Leo received critical acclaim for her performance as Ray Eddy in the 2008 film Frozen River, earning several nominations and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2010, Leo won several awards for her performance as Alice Eklund-Ward in the film The Fighter, including the Golden Globe, SAG, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.\n', '

In 2013 she won the Emmy Award for her guest role on the television series Louie. She starred in the 2015 Fox event series Wayward Pines as Nurse Pam. She starred in the 2017 Netflix film The Most Hated Woman in America as American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O\'Hair.\n', '

Leo was born in Manhattan, New York City, and spent her early life on the Lower East Side. She is the daughter of Margaret (née Chessington), a California-born teacher, and Arnold Leo III, an editor at Grove Press, fisherman, and former spokesman for the East Hampton Baymen\'s Association. She has one brother, Erik Leo. Her aunt is art historian Christine Leo Roussel. Her parents divorced, and her mother moved them to Red Clover Commune, in Putney, Vermont.\n', '

Return to Melissa Leo Autograph Profile