Melissa Leo

Melissa Chessington Leo () adalah aktris berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Setelah muncul dalam beberapa acara televisi pada dasawarsa 1980-an, dia membikin kejutan kepada publik pada tahun 1993 dengan berperan sebagai Det. Sgt. Kay Howard dalam serial televisi Homicide: Life on the Street untuk lima musim pertama antara tahun 1993 sampai dengan 199). Sebelumnya, secara rutin, dia muncul dalam All My Children dan The Young Riders.

Leo mendapatkan pujian atas penampilannya sebagai Ray Eddy dalam film Frozen River (2008), mendapatkan sejumlah nominasi dan penghargaan, termasuk dari Academy Award untuk kategori Aktris Terbaik. Pada tahun 2010, Leo memenangi beberapa penghargaan untuk penampilannya sebagai Alice Eklund-Ward dalam film The Fighter, termasuk dari Golden Globe, SAG, dan Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Tahun 1985 dia masuk nominasi dalam Daytime Emmy Award atas pernampilannya dalam All My Children. Tahun 2013 dia memenangi penghargaan Emmy Award sebagai bintang tamu dalam serial televisi Louie. Sampai 2015, dia masih membintangi dalam serial Wayward Pines sebagai Nurse Pam.

 Latar belakang 
Leo lahir di Manhattan, New York City, dan menghabiskan sebagian hidupnya di Lower East Side. Dia adalah kakak dari Margaret (née Chessington), seorang guru yang lahir di California, dan Arnold Leo III, seorang editor di penerbitan Grove Press, penyuka mancing, dan mantan pembicara untuk East Hampton Baymen's Association. Dia memiliki seorang kakak laki-laki, Erik Leo. Orang tua mereka telah bercerai, dan ibunya pindah ke Red Clover Commune, di Putney, Vermont. Kakek-nenek dari ibu mereka adalah Frances (née Stone; 1917-2008) dan James Chessington, seorang perwira menengah berpangkat kolonel di Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat.Frances Chessington Obituary retrieved 3/7/2015 Kakek-nenek dari ibu mereka adalah Elinore (née Wellington; 1914-2008) dan Arnold Leo II.Elinore Leo obituary retrieved 3/7/2015 Her uncle was journalist Roger Leo (1947-2011),Roger Leo retrieved 3/7/2015 and her aunt is art historian Christine Leo Roussel.Roussel art website retrieved 3/7/2015

Leo mengawali kariernya sejak masih muda saat bergabung di Bread and Puppet Theater. Dia menempuh pendidikan di Bellow Falls High School di Vermont, dan belajar seni peran di Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts di London, dan SUNY Purchase, tapi tidak sampai lulus karena pindah ke New York City untuk mengikuti audisi dan memasuki dunia seni peran.Melissa Leo interview retrieved 3/8/2015Mother's California birth stated on the 68th Golden Globe Awards, January 16, 2011 Leo spent summers at her father's house in Springs, a section of East Hampton, N.Y.

 Karier 
jmpl|150px|Leo in January 2006
Tahun 1984 merupakan debut Leo dalam seni peran, di mana dia dinominasikan Daytime Emmy dalam Daytime Emmy Awards/12th Daytime Emmy Awards untuk Outstanding Ingenue/Woman dalam serial drama All My Children. Setelah itu, Leo muncul dalam beberapa film, antara lain menjadi pemeran utama sebagai Cookie dalam "Streetwalkin," A Time of Destiny, Last Summer in the Hamptons, dan Venice/Venice. Dia juga tampil dalam beberapa acara televisi, dan yang paling menonjol adalah peran sebagai Det. Sgt. Kay Howard dalam Homicide: Life on the Street sampai tahun 1997. Tiga tahun kemudian, dia dipercaya kembali bermain dalam film televisi Homicide: The Movie. Berhenti sejenak dari dunia seni peran, Leo kembali muncul tiga tahun kemudian melalui film Alejandro González Iñárritu, 21 Grams. Kemudian, Leo tampil sebagai pemeran pendukung bersama Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro dan Clea DuVall. Leo menerima penghargaan untuk kategori "Best Ensemble Acting" dari Phoenix Film Critics Society tahun 2003 dan peringkat ke-dua dalam Los Angeles Film Critics Association untuk kategori Aktris Pendukung Terbaik.

