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  • Leo: 'Oscars preparation feels like my wedding day' - 9 February 2009
    -Oscar-nominated actress Melissa Leo is taking her preparations for the forthcoming awards ceremony more seriously than her rivals - insisting she feels as if she's getting ready to walk down the aisle.- -The 48-year-old star received her first Academy Award nod for

Melissa Leo - what members say


  • Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 1 - Complete
  • Rated - 5 stars The Best TV Series ever !!!! 17 April 2005
    .... Standout Charecters include Kyle Seccour as sensative newcomer Tim Bayliss, Melissa Leo as Kay Howard and Yaphet Kotto as inspiring half black/half Italian shift comm...  
  • Frozen River
  • Frozen River review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
    Rated - 3 stars Frozen River 3 February 2009
    ...eally wish was better as a whole, because in it there is one outstanding thing. Melissa Leo has netted an Oscar nomination for her performance here, and it is entirely des...  

Melissa Leo - filmography


  • Frozen River on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Melissa Leo,  Misty Upham,  Michael O'Keefe
    Director: Courtney Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Frozen River is the story of Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,096 member
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  • Lullaby (2008)
    Starring: Melissa Leo,  Joey Dedio,  Lisa Marie Schneider
    Director: Darrell Roodt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stephanie (Melissa Leo) is a middle-aged woman living in Tennessee, where she waits tables to help her family make ends meet. Her son Steven (Renier Basson) has fallen in with a gang of ruthless drug dealers, and while she's still willing to do anything for her son, he often takes advantage of her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2 members
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  • Stephanie Daley on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tilda Swinton,  Amber Tamblyn,  Timothy Hutton
    Director: Hilary Brougher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When 16-year-old Stephanie Daley is accused of murdering her newborn, she claims she never knew she was pregnant and that the child was stillborn. A forensic psychologist, Lydie Crane, is hired to determine the truth behind Stephanie's continuing state of denial. Lydie is pregnant herself and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 147 members
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Melissa Leo facts

5 most recent films

Frozen River - 3.5 stars
Lullaby - 3.0 stars
Black Irish - 2.5 stars
Stephanie Daley - 3.0 stars
Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 6 - Complete - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 3 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 6 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 1 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Frozen River - 3.5 stars
Stephanie Daley - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Carolina Skeletons - 3.0 stars
Lullaby - 3.0 stars
Freaky Fairy Tales - 2.0 stars
Black Irish - 2.5 stars
Stephanie Daley - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Richard Belzer - 3 times - show films
Clark Johnson - 3 times - show films
Andre Braugher - 3 times - show films
Yaphet Kotto - 3 times - show films
Kyle Secor - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alan Taylor - 2 times - show films
John Erman - 1 times - show films
Hilary Brougher - 1 times - show films
Brad Gann - 1 times - show films
Nick Gomez - 1 times - show films