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Net Worth$7 million
Date Of BirthSeptember 14, 1960
FactMember 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 NameMelissa Leo
Net Worth$7 million
Date Of BirthSeptember 14, 1960
Height5ft 4in
ProfessionFilm producer, Voice Actor
EducationState University of New York at Purchase
NationalityAmerican

Family

ChildrenJohn Matthew Heard, Adam Leo
ParentsArnold Leo, Peggy Chessington Leo
SiblingsErik Leo

Accomplishments

AwardsAcademy 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...
NominationsAcademy 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...
MoviesThe 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 ShowsTreme, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Young Riders, Wayward Pines

Social profile links

Quotes

#Quote
1My 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.
2Through 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.
3Well, 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.
4You 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.
5I 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.
6I 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.
7I 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.
8I 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.
9I 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.
10The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.
11There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.
12To 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.
13Ever 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.
14I 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.
15People often expect me to be something other than what I am.
16Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support.
17That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.
18The climate informs the character.
19The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.
20I think this notion of acting and glamor is getting in everybody's way.
21I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there.
22I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director.
23I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor.
24My mom was a '70s mom. She paved a road that no one had yet walked.
25An 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.
26Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.
27I 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.
28An actor's life is fairly lonely.
29Being 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
1Is 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.
2She 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).
3Gave 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.
4Member of the jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2014.
5She has German, English, and distant Scottish, ancestry. Her surname is German and originates with a German immigrant, Gustave Leo.
6Was 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.
7Ulster County, New York [July 2008]
8Despite 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.
9She is a natural redhead.
10According 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.
11Has worked with Kristen Stewart twice. Once in The Cake Eaters (2007) and again in Welcome to the Rileys (2010).
12Has an adopted son, Adam Davenport (b. 1984).
13Won the 2008 Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance by an Actress for her work in Frozen River (2008).
14Was the runner-up for the 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 21 Grams (2003).
15Mother 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.
16Melissa studied at State University of New York, Purchase but did not graduate.
17Beat Julia Roberts for the role of Linda Warner on the soap opera All My Children (1970).
18In March 1997, ex-boyfriend John Heard was charged with harassing Melissa via telephone misuse and trespassing.
19Attended 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

