Melissa Chessington Leo is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Critics’ Choice Awards.
After appearing on several television shows and films in the 1980s, Leo became a regular on the television shows All My Children, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award, and The Young Riders. Her breakthrough role came in 1993 as a detective and later sergeant Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1997).
Melissa Leo children: Meet John Matthew Heard
In 1987, she had a son, John Matthew “Jack” Heard, Leo’s acting debut came in 1984, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy at the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Ingenue/Woman in a Drama Series for All My Children. Following this, Leo appeared in several films, including Streetwalkin’, A Time of Destiny, Last Summer in the Hamptons, and Venice/Venice.
