Melissa Leo

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Biography

A chameleon-like character actress who, by her own admission, enjoys burying herself totally into roles and not being a recognizable face Melissa Leo has…more

Born

9/14/1960, New York, New York

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  • Melissa Leo in Season Two of Treme.
  • India Ennenga and Melissa Leo in Season ...
  • Melissa Leo in HBO's miniseries Mildred ...
  • Melissa Leo accepts her Oscar on The 83r...
  • Melissa Leo arrives at the 83rd Annual A...
  • Melissa Leo arrives at the 2011 Film Ind...

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    • Mellisa played a dual role, as Kay Howard's sister Carrie, at Meldrick Lewis's wedding in "The Wedding" episode of Homicide. This was speculated on at great length and later confirmed by a fellow cast member.
    • One of the reasons Melissa left the ABC show The Young Riders was over a prop. 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. Josh Brolin's character recovers it for her. The next week she asked the producers if she could wear the pocket watch and was informed that it had already been sent back to the rental house, In her own words, "That was really painful and lost me the job eventually."
    • Miss Leo won the role of Linda Warner on the ABC soap All My Children for the 1984-'85 season, beating out, among other actresses, Julia Roberts.
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    • 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. What acting is is not pretend, like the little child Melissa thought. Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.
    • Melissa: (On her no-nonsense Homicide character Sgt. Kay Howard) There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.
    • Melissa: Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

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