Melissa Leo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Melissa Leo

American actress

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1960

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States

Profession: actor, voice actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress.
She is the recipient of such accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award (Primetime), a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. After appearing on several television shows and films in the 1980s, Leo became a regular on the television shows All My Children, which won her a Daytime Emmy Award, and The Young Riders.
Her breakthrough role came in 1993 as detective and later sergeant Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1997). Leo received critical acclaim for her performance as Ray Eddy in the 2008 film Frozen River, earning her several nominations and awards, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
In 2010, Leo won several awards for her performance as Alice Eklund-Ward in the film The Fighter, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2013, she won an Emmy Award for her guest role on the television series Louie.
She starred in the 2015 Fox event series Wayward Pines as Nurse Pam.
She then starred in the 2017 Netflix film The Most Hated Woman in America as American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair.