Melissa Leo (born 14 September1960 in New York, New York) is an American actress best known for playing the tough-minded shift-Sgt. Kay Howard on the award-winning TV series Homicide: Life on the Street from 1993–1997. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²) - Width {{{WidthUS}}} miles (455 km) - Length 330 miles (530 km) - % water 13. ... Homicide: Life on the Street is an American television drama series chronicling the life of a fictional Baltimore police homicide unit. ...
She has also been a regular on All My Children and The Young Riders. Feature films she has appeared in include A Time of Destiny, Last Summer in the Hamptons, 21 Grams, and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. All My Children is an American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ... The Young Riders is a dramatic western that aired from 1989-1992 and featured a fictionalized accounting of a group of young Pony Express riders. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... 21 Grams is a 2003 drama written by Guillermo Arriaga and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. ... The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a 2005 drama film directed by Tommy Lee Jones (debut) and written by Guillermo Arriaga. ...
Leo has a son with actor and former boyfriend John Heard. John Heard John Heard (born March 7, 1945 in Washington, DC, USA) is an American actor. ...
Awards
2006 - Won Western Heritage Award Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture (shared award) (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
1985 - Nominated Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Ingenue/Young Actress in a Drama Series (All My Children)
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) was founded in 1975. ... The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ...
Leo was born in New York City in 1960 and graduated from SUNY Purchase before entering television.
According to Miss Leo, an episode dealt with her character, Emma, and a stolen pocket watch that had been her father's and was the only thing from her former life that Emma had taken west with her.
Melissa: I think the funny thing about acting for me -- and I hold it in a very holy, spiritual way -- not to be overly fundamentalist about it, but it's that important to me -- is that it is an ancient healing art.
As an actress drawn to emotionally complex roles, I was curious to see how Melissa prepared for her performance in 21 Grams and how difficult it was to play a character so conflicted and yet so resilient.
In 21 Grams, Leo plays a devoted wife/mother who is continually challenged and tested by her born again husband played by Benicio del Toro (recently nominated for an Oscar for his performance).
There is a raw vulnerability to Leos portrayal of her subject that makes you think quite possibly shes really relating to her subject all too well-in a way that seems to indicate that perhaps she too is experiencing the pain.
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