Leo tampil sebagai pemeran pendukung sejak dasawarsa 2000-an dalam film Hide and Seek, film independen American Gun, keduanya tahun, dan peran utama dalam film komedi Mr. Woodcock. Tahun 2006, dia memenangi penghargaan Bronze Wrangler dalam Western Heritage Awards untuk kategori Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture melalui film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada berbagi dengan Tommy Lee Jones yang juga berperan sebagai produser film tersebut. Tahun 2008, dia memenangi Maverick Actor Award dan juga Aktris Terbaik Best Actress pada Method Fest melalui filmnya, Lullaby (2008). Tahun yang sama, Leo menerima pujian atas penampilannya dalam Frozen River, memenangi beberapa penghargaan termasuk Aktris Terbaik dari Independent Spirit Awards, Spotlight award dari National Board of Review dan nominasi Aktris Tebarik dari Screen Actors Guild Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association, dan Academy Awards.

Setelah Frozen River, Leo tampil di beberapa film independen dan menerima peran-peran kecil dalam Righteous Kill with Al Pacino, Hide and Seek. Leo tampil dalam serial film pada tahun 2009 yaitu According to Greta, Stephanie's Image, True Adolescents dan Veronika Decides to Die.Pada tahun 2010, Leo menerima peran utama dalam film David O. Russell berjudul The Fighter.

 Filmografi 
 Film 
+  TahunJudulPeran Catatan 1985 Always Peggy 1985 Streetwalkin Cookie 1986 Deadtime Stories Judith "MaMa" Baer 1988 A Time of Destiny Josie Larraneta 1992 Immaculate Conception Hannah 1992Venice/Venice Peggy 1993 The Ballad of Little Jo Beatrice Grey 1994 Garden Elizabeth 1995 Last Summer in the Hamptons Trish 1997 Under the Bridge Kathy 1999 The 24 Hour Woman Dr. Suzanne Pincus 1999 Code of Ethics Jo DeAngelo 2000 Fear of Fiction Sigrid Anderssen 2003 21 Grams Marianne Jordan  2004 First Breath Detective Waxman 2004 From Other Worlds Miriam 2005 Hide and Seek Laura 2005 Runaway Lisa Adler 2005 No Shoulder Ruth 2005 Patch Maelynn 2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Rachel  2005 American Gun Louise 2005 Confess Agnes Lessor 2006 Stephanie Daley Miri 2006 The Limbo Room KC Collins 2006 Hollywood Dreams Aunt Bee 2006 The House is Burning Mrs. Miller 2006 Falling Objects Helga 2007 Bomb Sharon 2007 Midnight Son Rita 2007 Black Irish Margaret McKay 2007 The Cake Eaters Ceci 2007 Racing Daylight Sadie Stokes/Anna Stokes 2007 I Believe in America Soto 2007 Mr. Woodcock Sally Jansen 2007 One Night Wendy 2008 Frozen River Ray Eddy  2008 The Alphabet Killer Kathy Walsh 2008 Lullaby Stephanie  2008 Night of the Living JewsNight of the Living Jews – Credits  on official website. Jewish Mother zombie Low budget film 2008 Santa Mesa Maggie 2008 Ball Don't Lie Georgia 2008 This is a Story About Ted and Alice Alice 2008 Righteous Kill Cheryl Brooks 2008 Predisposed Penny 2009 According to Greta Karen 2009 Stephanie's Image Stephanie 2009 True Adolescents Sharon 2009 Veronika Decides to Die Mari 2009 Dear Lemon Lima Mrs. Howard 2009 Don McKay Marie 2009 Everybody's Fine Colleen 2010 Welcome to the Rileys Mrs. Lois Riley 2010 The Dry Land Martha 2010 The Space Between Montine  2010 The Fighter Alice Eklund-Ward 2010 Conviction Nancy Taylor 2011 Red State
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| The Sea Is All I Know| Sara
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| Flight| Ellen Block
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| Why Stop Now| Penny Bloom
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| Olympus Has Fallen| Ruth McMillan
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| Francine| Francine
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| Oblivion| Sally
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| Lee Daniels' The Butler|  Mamie Eisenhower
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| Prisoners| Holly Jones
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| Charlie Countryman| Kate Countryman
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| The Angriest Man in Brooklyn| Bette Altmann
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| The Equalizer|Susan Plummer
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| The Big Short| Georgia Hale
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| London Has Fallen| Ruth McMillan
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| Burn Country| Gloria
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| Snowden| Laura Poitras
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| Most Hated Woman in America'' Madalyn Murray O'Hair Filming