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Novitiate2017completedReverend Mother
I'm Dying Up Here2017TV Series filmingGoldie Herschlag / Goldie
The Most Hated Woman in America2017post-productionMadalyn Murray O'Hair
The Ashram2016post-productionChandra
Unlovable2016post-productionMaddie
Furloughpre-productionJane
BoJack Horseman2014-2016TV SeriesDiane's Mother
Snowden2016Laura Poitras
Wayward Pines2015-2016TV SeriesNurse Pam
All the Way2016TV MovieLady Bird Johnson
Burn Country2016Gloria
London Has Fallen2016Defence Secretary Ruth Macmillan
Broad City2016TV SeriesLori
Damnation: The Flashback2015ShortNoda Marra
The Big Short2015Georgia Hale
The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece2015ShortPapillon
Mother's Day2015/IIShortMary
Dwegons and Leprechauns2014Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald (voice)
The Equalizer2014Susan Plummer
The Ever After2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn2014Bette Altmann
Treme2010-2013TV SeriesToni Bernette
Prisoners2013Holly Jones
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film2013TV MovieRobin
Bottled Up2013/IIIFay
Oblivion2013/ISally
Olympus Has Fallen2013Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Charlie Countryman2013Kate
Flight2012/IEllen Block
Persephone2012ShortDemeter
Louie2012TV SeriesLaurie
Francine2012Francine
Why Stop Now?2012Penny Bloom
Lost Revolution2011Soto
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best2011Sarah
Seven Days in Utopia2011Lily
The Sea Is All I Know2011ShortSara
Mildred Pierce2011TV Mini-SeriesLucy Gessler
Red State2011Sara
The Fighter2010/IAlice Ward
Queen of the Lot2010Aunt Bee
Conviction2010/IINancy Taylor
The Space Between2010/IMontine
The Dry Land2010Martha
Welcome to the Rileys2010Lois Riley
The Farm2009TV MovieCO Helen Miller
According to Greta2009Karen
Everybody's Fine2009Colleen
Dear Lemon Lima2009Mrs. Howard
Veronika Decides to Die2009Mari
Don McKay2009Marie (as Melissa Chessington Leo)
True Adolescents2009Sharon Mitchell
Stephanie's Image2009Stephanie
The Alphabet Killer2008Kathy Walsh
Predisposed2008ShortPenny
Righteous Kill2008Cheryl Brooks
Law & Order1993-2008TV SeriesDonna Cheponis / Sherri Quinn / Alice Sutton
This Is a Story About Ted and Alice2008ShortAlice
Ball Don't Lie2008Georgia
Santa Mesa2008Maggie
Lullaby2008/IStephanie Armstrong
Frozen River2008Ray Eddy
One Night2007Wendy
Cold Case2007TV SeriesTayna Raymes '94-'07
Mr. Woodcock2007Sally Jansen
I Believe in America2007Soto
Racing Daylight2007Sadie / Anna
The Cake Eaters2007Ceci Kimbrough
Dear Lemon Lima2007ShortMrs. Howard
Black Irish2007Margaret McKay
Midnight Son2007ShortRita
Bomb2007/IShortSharon
Criminal Minds2007TV SeriesGeorgia Davis
Shark2006TV SeriesElizabeth Rourke
Falling Objects2006ShortHelga
The House Is Burning2006Mrs. Miller
Hollywood Dreams2006Aunt Bee
The Limbo Room2006KC Collins
Stephanie Daley2006Miri Daley
Confess2005Agnes Lessor
American Gun2005Louise
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2005Rachel
The L Word2005TV SeriesWinnie Mann
Patch2005ShortMaelynn
No Shoulder2005ShortRuth
Runaway2005Lisa Adler
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2005TV SeriesMaureen Curtis
Hide and Seek2005Laura
From Other Worlds2004Miriam
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2004TV SeriesSybil Perez
Veronica Mars2004TV SeriesJulia Smith
First Breath2004ShortDetective Waxman
21 Grams2003Marianne Jordan
Fear of Fiction2000Sigrid Anderssen
Homicide: The Movie2000TV MovieSgt. Kay Howard
Code of Ethics1999Jo DeAngelo
The 24 Hour Woman1999Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Legacy1998TV SeriesEmma Bradford
Under the Bridge1997Kathy
Homicide: Life on the Street1993-1997TV SeriesKay Howard / Carrie Howard (as Margaret May)
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice1995TV MovieCarol Manning
Last Summer in the Hamptons1995Trish Axelrod
Garden1994ShortElizabeth
Scarlett1994TV Mini-SeriesSuellen O'Hara Benteen
The Ballad of Little Jo1993Beatrice Grey
Venice/Venice1992Peggy
Immaculate Conception1992Hannah
Carolina Skeletons1991TV MovieCassie (as Melissa Chessington Leo)
The Bride in Black1990TV MovieMary Margaret
Against the Law1990TV SeriesJill
The Young Riders1989-1990TV SeriesEmma Shannon
Nasty Boys1989-1990TV SeriesKatie Morrissey
Nasty Boys1989TV MovieKatie Morrissey
Gideon Oliver1989TV SeriesRebecca Hecht
Miami Vice1988TV SeriesKathleen Gilfords
All My Children1984-1988TV SeriesLinda Warner
A Time of Destiny1988Josie Larraneta
Spenser: For Hire1987TV SeriesMary Hamilton
Deadtime Stories1986Judith 'MaMa' Baer
Silent Witness1985TV MoviePatti Mullen
The Equalizer1985TV SeriesIrina Dzershinsky
Streetwalkin'1985Cookie
Always1985Peggy
I'm Only There...1984ShortMaggie

