Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo is an American actress with a long career in television and film. She became known on TV in Homicide: Life on the Street in the 1990s, and gained wide film notice with 21 Grams (2003).

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Frozen River (2008) and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter (2010). She also won a Primetime Emmy for a guest role in Louie, and has appeared in Prisoners, The Equalizer and The Big Short.