Melissa Leo
Melissa Chessington Leo (lahir 4 September 1960) adalah aktris berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Setelah muncul dalam beberapa acara televisi pada dasawarsa 1980-an, dia membikin kejutan kepada publik pada tahun 1993 dengan berperan sebagai Det. Sgt. Kay Howard dalam serial televisi Homicide: Life on the Street untuk lima musim pertama antara tahun 1993 sampai dengan 199). Sebelumnya, secara rutin, dia muncul dalam All My Children dan The Young Riders.
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| Lahir | Melissa Chessington Leo 14 September 1960 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Pekerjaan | Actress |
| Tahun aktif | 1984–present |
| Anak | 1 |
| Kerabat | Christine Leo Roussel (paternal aunt) |
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Leo received menerima kritikan atas penampilannya sebagai Ray Eddy dalam film Frozen River (2008), menerima sejumlah nominasi dan penghargaan, termasuk dari Academy Award untuk kategori Aktris Terbaik. Pada tahun 2010, Leo memenangi beberapa penghargaan untuk penampilannya sebagai Alice Eklund-Ward dalam film The Fighter, termasuk dari Golden Globe, SAG, dan Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Tahun 1985 dia masuk nominasi dalam Daytime Emmy Award atas pernampilannya dalam All My Children. Tahun 2013 dia memenangi penghargaan Emmy Award sebagai bintang tamu dalam serial televisi Louie. Sampai 2015, dia masih membintangi dalam serial Wayward Pines sebagai Nurse Pam.
Latar belakang
Leo lahir di Manhattan, New York City, dan menghabiskan sebagian hidupnya di Lower East Side.[1] Dia adalah kakak dari Margaret (née Chessington), seorang guru yang lahir di California, dan Arnold Leo III, seorang editor di penerbitan Grove Press, penyuka mancing, dan mantan pembicara untuk East Hampton Baymen's Association. Dia memiliki seorang kakak laki-laki, Erik Leo. Orang tua mereka telah bercerai, dan ibunya pindah ke Red Clover Commune, di Putney, Vermont. Kakek-nenek dari ibu mereka adalah Frances (née Stone; 1917-2008) dan James Chessington, seorang perwira menengah berpangkat kolonel di Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat.[2] Kakek-nenek dari ibu mereka adalah Elinore (née Wellington; 1914-2008) dan Arnold Leo II.[3] Her uncle was journalist Roger Leo (1947-2011),[4] and her aunt is art historian Christine Leo Roussel.[5]
Leo mengawali kariernya sejak masih muda saat bergabung di Bread and Puppet Theater. Dia menempuh pendidikan di Bellow Falls High School di Vermont, dan belajar seni peran di Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts di London, dan SUNY Purchase, tapi tidak sampai lulus karena pindah ke New York City untuk mengikuti audisi dan memasuki dunia seni peran.[6][7][8][9][10] Leo spent summers at her father's house in Springs, a section of East Hampton, N.Y.[1][11]
Karier
Tahun 1984 merupakan debut Leo dalam seni peran, di mana dia dinominasikan Daytime Emmy dalam Daytime Emmy Awards/12th Daytime Emmy Awards untuk Outstanding Ingenue/Woman dalam serial drama All My Children. Setelah itu, Leo muncul dalam beberapa film , antara lain menjadi pemeran utama sebagai Cookie dalam "Streetwalkin," A Time of Destiny, Last Summer in the Hamptons, dan Venice/Venice. Dia juga tampil dalam beberapa acara televisi, dan yang paling menonjol adalah peran sebagai Det. Sgt. Kay Howard dalam Homicide: Life on the Street sampai tahun 1997. Tiga tahun kemudian, dia dipercaya kembali bermain dalam film televisi Homicide: The Movie. Berhenti sejenak dari dunia seni peran, Leo kembali muncul tiga tahun kemudian melalui film Alejandro González Iñárritu, 21 Grams. Kemudian, Leo tampil sebagai pemeran pendukung bersama Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro dan Clea DuVall. Leo menerima penghargaan untuk kategori "Best Ensemble Acting" dari Phoenix Film Critics Society tahun 2003 dan peringkat ke-dua dalam Los Angeles Film Critics Association untuk kategori Aktris Pendukung Terbaik.
