Melissa Leo - TV Tropes

Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960 in Manhattan, New York) is an American actress.

She is best known for her roles as Detective Sergeant Katherine "Kay" Howard in Homicide: Life on the Street, Ray Eddy in Frozen River and Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter.

In addition to the critical acclaim her roles have brought her, she has also been awarded with a Primetime Emmy Award for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (for Louie), a Screen Actors Guild award, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (all for The Fighter).

Selected Filmography:

• All My Children
• Miami Vice
• Law & Order
• Homicide: Life on the Street
• 21 Grams
• Veronica Mars
• CSI
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• The L Word
• Cold Case
• Frozen River
• Righteous Kill
• Conviction
• Treme
• The Fighter
• Louie
• Flight
• BoJack Horseman
• Snowden
• I’m Dying Up Here
• Thunder Force

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