Known for movies
Short Info
Net Worth | $7 million |
Date Of Birth | September 14, 1960 |
Fact | Member of the jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2014. |
Melissa Leo is an American actress. She is known for her roles in The Fighter, The Young Pope and Treme.
Leo was born in New York City, on September 14, 1960. Her parents are Julie and Arnold Leo. She has two sisters, Abby and Liz. Leo was raised in the Bronx. She attended the High School of Performing Arts and then the State University of New York at Purchase.
Leo’s career began on stage. She appeared in a number of Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. Her first film role was in the 1984 film Street Smart. She has since appeared in a number of films, including The Fighter, The Young Pope and Treme.
Leo has won a number of awards for her work, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Leo is divorced from actor John Heard. The couple have two sons, John and Daniel.
Leo is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 121 pounds.
General Info
Full Name | Melissa Leo |
Net Worth | $7 million |
Date Of Birth | September 14, 1960 |
Height | 5ft 4in |
Profession | Film producer, Voice Actor |
Education | State University of New York at Purchase |
Nationality | American |
Family
Children | John Matthew Heard, Adam Leo |
Parents | Arnold Leo, Peggy Chessington Leo |
Siblings | Erik Leo |
Accomplishments
Awards | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Critics' Choice Mo... |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Crit... |
Movies | The Fighter, Snowden, Frozen River, Prisoners, Olympus Has Fallen, The Big Short, Oblivion, The Equalizer, London Has Fallen, Welcome to the Rileys, All the Way, Red State, 21 Grams, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Why Stop Now, The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, The Angriest Man in... |
TV Shows | Treme, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Young Riders, Wayward Pines |
Social profile links
Quotes
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1 | My body has done for me all these years things I couldn't ever even dreamt to do for characters. It's a tool, molecularly speaking, and I need to take care of it. |
2 | Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that I am an actor. That is my profession. That is my job. That is how I make a living. So I am just out there making a living. |
3 | Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world. |
4 | You know, when I got started on television in the '80s, you would go to the costume department, and if you were a female they put you into a skirt. And you had a pocketbook, usually a shoulder bag. |
5 | I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing. |
6 | I haven't had a lot of experience with glamor. I've never had to mask myself, as many now not-so-young actresses have had to do. Female actors in that regard have a different lot in life than male actors. |
7 | I mean, the unfair treatment of women and black people and Indians and other groups, that's real. Mistreatment of other people because 'I'm better than you are' is such a sad part of the world. |
8 | 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. |
9 | I think there has only been one time in my entire career that I've ever gone back to shoot a scene. And it was a scene that, when we were shooting it, we knew that it wasn't working. We knew there was a disagreement between the actor and director. So, we went back. |
10 | The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is. |
11 | There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none. |
12 | To get the hippie out of certain characters is probably the most difficult thing for me. I was not a hippie by choice but by birth. |
13 | Ever since Marilyn Monroe was transformed from one of the prettiest girls you could ever hope to see into an icon, everyone has been trying to repeat that icon. And now the entire industry is filled with, and by and large run by, wannabes. |
14 | I do get a fair amount of scripts; I got 'Frozen River' kinda just that way. I have a hard time turning my back on anybody who says they have something for me. |
15 | People often expect me to be something other than what I am. |
16 | Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support. |
17 | That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it. |
18 | The climate informs the character. |
19 | The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking. |
20 | I think this notion of acting and glamor is getting in everybody's way. |
21 | I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there. |
22 | I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director. |
23 | I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor. |
24 | My mom was a '70s mom. She paved a road that no one had yet walked. |
25 | An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is a cigarette. There's so much to do with it: you can bring it up to your face, play with the smoke. It's just the greatest - ever since I was 16 and in acting school in England, I've been playing around with cigarettes. |
26 | Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn. |
27 | I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke. |
28 | An actor's life is fairly lonely. |
