Melissa Leo

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Melissa Leo (born 14 September 1960 in New York, New York) is an American actress best known for playing the tough-minded shift-Sergeant Kay Howard on the award-winning TV series Homicide: Life on the Street from 1993–1997.

She has also been a regular on All My Children and The Young Riders. Feature films she has appeared in include A Time of Destiny, Last Summer in the Hamptons, 21 Grams, and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

Leo has a son with actor and former boyfriend John Heard.

Awards

• 2006 - Won Western Heritage Award Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture (shared award) (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
• 2004 - Runner-Up Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress (21 Grams)
• 1985 - Nominated Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Ingenue/Young Actress in a Drama Series (All My Children)

External link

• Melissa Leo at the Internet Movie Database

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