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Furloughexecutive producer pre-production
The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece2015Short producer
Mother's Day2015/IIShort producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Made in Hollywood2010-2016TV SeriesHerself
Reel Junkie2016TV SeriesHerself
Advice2016TV Series shortHerself
The Insider2016TV SeriesHerself
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2016TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture (credit only)
After the Spill2015Documentary voice
She's The Best Thing In It2015DocumentaryHerself
Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero2014Video shortHerself
Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua2014Video shortHerself
Inside 'The Equalizer'2014Video shortHerself
Good Morning America2014TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman: The Making of 'The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman'2014Video shortHerself
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards2013TV SpecialHerself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series & Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards2013TV SpecialHerself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
The Arsenio Hall Show2013TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013DocumentaryNarrator
The Only Real Game2013DocumentaryNarrator (voice)
18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards2013TV SpecialHerself
The Talk2012TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 84th Annual Academy Awards2012TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards2011TV SpecialHerself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
The Wendy Williams Show2011TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Behind the Scenes with Melissa Leo2011TV Mini-SeriesHerself
The Oprah Winfrey Show2011TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards2011TV SpecialHerself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards2011TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
Tavis Smiley2011TV SeriesHerself - Guest
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2011TV SpecialHerself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show2011TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2011TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards2011TV SpecialHerself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards2011TV Movie documentaryHerself
Cut, Good: The Making of 'Runaway'2009Video documentary shortHerself
49o Festival Thessalonikis - 19 kinimatografistes2009TV Movie documentaryHerself
SAG Foundation Conversations2009TV SeriesHerself
Días de cine2009TV SeriesHerself
The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards2009TV SpecialHerself
The 81st Annual Academy Awards2009TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Rachael Ray2009TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Storymakers2009TV SeriesHerself
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2009TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture
14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Red Carpet Premiere2009TV SpecialHerself
The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards2009TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
Shorts Spotlight2009TV Series documentaryHerself
Ceremonia de clausura - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián2008TV MovieHerself - Winner: Best Actress
Cinema 32008TV SeriesHerself
Secret's Out2008TV SeriesHerself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan2008TV SeriesHerself - Guest
California Entertainment Weekly2005TV SeriesHerself
Charlie Rose2003TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1997DocumentaryHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'1998TV Movie documentarySgt. Kay Howard