29 | Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess. |
30 | [on interpreting the title role in Francine (2012)] To play someone when the character masks their own emotions, doesn't understand their own emotions, has no release for their own emotions, and yet is full of emotion - that is a much harder character to play than someone who has somewhere to put it. |
31 | [Excerpt from her 2011 Academy Award acceptance speech] When I watched Kate Winslet two years ago, it looked so fucking easy - Oops! |
Facts
# | Fact |
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1 | Is one of 22 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of New York. The others are Alice Brady, Teresa Wright, Anne Revere, Celeste Holm, Claire Trevor, Judy Holliday, Shirley Booth, Susan Hayward, Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Lee Grant, Beatrice Straight, Whoopi Goldberg, Mercedes Ruehl, Marisa Tomei, Mira Sorvino, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Connelly and Anne Hathaway. |
2 | She won an Oscar for playing Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter (2010), making her one of 17 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2015). The other sixteen actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Jason Robards for playing Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)_, Jeremy Irons for playing Claus Von Bullow in Reversal of Fortune (1990), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001), Helen Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), Sandra Bullock for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009), Christian Bale for playing Dickie Eklund in The Fighter (2010), Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011) and Eddie Redmayne for playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014). |
3 | Gave birth to her 1st child at age 26, a son John Matthew Heard on June 17, 1987. Child's father is her [now ex] boyfriend, John Heard. |
4 | Member of the jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2014. |
5 | She has German, English, and distant Scottish, ancestry. Her surname is German and originates with a German immigrant, Gustave Leo. |
6 | Was the 137th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Fighter (2010) at The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011) on February 27, 2011. |
7 | Ulster County, New York [July 2008] |
8 | Despite appearing and being billed in early trailers for Lee Daniels's The Butler (2013) as Mamie Eisenhower, her part ultimately was cut from the film. |
9 | She is a natural redhead. |
10 | According to Rob Lowe's biography, "Stories I Only Tell My Friends", he screen-tested with Melissa, who was in serious contention for the part of "Debbie" in About Last Night... (1986). However, the part eventually went to Demi Moore. |
11 | Has worked with Kristen Stewart twice. Once in The Cake Eaters (2007) and again in Welcome to the Rileys (2010). |
12 | Has an adopted son, Adam Davenport (b. 1984). |
13 | Won the 2008 Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance by an Actress for her work in Frozen River (2008). |
14 | Was the runner-up for the 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 21 Grams (2003). |
15 | Mother is Peggy Chessington Leo, a Californian teacher, and father, Arnold Leo, is an editor at Grove Press, and a fisherman spokesman for the East Hampton Baymen's Association. |
16 | Melissa studied at State University of New York, Purchase but did not graduate. |
17 | Beat Julia Roberts for the role of Linda Warner on the soap opera All My Children (1970). |
18 | In March 1997, ex-boyfriend John Heard was charged with harassing Melissa via telephone misuse and trespassing. |
19 | Attended the State University of New York, Purchase (SUNY Purchase). Other alumni include actors Parker Posey, Wesley Snipes, Stanley Tucci, Sherry Stringfield, Adam Trese, Edie Falco, Seth Gilliam, Dwight Ewell, and Steven Weber; producers Bob Gosse and Todd Baker; and directors Danny Leiner, Nick Gomez, and Hal Hartley. |
Pictures
Movies
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Novitiate | 2017 | completed | Reverend Mother |
I'm Dying Up Here | 2017 | TV Series filming | Goldie Herschlag / Goldie |
The Most Hated Woman in America | 2017 | post-production | Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
The Ashram | 2016 | post-production | Chandra |
Unlovable | 2016 | post-production | Maddie |
Furlough | pre-production | Jane | |
BoJack Horseman | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Diane's Mother |
Snowden | 2016 | Laura Poitras | |
Wayward Pines | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Nurse Pam |
All the Way | 2016 | TV Movie | Lady Bird Johnson |
Burn Country | 2016 | Gloria | |
London Has Fallen | 2016 | Defence Secretary Ruth Macmillan | |
Broad City | 2016 | TV Series | Lori |
Damnation: The Flashback | 2015 | Short | Noda Marra |
The Big Short | 2015 | Georgia Hale | |
The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece | 2015 | Short | Papillon |
Mother's Day | 2015/II | Short | Mary |
Dwegons and Leprechauns | 2014 | Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald (voice) | |
The Equalizer | 2014 | Susan Plummer | |
The Ever After | 2014 | ||
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | 2014 | Bette Altmann | |
