
Melissa Leo
Biography
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.…
Filmography

I Believe in America
2007 · 10.0

By a Thread
1992 · 10.0

Lullaby
2008 · 10.0

BoJack Horseman
2014 · 8.5

Legacy
1998 · 8.4

Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3

Prisoners
2013 · 8.1

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 8.1

Stephanie's Image
2009 · 8.0

The Bride in Black
1990 · 8.0

Fear of Fiction
2000 · 8.0

Veronica Mars
2004 · 7.8

Cold Case
2003 · 7.7

The L Word
2004 · 7.7

Treme
2010 · 7.7

I Know This Much Is True
2020 · 7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6

Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4

The Young Riders
1989 · 7.4

The Big Short
2015 · 7.4

The Fighter
2010 · 7.4

21 Grams
2003 · 7.3

Passenger
2026 · 7.3

Nasty Boys
1989 · 7.3

The Equalizer
2014 · 7.3

The Equalizer 3
2023 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

The Equalizer
1985 · 7.2

Broad City
2014 · 7.2

The Knife
2025 · 7.2

Snowden
2016 · 7.1

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019 · 7.1

Conviction
2010 · 7.1

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · 7.0

Mildred Pierce
2011 · 7.0

King Ivory
2025 · 7.0

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 · 7.0

After the Spill
2015 · 7.0

Venice/Venice
1992 · 7.0

Code of Ethics
1999 · 7.0

Spenser: For Hire
1985 · 6.9

Homicide: The Movie
2000 · 6.9

Wayward Pines
2015 · 6.9

Flight
2012 · 6.9

Everybody's Fine
2009 · 6.8

The Equalizer 2
2018 · 6.8

Shark
2006 · 6.7

Oblivion
2013 · 6.7

All the Way
2016 · 6.7

Frozen River
2008 · 6.6

Scarlett
1994 · 6.6

Welcome to the Rileys
2010 · 6.6

The Space Between
2011 · 6.6

I'm Dying Up Here
2017 · 6.5

Guns Up
2025 · 6.5

Novitiate
2017 · 6.5

Black Irish
2007 · 6.5

The House Is Burning
2006 · 6.5

Runaway
2005 · 6.5

Olympus Has Fallen
2013 · 6.4
One Night
2007 · 6.4

Charlie Countryman
2013 · 6.4

Hide and Seek
2005 · 6.3

London Has Fallen
2016 · 6.2

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017 · 6.2

Body Brokers
2021 · 6.2

The Ballad of Little Jo
1993 · 6.1

Red State
2011 · 6.0

The View from Up Here
2017 · 6.0

According to Greta
2009 · 6.0

Righteous Kill
2008 · 5.9

Veronika Decides to Die
2009 · 5.9

Stephanie Daley
2007 · 5.8

Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995 · 5.8

The 24 Hour Woman
1999 · 5.8

Furlough
2018 · 5.7

Seven Days in Utopia
2011 · 5.7

American Gun
2005 · 5.7

The Ever After
2015 · 5.7

Immaculate Conception
1992 · 5.7

Bottled Up
2013 · 5.7

True Adolescents
2009 · 5.7

Ida Red
2021 · 5.7

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · 5.6

Unlovable
2018 · 5.6

Dear Lemon Lima
2009 · 5.6

Thunder Force
2021 · 5.5

The Cake Eaters
2007 · 5.5

The Ashram
2018 · 5.5

Long Gone Heroes
2024 · 5.5

The Clean Up Crew
2024 · 5.4

A Time of Destiny
1988 · 5.4

Why Stop Now?
2012 · 5.4

Jane
2022 · 5.3

The Parting Glass
2018 · 5.3

Mr. Woodcock
2007 · 5.1

The Alphabet Killer
2008 · 5.1

Alone Together
2022 · 5.1

Burn Country
2016 · 5.0

Santa Mesa
2008 · 5.0

Streetwalkin'
1985 · 4.9

Don McKay
2009 · 4.9

Deadtime Stories
1986 · 4.9

Francine
2012 · 4.8

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995 · 4.8

Silent Witness
1985 · 4.7

Measure of Revenge
2022 · 4.6

Coast
2022 · 4.6

The Dry Land
2010 · 4.5

Always … But Not Forever
1985 · 4.4

Confess
2005 · 4.3

From Other Worlds
2004 · 3.9

Racing Daylight
2007 · 3.3

Hollywood Dreams
2007 · 3.1

Queen of the Lot
2010 · 2.6

Dwegons and Leprechauns
2014 · 1.4

Midnight Son
2007 · 1.0
Damnation: The Flashback
2015 · 1.0
Bomb
2007 · 0.0
Supermax
— · 0.0
Mother Wolf
— · 0.0
The Mannequin
— · 0.0
Under the bridge
1998 · 0.0
Garden
1995 · 0.0

Dear Lemon Lima
2007 · 0.0

The Limbo Room
2006 · 0.0
The Rooster Prince
— · 0.0

Ron Forever
— · 0.0

Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
2018 · 0.0

The Sea Is All I Know
2011 · 0.0

The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
2015 · 0.0

AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2024 · 0.0

I'm Only There...
1984 · 0.0