Melissa Leo Biography
Melissa Leo is a well-known American actress. She has won multiple awards, including an Oscar, a Primetime Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Critics’ Choice Awards.
How old is Melissa Leo? – Age
She is 63 years old as of 14 September 2023. She was born in 1960 in Manhattan, New York, United States. Her real name is Melissa Chessington Leo.
Melissa Leo Family – Education
She is the daughter of Margaret (née Chessington), a California-born teacher, and Arnold Leo III, a Grove Press editor, fisherman, and former East Hampton Baymen’s Association representative. Erik Leo is her older brother. Christine Leo Roussel, an art historian, is her paternal aunt. When Leo’s parents divorced, her mother relocated the family to Red Clover Commune in Putney, Vermont.
She attended Bellows Falls High School in Bellows Falls, Vermont, then studied acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London and SUNY Purchase before dropping out and moving to New York City to apply for acting roles. Leo spent her summers at her father’s property in Springs, New York, a neighborhood of East Hampton.
Melissa Leo Husband – Son
Leo gave birth to her son, John Matthew “Jack” Heard, in 1987 with actor John Heard, whom she dated from 1986 to 1988. She was living on East 83rd Street in Manhattan at the time.
Melissa Leo Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Melissa Leo Homicide: Life on the Street
She appeared as Kay Howard in the American police drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street. Kay, a homicide investigator who has been on the job since 1991, is portrayed as a strong and realistic figure. She has high clearance rates and believes she must prove herself as the department’s sole female employee. Howard, a detective, is prone to magical thinking, including superstitions and the belief that a victim’s ghost assisted in solving a case. In Season 3, she is shot along with colleagues detectives Stanley Bolander and Beau Felton while attempting to execute an arrest warrant. Howard recovers and goes to work, but her family is anxious about the scant information provided by the doctors. She passes a promotion exam and is promoted to Sergeant in Season 4, but her new role alienates her from her coworkers, particularly her friendship with Det. Meldrick Lewis.
Melissa Leo The Fighter
She appeared as Alice Eklund-Ward, mother of both fighters and their seven siblings, all sisters in the 2010 American biographical sports drama film The Fighter. At the 83rd Academy Awards, Leo was named Best Supporting Actress.
Micky Ward, a welterweight boxer from the United States, is being recorded for an HBO documentary about his “comeback” from crack cocaine addiction. Despite his mother’s doubts, Micky’s brother, former boxer Dicky Eklund, is a “stepping stone” for other boxers. Micky’s mother and brothers agree to let him fight a substitute fighter, Mike Mungin, because he is out of shape and has ring rust. Micky withdraws and begins dating Charlene Fleming, a former collegiate athlete who dropped out and became a bartender.
Despite the fact that Micky’s family blames Charlene for his lack of enthusiasm, Dicky agrees to match the offer in order to continue training and working with his family. Dicky tries to earn money by impersonating a prostitute and a police officer, but he is arrested and imprisoned.
Micky’s family and Dicky are shocked to witness Crack in America, an HBO documentary detailing how Dicky’s crack addiction destroyed his career and life, on the night it airs.Micky is persuaded by his father to return to boxing, but his brother advises him on how to work his opponent.Despite being nearly overwhelmed, Micky follows his brother’s advise and secures his opponent’s title shot.
Micky and his mother went to see Micky train after his release, but Dicky is no longer allowed to spar with his brother.Micky wins another unexpected victory when the group travels to London for a title battle against Shea Neary.
Melissa Leo Movies
♦ 2013 – Olympus Has Fallen
♦ 2014 – The Ever After
♦ 2015 – The Big Short
♦ 2016 – London Has Fallen
♦ 2017 – Novitiate
♦ 2018 – The Ashram
♦ 2021 – Body Brokers
♦ 2022 – Measure of Revenge
Melissa Leo TV Shows
♦ 2005 – Law & Order: Criminal Intent
♦ 2005 – The L Word
♦ 2006 – Shark
♦ 2007 – Criminal Minds
♦ 2007 – Cold Case
♦ 2010–2013 – Treme
♦ 2011 – Mildred Pierce
♦ 2012 – Louie
♦ 2013 – Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
♦ 2014–2016 – BoJack Horseman
♦ 2015 – LFE
♦ 2015–2016 – Wayward Pines
♦ 2016 – Broad City
♦ 2016 – All the Way
♦ 2017–2018 – I’m Dying Up Heree
♦ 2019 – Heartstrings
♦ 2020 – I Know This Much Is True