Leo tampil sebagai pemeran pendukung sejak dasawarsa 2000-an dalam film Hide and Seek, film independen American Gun, keduanya tahun, dan peran utama dalam film komedi Mr. Woodcock. Tahun 2006, dia memenangi penghargaan Bronze Wrangler dalam Western Heritage Awards untuk kategori Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture melalui film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada berbagi dengan Tommy Lee Jones yang juga berperan sebagai produser film tersebut. Tahun 2008, dia memenangi Maverick Actor Award dan juga Aktris Terbaik Best Actress pada Method Fest melalui filmnya, Lullaby (2008). Tahun yang sama, Leo menerima pujian atas penampilannya dalam Frozen River, memenangi beberapa penghargaan termasuk Aktris Terbaik dari Independent Spirit Awards, Spotlight award dari National Board of Review dan nominasi Aktris Tebarik dari Screen Actors Guild Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association, dan Academy Awards.[12]
Setelah Frozen River, Leo tampil di beberapa film independen dan menerima peran-peran kecil dalam Righteous Kill with Al Pacino, Hide and Seek. Leo tampil dalam serial film pada tahun 2009 yaitu According to Greta, Stephanie's Image, True Adolescents dan Veronika Decides to Die.Pada tahun 2010, Leo menerima peran utama dalam film David O. Russell berjudul The Fighter.[13]
Filmografi
Film
| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Always | Peggy | |
| 1985 | Streetwalkin' | Cookie | |
| 1986 | Deadtime Stories | Judith "MaMa" Baer | |
| 1988 | A Time of Destiny | Josie Larraneta | |
| 1992 | Immaculate Conception[14] | Hannah | |
| 1992 | Venice/Venice | Peggy | |
| 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo | Beatrice Grey | |
| 1994 | Garden | Elizabeth | |
| 1995 | Last Summer in the Hamptons | Trish | |
| 1997 | Under the Bridge | Kathy | |
| 1999 | The 24 Hour Woman | Dr. Suzanne Pincus | |
| 1999 | Code of Ethics | Jo DeAngelo | |
| 2000 | Fear of Fiction | Sigrid Anderssen | |
| 2003 | 21 Grams | Marianne Jordan | |
| 2004 | First Breath | Detective Waxman | |
| 2004 | From Other Worlds | Miriam | |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Laura | |
| 2005 | Runaway | Lisa Adler | |
| 2005 | No Shoulder | Ruth | |
| 2005 | Patch | Maelynn | |
| 2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Rachel | |
| 2005 | American Gun | Louise | |
| 2005 | Confess | Agnes Lessor | |
| 2006 | Stephanie Daley | Miri | |
| 2006 | The Limbo Room | KC Collins | |
| 2006 | Hollywood Dreams | Aunt Bee | |
| 2006 | The House is Burning | Mrs. Miller | |
| 2006 | Falling Objects | Helga | |
| 2007 | Bomb | Sharon | |
| 2007 | Midnight Son | Rita | |
| 2007 | Black Irish | Margaret McKay | |
| 2007 | The Cake Eaters | Ceci | |
| 2007 | Racing Daylight | Sadie Stokes/Anna Stokes | |
| 2007 | I Believe in America | Soto | |
| 2007 | Mr. Woodcock | Sally Jansen | |
| 2007 | One Night | Wendy | |
| 2008 | Frozen River | Ray Eddy | |
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Kathy Walsh | |
| 2008 | Lullaby | Stephanie | |
| 2008 | Night of the Living Jews[15] | Jewish Mother zombie | Low budget film |
| 2008 | Santa Mesa | Maggie | |
| 2008 | Ball Don't Lie | Georgia | |
| 2008 | This is a Story About Ted and Alice | Alice | |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Cheryl Brooks | |
| 2008 | Predisposed | Penny | |
| 2009 | According to Greta | Karen | |
| 2009 | Stephanie's Image | Stephanie | |
| 2009 | True Adolescents | Sharon | |
| 2009 | Veronika Decides to Die | Mari | |
| 2009 | Dear Lemon Lima | Mrs. Howard | |
| 2009 | Don McKay | Marie | |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Colleen | |
| 2010 | Welcome to the Rileys | Mrs. Lois Riley | |
| 2010 | The Dry Land | Martha | |
| 2010 | The Space Between | Montine | |
| 2010 | The Fighter | Alice Eklund-Ward | |
| 2010 | Conviction | Nancy Taylor | |
| 2011 | Red State | Sarah Cooper | |
| 2011 | The Sea Is All I Know | Sara | |
| 2012 | Flight | Ellen Block | |
| 2012 | Why Stop Now | Penny Bloom | |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Ruth McMillan | |
| 2012 | Francine | Francine | |
| 2013 | Oblivion | Sally | |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Mamie Eisenhower | Scenes deleted |
| 2013 | Prisoners | Holly Jones | |
| 2013 | Charlie Countryman | Kate Countryman | |
| 2014 | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | Bette Altmann | |
| 2014 | The Equalizer | Susan Plummer | |