 Televisi 
+  Tahun Judul Peran Catatan 1984–1988 All My Children Linda Warner  1985 Silent Witness Patti Mullen TV movie 1985 The Equalizer Irina Dzershinsky 1 episode, "The Defector" 1987 Spenser: For Hire Mary Hamilton 1 episode, "Mary Hamilton" 1988 Miami Vice Kathleen Gilfords 1 episode, "Bad Timing" 1989 Gideon Oliver Rebecca Hecht 1 episode, "Kennonite" 1989–1990 The Young Riders Emma Shannon Peran utama musim 1 1989 Nasty Boys Katie Morrisey TV 1990 The Bride in Black Mary Margaret TV 1991 Carolina Skeletons Cassie TV 1993, 2002, 2008 Law & Order Alice Sutton / Sherri Quinn / Donna Cheponis 3 episode, "Sweeps", "Who Let the Dogs Out?" dan "Personae Non Grata" 1993–1997 Homicide: Life on the Street Detektif Kay Howard Peran utama musim 1-5 1994 Scarlett Suellen O'Hara Benteen Miniseri 1995 In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice Carol Manning TV 1998 Legacy Emma Bradford 2 episodes, "Emma" and "The Search Party" 2000 Homicide: The Movie Det. Sgt. Kay Howard TV 2004 Veronica Mars Julia Smith 1 episode, "Meet John Smith" 2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sybil Perez 1 episode, "Harvest" 2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Maureen Curtis 1 episode, "The Good Child" 2005 The L Word Winnie Mann 3 episodes, "Luminous", "Loyal", and "Lacuna" 2006 Shark Elizabeth Rourke 1 episode, "Pilot" 2007 Criminal Minds Georgia Davis 1 episode, "No Way Out" 2007 Cold Case Tayna Raymes '94–'07 1 episode, "Thrill Kill", 2007 2010–2013 Treme Toni Bernette Main cast member: season 1–4 2011 Mildred Pierce Lucy Gessler Miniseri 2012 Louie Laurie 1 episode, "Telling Jokes/Set Up" 2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Robin Film televisi 2014–2016 BoJack Horseman Ibu Diane (pengisi suara) 2 episodes 2015–2016 Wayward Pines Perawat Pam Pilcher 11 episodes 2016 Broad City Lori Episode: "Co-Op" 2016  All the Way Lady Bird Johnson Film televisi

 Penghargaan dan nominasi 
 Tahun Penghargaan Kategori Nominasi  Hasil 1985 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series <center>All My Children  2003 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  <center>21 Grams  Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Cast  2005 Bronze Wrangler Award Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture <center>The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada  2008 Academy Award Best Actress <center>Frozen River  Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award Best Breakthrough Performance  Critics' Choice Movie Award Best Actress  Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Actress  Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Actress  Gotham Awards Breakthrough Actor  Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead  Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actress  Marrakech International Film Festival Award Best Actress  National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actress  New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actress  Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role  Satellite Award Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama  San Sebastián International Film Festival Award Best Actress  Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award Best Actress  Utah Film Critics Association Award Best Actress  Women Film Critics Circle Award Best Actress  Method Fest Independent Film Festival Award Best Actress <center>Lullaby  2010 Tribeca Film Festival Award Best New York Narrative - Special Jury <center>The Space Between  Academy Award Best Supporting Actress <center>The Fighter  Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award Best Supporting Actress  Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actress  Best Ensemble  Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Cast  Best Supporting Actress  Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  Capri Award Best Actress  Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  Denver Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actress  Detroit Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actress  Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actress  Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture  Houston Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actress  Iowa Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actress  Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award  National Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actress  New York Film Critics Online Awards Best Supporting Actress  North Texas Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  Online Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actress  Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actress  San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actress  Best Ensemble  Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture  Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role  St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  Southeastern Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  Toronto Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  Utah Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actress  Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actress  Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Ensemble  Best Supporting Actress  2011 California Independent Film Festival Slate Award Best Actress <center>The Sea Is All I Know  Rhode Island International Film Festival Award Best Actress  Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie <center>Mildred Pierce  2012 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series <center>Louie  Critics' Choice Television Award Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series  2013 National Board of Review Award Best Cast <center>Prisoners  San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Performance by an Ensemble  Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award Best Ensemble  Satellite Award Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film <center>Call Me Crazy: A Five Film  2015 National Board of Review Award Best Cast <center>The Big Short  Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture  2016 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie <center>All the Way 

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