“When I watched Kate two years ago, it looked so fucking easy!”
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Melissa Leo
Melissa Chessington Leo is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, an Actor Award, and two Critics' Choice Awards.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1960) · actor · film actor · television actor · voice actor · also Melissa Leo, Leo
Born 14 September 1960 · Q229410
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2026· 8 entries
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Yahoo: Melissa Leo Says She Had a ‘Much Better Career’ Before Winning Best Supporting Actress Oscar: ‘I Never Wanted It’
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Yahoo: Melissa Leo says winning an Oscar ‘has not been good’ for her career
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Yardbarker: Melissa Leo's Oscar win was 'not good' for her career
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TheWrap: Melissa Leo Says Her Oscar Win ‘Has Not Been Good’ For Her Career
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The Guardian: Melissa Leo: ‘Winning an Oscar was not good for me or my career’
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The Guardian: Post your questions for Melissa Leo
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2025· 1 entry
Variety: Melissa Leo Starrer and New Animation from ‘Cryptozoo’ Team Among Tauron American Film Festival’s U.S. in Progress Winners
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2017· 2 entries
The Guardian: Melissa Leo: 'Things we would call abuse on set? Happens all the time'
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The Guardian: The Most Hated Woman in America review – Melissa Leo lifts messy biopic
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Louie (2013).
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Won a Primetime Emmy Award for her guest role on the television series Louie
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2012· 1 entry
Leo publicly rejected the label of feminist in statements made during a 2012 interview with Salon: "I don't think of myself as a feminist at all.
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter (2011).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for The Fighter (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Leo received fame for her role in David O
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Leo won several awards for her performance as Alice Eklund-Ward in the film The Fighter, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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2008· 1 entry
Won the Maverick Actor Award and also the Best Actress award at the Method Fest for Lullaby (2008)
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2006· 1 entry
Won the Bronze Wrangler at the Western Heritage Awards for Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada shared with Tommy Lee Jones who also produced the film
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2003· 1 entry
And the runner-up for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actress
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1993· 1 entry
As detective and later sergeant Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1997)
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1987· 1 entry
Leo had a son with actor John Heard, whom she dated from 1986 to 1988, while living in Manhattan
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1984· 1 entry
For which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy at the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Ingenue/Woman in a Drama Series for All My Children
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-09-14.
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