Acting
Melissa Leo
- Titles
- 109movies25TV shows
- Career
Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 2007 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 54top three billing
- Average score
59/100
- Highest rated
Prisoners81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 88 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism7.4average 5.2
- Crime5.3average 3.7
- Psychological7.1average 5.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.4, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.8, average 1.8
- Wonder2.4, average 3.4
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 11
- Social Commentary 8
- Coming-of-Age 6
- Character Study 6
- Psychological Drama 6
- Action-Packed 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Gritty Realism 4
- Dysfunctional Family 4
- Redemption 4
- Family Loyalty 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
David HarbourActorThe Equalizer, Confess, Midnight Son
Michael AngaranoActorI'm Dying Up Here, Red State, Black Irish
Don FranklinActorThe Young Riders, The Space Between, Nasty Boys
Henry JaglomActorAlways … But Not Forever, Hollywood Dreams, Venice/Venice
Mark DuplassActorUnlovable, The Knife, True Adolescents
Stephen RootActorRed State, All the Way, In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Suzi YoonessiWriterUnlovable, Dear Lemon Lima, Dear Lemon Lima
John SwabWriterKing Ivory, Long Gone Heroes, Ida Red
Irma St. PauleActorThe Bride in Black, Fear of Fiction
Mark Boone JuniorActorFrozen River, Ida Red
Anna PaquinActorThe Parting Glass, Furlough
Eleanor HutchinsActorDear Lemon Lima, Dear Lemon Lima
Movies and TV shows
130Upcoming
3 titles
2020s
14 titles · average score 59
35
as Michael
71
as Ginger Greene
76
as Olivia
72
as Detective Carlsen
68
as Siobhan
70
as Susan Plummer
42
as Lillian
51
as Principal Rhodes
47
as Deborah
45
as Ida ‘Red’ Walker
50
as Allie
78
TV show · as Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey
2010s
46 titles · average score 64
67
as Susan Plummer
66
TV show · as Goldie
80
as Reverend Mother
47
as Madalyn Murray O'Hair
72
as Laura Poitras
69
as Lady Bird Johnson
75
as Georgia Hale
72
as Susan Plummer
81
as Holly Jones
68
as Sally
60
as Sara
67
as Lois Riley
2000s
40 titles · average score 63
69
as Colleen
48
as Marie
68
as Ray Eddy
51
as Sally Jansen
as Soto
62
as Mrs. Miller
as KC Collins
61
as Laura
43
as Agnes Lessor
74
as Marianne Jordan
1990s
15 titles · average score 63
41
as Dr. Suzanne Pincus
as Jo DeAngelo
80
TV show
51
as Carol Manning
56
as Trish Axelrod
65
TV show · as Suellen O'Hara Benteen
83
TV show · as Kay Howard
63
as Beatrice Grey
63
as Peggy
57
as Hannah
65
as Cassie
75
TV show · as Defense Attorney Alice Sutton / Donna Cheponis
1980s
12 titles · average score 58
75
TV show · as Emma Shannon
as Katie Morrissey
TV show · as Katie Morrissey
49
as Josie Larraneta
48
as Judith 'MaMa' Baer
49
as Cookie
54
as Patti Mullen
63
TV show · as Irina Dzershinsky
61
TV show
75
TV show
as Maggie