Treme | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Toni Bernette |
Prisoners | 2013 | Holly Jones | |
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | 2013 | TV Movie | Robin |
Bottled Up | 2013/III | Fay | |
Oblivion | 2013/I | Sally | |
Olympus Has Fallen | 2013 | Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan | |
Charlie Countryman | 2013 | Kate | |
Flight | 2012/I | Ellen Block | |
Persephone | 2012 | Short | Demeter |
Louie | 2012 | TV Series | Laurie |
Francine | 2012 | Francine | |
Why Stop Now? | 2012 | Penny Bloom | |
Lost Revolution | 2011 | Soto | |
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best | 2011 | Sarah | |
Seven Days in Utopia | 2011 | Lily | |
The Sea Is All I Know | 2011 | Short | Sara |
Mildred Pierce | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Lucy Gessler |
Red State | 2011 | Sara | |
The Fighter | 2010/I | Alice Ward | |
Queen of the Lot | 2010 | Aunt Bee | |
Conviction | 2010/II | Nancy Taylor | |
The Space Between | 2010/I | Montine | |
The Dry Land | 2010 | Martha | |
Welcome to the Rileys | 2010 | Lois Riley | |
The Farm | 2009 | TV Movie | CO Helen Miller |
According to Greta | 2009 | Karen | |
Everybody's Fine | 2009 | Colleen | |
Dear Lemon Lima | 2009 | Mrs. Howard | |
Veronika Decides to Die | 2009 | Mari | |
Don McKay | 2009 | Marie (as Melissa Chessington Leo) | |
True Adolescents | 2009 | Sharon Mitchell | |
Stephanie's Image | 2009 | Stephanie | |
The Alphabet Killer | 2008 | Kathy Walsh | |
Predisposed | 2008 | Short | Penny |
Righteous Kill | 2008 | Cheryl Brooks | |
Law & Order | 1993-2008 | TV Series | Donna Cheponis / Sherri Quinn / Alice Sutton |
This Is a Story About Ted and Alice | 2008 | Short | Alice |
Ball Don't Lie | 2008 | Georgia | |
Santa Mesa | 2008 | Maggie | |
Lullaby | 2008/I | Stephanie Armstrong | |
Frozen River | 2008 | Ray Eddy | |
One Night | 2007 | Wendy | |
Cold Case | 2007 | TV Series | Tayna Raymes '94-'07 |
Mr. Woodcock | 2007 | Sally Jansen | |
I Believe in America | 2007 | Soto | |
Racing Daylight | 2007 | Sadie / Anna | |
The Cake Eaters | 2007 | Ceci Kimbrough | |
Dear Lemon Lima | 2007 | Short | Mrs. Howard |
Black Irish | 2007 | Margaret McKay | |
Midnight Son | 2007 | Short | Rita |
Bomb | 2007/I | Short | Sharon |
Criminal Minds | 2007 | TV Series | Georgia Davis |
Shark | 2006 | TV Series | Elizabeth Rourke |
Falling Objects | 2006 | Short | Helga |
The House Is Burning | 2006 | Mrs. Miller | |
Hollywood Dreams | 2006 | Aunt Bee | |
The Limbo Room | 2006 | KC Collins | |
Stephanie Daley | 2006 | Miri Daley | |
Confess | 2005 | Agnes Lessor | |
American Gun | 2005 | Louise | |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | 2005 | Rachel | |
The L Word | 2005 | TV Series | Winnie Mann |
Patch | 2005 | Short | Maelynn |
No Shoulder | 2005 | Short | Ruth |
Runaway | 2005 | Lisa Adler | |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2005 | TV Series | Maureen Curtis |
Hide and Seek | 2005 | Laura | |
From Other Worlds | 2004 | Miriam | |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2004 | TV Series | Sybil Perez |
Veronica Mars | 2004 | TV Series | Julia Smith |
First Breath | 2004 | Short | Detective Waxman |
21 Grams | 2003 | Marianne Jordan | |
Fear of Fiction | 2000 | Sigrid Anderssen | |
Homicide: The Movie | 2000 | TV Movie | Sgt. Kay Howard |
Code of Ethics | 1999 | Jo DeAngelo | |
The 24 Hour Woman | 1999 | Dr. Suzanne Pincus | |
Legacy | 1998 | TV Series | Emma Bradford |
Under the Bridge | 1997 | Kathy | |
Homicide: Life on the Street | 1993-1997 | TV Series | Kay Howard / Carrie Howard (as Margaret May) |
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | 1995 | TV Movie | Carol Manning |
Last Summer in the Hamptons | 1995 | Trish Axelrod | |
Garden | 1994 | Short | Elizabeth |
Scarlett | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Suellen O'Hara Benteen |
The Ballad of Little Jo | 1993 | Beatrice Grey | |
Venice/Venice | 1992 | Peggy | |
Immaculate Conception | 1992 | Hannah | |
Carolina Skeletons | 1991 | TV Movie | Cassie (as Melissa Chessington Leo) |
The Bride in Black | 1990 | TV Movie | Mary Margaret |
Against the Law | 1990 | TV Series | Jill |
The Young Riders | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Emma Shannon |
Nasty Boys | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Katie Morrissey |
Nasty Boys | 1989 | TV Movie | Katie Morrissey |
Gideon Oliver | 1989 | TV Series | Rebecca Hecht |
Miami Vice | 1988 | TV Series | Kathleen Gilfords |
All My Children | 1984-1988 | TV Series | Linda Warner |
A Time of Destiny | 1988 | Josie Larraneta | |
Spenser: For Hire | 1987 | TV Series | Mary Hamilton |
Deadtime Stories | 1986 | Judith 'MaMa' Baer | |
Silent Witness | 1985 | TV Movie | Patti Mullen |
The Equalizer | 1985 | TV Series | Irina Dzershinsky |
Streetwalkin' | 1985 | Cookie | |
Always | 1985 | Peggy | |
I'm Only There... | 1984 | Short | Maggie |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Furlough | executive producer pre-production | ||
The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece | 2015 | Short producer | |
Mother's Day | 2015/II | Short producer |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Made in Hollywood | 2010-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Reel Junkie | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Advice | 2016 | TV Series short | Herself |
