Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960 in Manhattan, New York) is an American actress.
She is best known for her roles as Detective Sergeant Katherine "Kay" Howard in Homicide: Life on the Street, Ray Eddy in Frozen River and Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter.
In addition to the critical acclaim her roles have brought her, she has also been awarded with a Primetime Emmy Award for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (for Louie), a Screen Actors Guild award, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (all for The Fighter).
Selected Filmography:
- All My Children
- Miami Vice
- Law & Order
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- 21 Grams
- Veronica Mars
- CSI
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- The L Word
- Cold Case
- Frozen River
- Righteous Kill
- Treme
- The Fighter
- Louie
- Flight
- BoJack Horseman
- Snowden
- I’m Dying Up Here
- Thunder Force