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016IIFC AwardIdyllwild International Festival of CinemaBest Actress - ShortMother's Day (2015)
2016Ensemble Cast AwardPalm Springs International Film FestivalThe Big Short (2015)
2016WRIFF AwardWild Rose Independent Film FestivalBest Actress - Short FilmMother's Day (2015)
2016Distinctive Achievement AwardWild Rose Independent Film FestivalBest Short FilmMother's Day (2015)
2013Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy SeriesLouie (2010)
2013NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest EnsemblePrisoners (2013)
2012Slate AwardCalifornia Independent Film FestivalBest ActressThe Sea Is All I Know (2011)
2011Critics Choice AwardBroadcast Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011COFCA AwardCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest EnsembleThe Fighter (2010)
2011Gold Derby AwardGold Derby AwardsSupporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011IFC AwardIowa Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011Ischia Legend AwardIschia Global Film & Music Festival
2011OFTA Film AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011Grand PrizeRhode Island International Film FestivalBest ActressThe Sea Is All I Know (2011)
2011ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Fighter (2010)
2011OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Fighter (2010)
2011Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureThe Fighter (2010)
2010Festival PrizeBoston Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressConviction (2010)
2010BSFC AwardBoston Society of Film Critics AwardsBest Ensemble CastThe Fighter (2010)
2010Capri Actress AwardCapri, HollywoodThe Fighter (2010)
2010DFWFCA AwardDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010DFCS AwardDenver Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010FFCC AwardFlorida Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010Best Ensemble CastMethod FestDear Lemon Lima (2009)
2010NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010NYFCO AwardNew York Film Critics, OnlineBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010NTFCA AwardNorth Texas Film Critics Association, USBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010PFCS AwardPhoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Fighter (2010)
2010SLFCA AwardSt. Louis Film Critics Association, USBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010WAFCA AwardWashington DC Area Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010Mommie Dearest Worst Screen Mom of the Year AwardWomen Film Critics Circle AwardsThe Fighter (2010)
2009COFCA AwardCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2009COFCA AwardCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBreakthrough Film ArtistFrozen River (2008)
2009Independent Spirit AwardIndependent Spirit AwardsBest Female LeadFrozen River (2008)
2009Virtuoso AwardSanta Barbara International Film FestivalFrozen River (2008)
2008EDA Female Focus AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsHanging in There Award for PersistenceFrozen River (2008)
2008FFCC AwardFlorida Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008Gotham Independent Film AwardGotham AwardsBreakthrough ActorFrozen River (2008)
2008Best ActressMarrakech International Film FestivalFrozen River (2008)
2008Best ActressMethod FestLullaby (2008)
2008Maverick Actor AwardMethod Fest
2008Spotlight AwardNational Board of Review, USAFrozen River (2008)
2008Silver SeashellSan Sebastián International Film FestivalBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008UFCA AwardUtah Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008WFCC AwardWomen Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2004PFCS AwardPhoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Ensemble Acting21 Grams (2003)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a MovieAll the Way (2016)
2016Saturn AwardAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USABest Supporting Actress on TelevisionWayward Pines (2015)
2016Critics' Choice TV AwardCritics Choice Television AwardsBest Supporting Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited SeriesAll the Way (2016)
2016Gold Derby AwardGold Derby AwardsEnsemble CastThe Big Short (2015)
2016Indie Spirit AwardIdyllwild International Festival of CinemaIndie Spirit AwardMother's Day (2015)
2016The Mary Austin AwardIdyllwild International Festival of CinemaExcellence in ProducingMother's Day (2015)
2016OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Limited SeriesAll the Way (2016)
2016ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe Big Short (2015)
2016Festival AwardWorld Music and Independent Film FestivalBest Actress International ShortMother's Day (2015)
2014Saturn AwardAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USABest Supporting ActressPrisoners (2013)
2014CinEuphoriaCinEuphoria AwardsBest Supporting Actress - International CompetitionPrisoners (2013)
2013Critics' Choice TV AwardCritics Choice Television AwardsBest Guest Performer in a Comedy SeriesLouie (2010)
2013Gold Derby TV AwardGold Derby AwardsComedy Guest ActressLouie (2010)
2013Satellite AwardSatellite AwardsBest Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for TelevisionCall Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
2012ACCA TVAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Actress in a TV Movie or MiniseriesThe Space Between (2010)
2012Chlotrudis AwardChlotrudis AwardsBest Supporting ActressRed State (2011)
2012IOFCP AwardInternational Online Film Critics' PollBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2012OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Actress in a Motion Picture or MiniseriesThe Space Between (2010)
2011Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or MovieMildred Pierce (2011)
2011Movies for Grownups AwardAARP Movies for Grownups AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011EDA AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011EDA Female Focus AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsPerseverance Award
2011EDA Female Focus AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsActress Defying Age and AgeismThe Fighter (2010)
2011COFCA AwardCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011Fright Meter AwardFright Meter AwardsBest Supporting ActressRed State (2011)
2011Gold Derby TV AwardGold Derby AwardsTV Movie/Mini Supporting ActressMildred Pierce (2011)
2011Gold Derby AwardGold Derby AwardsEnsemble CastThe Fighter (2010)
2011IOMAItalian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista)The Fighter (2010)
2011OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or MiniseriesMildred Pierce (2011)
2011OFCS AwardOnline Film Critics Society AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe Fighter (2010)
2011TFCA AwardToronto Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2011VFCC AwardVancouver Film Critics CircleBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Fighter (2010)
2010CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010Golden SchmoesGolden Schmoes AwardsBest Supporting Actress of the YearThe Fighter (2010)
2010HFCS AwardHouston Film Critics Society AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010ICP AwardIndiewire Critics' PollBest Supporting PerformanceThe Fighter (2010)
2010IOMAItalian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista)Frozen River (2008)
2010Sierra AwardLas Vegas Film Critics Society AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010SDFCS AwardSan Diego Film Critics Society AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010SDFCS AwardSan Diego Film Critics Society AwardsBest Ensemble PerformanceThe Fighter (2010)
2010VVFP AwardVillage Voice Film PollBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010WAFCA AwardWashington DC Area Film Critics Association AwardsBest Acting EnsembleThe Fighter (2010)
2009Critics Choice AwardBroadcast Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2009ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleFrozen River (2008)
2009OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleFrozen River (2008)
2008EDA Special Mention AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsBravest Performance AwardFrozen River (2008)
2008EDA Female Focus AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsBest Breakthrough PerformanceFrozen River (2008)
2008CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008DFCS AwardDetroit Film Critic Society, USBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008HFCS AwardHouston Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008ICP AwardIndiewire Critics' PollBest Lead PerformanceFrozen River (2008)
2008Satellite AwardSatellite AwardsBest Actress in a Motion Picture, DramaFrozen River (2008)
2007Festival AwardHoboken International Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressThe House Is Burning (2006)
2003ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Cast Ensemble21 Grams (2003)
2003VVFP AwardVillage Voice Film PollBest Supporting Performance21 Grams (2003)
1985Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Ingenue/Woman in a Drama SeriesAll My Children (1970)

2nd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016Audience Choice AwardAlbuquerque Film & Media ExperienceBest Short FilmMother's Day (2015)
2015ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Cast EnsembleThe Big Short (2015)
2010BSFC AwardBoston Society of Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010IFJA AwardIndiana Film Journalists Association, USBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010SEFCA AwardSoutheastern Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2010UFCA AwardUtah Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)
2009NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008LAFCA AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2008NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActressFrozen River (2008)
2004LAFCA AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting Actress21 Grams (2003)

3rd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2011NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest Supporting ActressThe Fighter (2010)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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