The Insider | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2016 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture (credit only) |
After the Spill | 2015 | Documentary voice | |
She's The Best Thing In It | 2015 | Documentary | Herself |
Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
Inside 'The Equalizer' | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
Good Morning America | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman: The Making of 'The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman' | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series & Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
The Arsenio Hall Show | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | 2013 | Documentary | Narrator |
The Only Real Game | 2013 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself |
The Talk | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 84th Annual Academy Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie |
The Wendy Williams Show | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Behind the Scenes with Melissa Leo | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Tavis Smiley | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself |
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Cut, Good: The Making of 'Runaway' | 2009 | Video documentary short | Herself |
49o Festival Thessalonikis - 19 kinimatografistes | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
SAG Foundation Conversations | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
Días de cine | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself |
The 81st Annual Academy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
Rachael Ray | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Storymakers | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture |
14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Red Carpet Premiere | 2009 | TV Special | Herself |
The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Shorts Spotlight | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Ceremonia de clausura - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Herself - Winner: Best Actress |
Cinema 3 | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Secret's Out | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2008 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
California Entertainment Weekly | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
Charlie Rose | 2003 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Who Is Henry Jaglom? | 1997 | Documentary | Herself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Sgt. Kay Howard |
Awards
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | IIFC Award | Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema | Best Actress - Short | Mother's Day (2015) |
2016 | Ensemble Cast Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival | The Big Short (2015) | |
2016 | WRIFF Award | Wild Rose Independent Film Festival | Best Actress - Short Film | Mother's Day (2015) |
2016 | Distinctive Achievement Award | Wild Rose Independent Film Festival | Best Short Film | Mother's Day (2015) |
2013 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Louie (2010) |
2013 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Ensemble | Prisoners (2013) |
2012 | Slate Award | California Independent Film Festival | Best Actress | The Sea Is All I Know (2011) |
2011 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | IFC Award | Iowa Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | Ischia Legend Award | Ischia Global Film & Music Festival | ||
2011 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | Grand Prize | Rhode Island International Film Festival | Best Actress | The Sea Is All I Know (2011) |
2011 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | Festival Prize | Boston Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Conviction (2010) |
2010 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | Capri Actress Award | Capri, Hollywood | The Fighter (2010) | |
2010 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | Best Ensemble Cast | Method Fest | Dear Lemon Lima (2009) | |
2010 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | NYFCO Award | New York Film Critics, Online | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | NTFCA Award | North Texas Film Critics Association, US | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | SLFCA Award | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | Mommie Dearest Worst Screen Mom of the Year Award | Women Film Critics Circle Awards | The Fighter (2010) | |
2009 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2009 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Film Artist | Frozen River (2008) |
2009 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Female Lead | Frozen River (2008) |
2009 | Virtuoso Award | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Frozen River (2008) | |
2008 | EDA Female Focus Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Hanging in There Award for Persistence | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | Best Actress | Marrakech International Film Festival | Frozen River (2008) | |
