Highest rated movie: The Fighter (2010)
Lowest rated movie: Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014)
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Looking for reviews of Melissa Leo movies? Cinafilm has a total of 17,831 reviews across 69 movies.
Movies starring Melissa Leo have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 57%.
The Fighter - released in 2010 - is Melissa Leo's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 911 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Melissa Leo is Dwegons and Leprechauns - released in 2014 - with a score of 29% based on 3 reviews.
American actress Melissa Chessington Leo 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.
Following several films, Leo received critical acclaim and national attention in earning several nominations and awards, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Leo earned several awards for her role as Alice Ward in the critically acclaimed film, “The Fighter” (2010). For this role Leo won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Leo currently appears on the television series Treme.
Leo currently resides in Stone Ridge, New York and two sons John Matthew Heard (born 1987), and Adam (adopted - born 1984).
Melissa Leo has acted in films with Denzel Washington, Michael Emil, Morgan Freeman and Robert De Niro.
Melissa Leo has worked with these film directors: Antoine Fuqua, Henry Jaglom, John Swab and Suzi Yoonessi.
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