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Acting

Melissa Leo

Career: Active from 1984 to 2026, busiest in 2007 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 55
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: The Fighter
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 98 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Melissa Leo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Wonder
2.6, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Social Commentary 7
Coming-of-Age 6
Moral Ambiguity 6
Psychological Drama 6
Psychological Thriller 6
Family Loyalty 4
Character Study 4
Emotional Healing 3
Fast-Paced 3
Crime Thriller 3
Bleak Realism 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

4 titles

The Rooster Prince

as Elaine

Ron Forever

as Hilda

as Babs

Executive Producer

2020s

15 titles · average score 51

Passenger

51

as Diana Larson

King Ivory

59

as Ginger Greene

Guns Up

57

as Michael Temple

The Knife

61

as Detective Carlsen

Long Gone Heroes

41

as Olivia

The Clean Up Crew

43

as Siobhan

Measure of Revenge

29

as Lillian

Coast

44

as Olivia

Alone Together

45

as Deborah

Ida Red

39

as Ida ‘Red’ Walker

Thunder Force

33

as Allie

I Know This Much Is True

74

TV show · as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey

2010s

46 titles · average score 60

The Equalizer 2

58

as Susan Plummer

I'm Dying Up Here

66

TV show · as Goldie

Novitiate

73

as Reverend Mother

The Most Hated Woman in America

47

as Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Snowden

64

as Laura Poitras

All the Way

78

as Lady Bird Johnson

The Big Short

82

as Georgia Hale

The Equalizer

65

as Susan Plummer

Prisoners

76

as Holly Jones

Oblivion

59

as Sally

Red State

57

as Sara

Welcome to the Rileys

60

as Lois Riley

2000s

40 titles · average score 57

Everybody's Fine

57

as Colleen

Don McKay

38

as Marie

Veronika Decides to Die

60

as Mari

Frozen River

78

as Ray Eddy

Mr. Woodcock

36

as Sally Jansen

as Wendy

The Limbo Room

as KC Collins

Hide and Seek

41

as Laura

Confess

38

as Agnes Lessor

Criminal Minds

63

TV show · as Sheriff Georgia Davis

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

77

as Rachel

21 Grams

76

as Marianne Jordan

1990s

16 titles · average score 65

Code of Ethics

as Jo DeAngelo

The 24 Hour Woman

49

as Dr. Suzanne Pincus

Under the bridge

as Kathy

Legacy

65

TV show · as Emma Bradford

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

54

as Carol Manning

as Elizabeth

Homicide: Life on the Street

89

TV show · as Kay Howard

Immaculate Conception

59

as Hannah

Venice/Venice

66

as Peggy

Carolina Skeletons

66

as Cassie

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton / Donna Cheponis

The Bride in Black

as Mary Margaret

1980s

11 titles · average score 55

The Young Riders

75

TV show · as Emma Shannon

Nasty Boys

67

as Katie Morrissey

A Time of Destiny

53

as Josie Larraneta

Deadtime Stories

19

as Judith 'MaMa' Baer

Streetwalkin'

46

as Cookie

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Irina Dzershinsky

Always … But Not Forever

50

as Peggy

Spenser: For Hire

50

TV show

Silent Witness

54

as Patti Mullen

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Kathleen Gilfords

I'm Only There...

as Maggie