2008 | Best Actress | Method Fest | Lullaby (2008) | |
2008 | Maverick Actor Award | Method Fest | ||
2008 | Spotlight Award | National Board of Review, USA | Frozen River (2008) | |
2008 | Silver Seashell | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | WFCC Award | Women Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2004 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble Acting | 21 Grams (2003) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie | All the Way (2016) |
2016 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Wayward Pines (2015) |
2016 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series | All the Way (2016) |
2016 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | The Big Short (2015) |
2016 | Indie Spirit Award | Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema | Indie Spirit Award | Mother's Day (2015) |
2016 | The Mary Austin Award | Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema | Excellence in Producing | Mother's Day (2015) |
2016 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Limited Series | All the Way (2016) |
2016 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Big Short (2015) |
2016 | Festival Award | World Music and Independent Film Festival | Best Actress International Short | Mother's Day (2015) |
2014 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actress | Prisoners (2013) |
2014 | CinEuphoria | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Supporting Actress - International Competition | Prisoners (2013) |
2013 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | Louie (2010) |
2013 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Comedy Guest Actress | Louie (2010) |
2013 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013) |
2012 | ACCA TV | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries | The Space Between (2010) |
2012 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Red State (2011) |
2012 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2012 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | The Space Between (2010) |
2011 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Mildred Pierce (2011) |
2011 | Movies for Grownups Award | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | EDA Female Focus Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Perseverance Award | |
2011 | EDA Female Focus Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Actress Defying Age and Ageism | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | Fright Meter Award | Fright Meter Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Red State (2011) |
2011 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress | Mildred Pierce (2011) |
2011 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista) | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Mildred Pierce (2011) |
2011 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2011 | VFCC Award | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Supporting Actress of the Year | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | HFCS Award | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Supporting Performance | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista) | Frozen River (2008) |
2010 | Sierra Award | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble Performance | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | The Fighter (2010) |
2009 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2009 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Frozen River (2008) |
2009 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | EDA Special Mention Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Bravest Performance Award | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | EDA Female Focus Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Breakthrough Performance | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | HFCS Award | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Lead Performance | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama | Frozen River (2008) |
2007 | Festival Award | Hoboken International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | The House Is Burning (2006) |
2003 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | 21 Grams (2003) |
2003 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Supporting Performance | 21 Grams (2003) |
1985 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Ingenue/Woman in a Drama Series | All My Children (1970) |
2nd Place Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | Audience Choice Award | Albuquerque Film & Media Experience | Best Short Film | Mother's Day (2015) |
2015 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | The Big Short (2015) |
2010 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | IFJA Award | Indiana Film Journalists Association, US | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2010 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
2009 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2008 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Frozen River (2008) |
2004 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | 21 Grams (2003) |
3rd Place Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Supporting Actress | The Fighter (2010) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia