Melissa Leo

**Melissa Chessington Leo** (an haife ta a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1960)  'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Amurka. Ita ce mai karɓar kyaututtuka da yawa, gami da Kyautar Kwalejin, Kyautar Emmy ta Primetime, Kyautar Golden Globe, Kyautar 'yan wasan kwaikwayo, da Kyautar Zaɓin Masu sukar guda biyu.

Bayan ta bayyana a cikin shirye-shiryen talabijin da fina-finai da yawa a cikin shekarun 1980, Leo ta zama na yau da kullun a cikin shirye'shiryen talabjin na All My Children, wanda aka zaba ta don lambar yabo ta Daytime Emmy, da The Young Riders . Matsayinta na gagarumin ya zo ne a 1993 a matsayin mai bincike kuma daga baya sajan Kay Howard a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1997).

Leo ta sami yabo mai mahimmanci saboda rawar da ta taka a matsayin Ray Eddy a fim din Frozen River na 2008, inda ta sami gabatarwa da kyaututtuka da yawa, gami da gabatarwa ta kyautar Kwalejin don 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau. A shekara ta 2010, Leo ta lashe kyaututtuka da yawa saboda rawar da ta taka a matsayin Alice Eklund-Ward a fim din The Fighter, gami da Kyautar Kwalejin don Mafi Kyawun Mataimakin .

A shekara ta 2013, ta lashe lambar yabo ta Primetime Emmy don rawar da ta taka a jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na Louie . Ta fito a cikin jerin abubuwan da suka faru na Fox na 2015 *Wayward Pines* a matsayin Nurse Pam . Daga nan sai ta fito a fim din Netflix na 2017 The Most Hated Woman in America a matsayin wanda ya kafa American Atheists Madalyn Murray O'Hair .

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Leo a Manhattan kuma ya girma a Lower East Side .  Ita 'yar Margaret (née Chessington), malamin da aka haifa a California, da Arnold Leo III, edita a Grove Press, masunta, kuma tsohon mai magana da yawun kungiyar East Hampton Baymen. Tana da babban ɗan'uwa, Erik Leo .  Kakan mahaifinta shine masanin tarihin fasaha Christine Leo Roussel .  Iyayen Leo sun sake aure, kuma mahaifiyarta ta tura su zuwa Red Clover Commune, a Putney, Vermont . 

Leo ya fara yin wasan kwaikwayo tun yana yaro tare da Kamfanin Gishiri da Gishiri. Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Bellows Falls a Bellows Fall, Vermont, kuma ta yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo a Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts a London da SUNY Purchase, amma ba ta kammala karatu ba, ta zaɓi barin makaranta ta koma Birnin New York don fara sauraro don ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo. Leo ta yi bazara a gidan mahaifinta a Springs, wani bangare na East Hampton, New York.  

## Ayyuka
Leo ta fara wasan kwaikwayo ne a shekarar 1984, wanda aka zaba ta don Daytime Emmy a 12th Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Ingenue / Woman in a Drama Series for All My Children . Bayan wannan, Leo ya bayyana a fina-finai da yawa, ciki har da Streetwalkin', A Time of Destiny, Last Summer in the Hamptons, da Venice / Venice. Ta kuma fito da yawa a talabijin, musamman rawar da ta taka a matsayin Det. Sgt. Kay Howard a kan Kisan kai: Rayuwa a kan titi har zuwa shekara ta 1997. Shekaru uku bayan haka ta sake taka rawar da ta taka a fim din talabijin na Homicide: The Movie . Bayan ɗan gajeren hutu daga wasan kwaikwayo, nasarar Leo ta zo shekaru uku bayan haka a fim din Alejandro González Iñárritu, 21 Grams da aka saki zuwa yabo mai mahimmanci. Leo ya bayyana a matsayin goyon baya tare da Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro, da Clea DuVall . Leo ya raba lambar yabo ta Best Ensemble Acting daga Phoenix Film Critics Society a shekara ta 2003 da kuma wanda ya zo na biyu ga Los Angeles Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actress.

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