| 2015 | The Big Short | Georgia Hale | |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | Ruth McMillan | |
| 2016 | Burn Country | Gloria | |
| 2016 | Snowden | Laura Poitras | |
| 2017 | Most Hated Woman in America | Madalyn Murray O'Hair | Filming |
Televisi
| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–1988 | All My Children | Linda Warner | Contract cast member (1984–1985) |
| 1985 | Silent Witness | Patti Mullen | TV movie |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Irina Dzershinsky | 1 episode, "The Defector" |
| 1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Mary Hamilton | 1 episode, "Mary Hamilton" |
| 1988 | Miami Vice | Kathleen Gilfords | 1 episode, "Bad Timing" |
| 1989 | Gideon Oliver | Rebecca Hecht | 1 episode, "Kennonite" |
| 1989–1990 | The Young Riders | Emma Shannon | Main cast member season 1: 24 episodes |
| 1989 | Nasty Boys | Katie Morrisey | TV |
| 1990 | The Bride in Black | Mary Margaret | TV |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Cassie | TV |
| 1993, 2002, 2008 | Law & Order | Alice Sutton / Sherri Quinn / Donna Cheponis | 3 episodes, "Sweeps", "Who Let the Dogs Out?", and "Personae Non Grata" |
| 1993–1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Det. Sgt. Kay Howard | Television series, main cast member seasons 1–5: 77 episodes |
| 1994 | Scarlett | Suellen O'Hara Benteen | TV mini-series |
| 1995 | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Carol Manning | TV |
| 1998 | Legacy | Emma Bradford | 2 episodes, "Emma" and "The Search Party" |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie | Det. Sgt. Kay Howard | TV |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Julia Smith | 1 episode, "Meet John Smith" |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sybil Perez | 1 episode, "Harvest" |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Maureen Curtis | 1 episode, "The Good Child" |
| 2005 | The L Word | Winnie Mann | 3 episodes, "Luminous", "Loyal", and "Lacuna" |
| 2006 | Shark | Elizabeth Rourke | 1 episode, "Pilot" |
| 2007 | Criminal Minds | Georgia Davis | 1 episode, "No Way Out" |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Tayna Raymes '94–'07 | 1 episode, "Thrill Kill", 2007 |
| 2010–2013 | Treme | Toni Bernette | Main cast member: season 1–4 |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce | Lucy Gessler | TV mini-series |
| 2012 | Louie | Laurie | 1 episode, "Telling Jokes/Set Up" |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Robin | A Lifetime Original Movie |
| 2014–2016 | BoJack Horseman | Diane's Mother (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Wayward Pines | Nurse Pam Pilcher | 11 episodes[16] |
| 2016 | Broad City | Lori | Episode: "Co-Op" |
| 2016 | All the Way | Lady Bird Johnson | TV movie |
Penghargaan dan nominasi
Referensi
- ^ a b "Veteran Actors, First Time Nominees". Online.wsj.com. 2009-02-19. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-18.
- ^ Frances Chessington Obituary retrieved 3/7/2015
- ^ Elinore Leo obituary retrieved 3/7/2015
- ^ Roger Leo retrieved 3/7/2015
- ^ Roussel art website retrieved 3/7/2015
- ^ Melissa Leo interview retrieved 3/8/2015
- ^ "Actress up for Oscar has longtime ties to Hamptons". Newsday.com. 2009-02-21. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-18.
- ^ "Melissa Leo Biography (1960–)". Filmreference.com. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-18.
- ^ Mother's California birth stated on the 68th Golden Globe Awards, January 16, 2011
- ^ Ingrassia, Michele (January 25, 1990). "The Unlikely Bayman Arnold Leo forsook Manhattan years ago for the East End. Today, he's the single most powerful voice for that endangered species, the Long Island fisherman". Newsday.
- ^ "Burlington Free Press – Vermonter Nominated". Burlington Free Press. January 23, 2009.
- ^ Roger Ebert (2011-04-23). "Elevating the Oscar winners, Part #3: Best Leading Actress". Chicago Sun-Times. Diakses tanggal 2011-04-23.
- ^ Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 (2010-12-18). "Cast puts punch in scrappy 'Fighter'". CharlotteObserver.com. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-18.
- ^ Movie at IMDb
- ^ Night of the Living Jews – Credits on official website.
- ^ Wayward Pines Starring the likes of Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, Juliette Lewis, Toby Jones and Shannyn Sossamon,
Pranala luar
- Melissa Leo di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) Melissa Leo di Internet Off-Broadway Database