rebecca Hecht

Immaculate Conception

Hannah

The Young Riders

Emma Shannon

Don McKay

Marie

Confess

Agnes Lessor

The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best

Sarah

A Time of Destiny

Josie

Carolina Skeletons

Cassie Stoker

Welcome to the Rileys

Lois Riley

Seven Days in Utopia

Lily