Melissa Leo

King Ivory (2025) — Ginger Greene

The Knife (2025) — Detective Carlsen

Guns Up (2025) — Michael Temple

The Clean Up Crew (2024) — Siobhan

Long Gone Heroes (2024) — Olivia

AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence (2024)

The Equalizer 3 (2023) — Susan Plummer

Bonnie (2022) — Self

Measure of Revenge (2022) — Lillian

Coast (2022) — Olivia

Alone Together (2022) — Deborah

Jane (2022) — Principal Rhodes

Body Brokers (2021) — Dr. White

Thunder Force (2021) — Allie

Ida Red (2021) — Ida ‘Red’ Walker

I Know This Much Is True (2020) — Concettina Ipolita Tempesta 'Ma' Birdsey · 6 episodes

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019) — Amelia Meegers · 1 episode

The Ashram (2018) — Chandra

The Equalizer 2 (2018) — Susan Plummer

Unlovable (2018) — Maddie

Furlough (2018) — Joan Anderson

The Parting Glass (2018) — Al

Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer (2018) — Narrator

The View from Up Here (2017) — Claire

The Most Hated Woman in America (2017) — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Novitiate (2017) — Reverend Mother

I'm Dying Up Here (2017) — Goldie · 20 episodes

London Has Fallen (2016) — Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

Burn Country (2016) — Gloria

Snowden (2016) — Laura Poitras

All the Way (2016) — Lady Bird Johnson

The Ever After (2015) — Penny

She's The Best Thing in It (2015) — Self

The Big Short (2015) — Georgia Hale

Damnation: The Flashback (2015) — Noda Marra

After the Spill (2015) — Narrator

The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece (2015) — Papillon

Wayward Pines (2015) — Nurse Pam · 11 episodes

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) — Bette Altmann

Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014) — Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald

The Equalizer (2014) — Susan Plummer

Broad City (2014) — Lori · 1 episode

BoJack Horseman (2014) — Ma Nguyen (voice) · 2 episodes

Charlie Countryman (2013) — Kate

Oblivion (2013) — Sally

Prisoners (2013) — Holly Jones

Olympus Has Fallen (2013) — Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013) — Robin

Bottled Up (2013) — Fay

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013) — Self - Narrator (voice)

The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) — Self · 1 episode

Francine (2012) — Francine

Why Stop Now? (2012) — Penny

Flight (2012) — Ellen Block

Red State (2011) — Sara

The Space Between (2011) — Montine

Seven Days in Utopia (2011) — Lily

The Sea Is All I Know (2011) — Sara

Mildred Pierce (2011) — Lucy Gessler · 5 episodes

Welcome to the Rileys (2010) — Lois Riley

Conviction (2010) — Nancy Taylor

The Dry Land (2010) — Martha

The Fighter (2010) — Alice Ward

Queen of the Lot (2010) — Aunt Bee

Treme (2010) — Toni Bernette · 36 episodes

Veronika Decides to Die (2009) — Mari

According to Greta (2009) — Karen

Everybody's Fine (2009) — Colleen

Don McKay (2009) — Marie

Dear Lemon Lima (2009) — Mrs. Howard

Stephanie's Image (2009) — Stephanie

True Adolescents (2009) — Sharon Mitchell

Frozen River (2008) — Ray Eddy

Lullaby (2008) — Stephanie

Righteous Kill (2008) — Cheryl

Santa Mesa (2008) — Maggie

The Alphabet Killer (2008) — Kathy Walsh

Black Irish (2007) — Margaret McKay

Racing Daylight (2007) — Sadie / Anna

One Night (2007) — Wendy

Stephanie Daley (2007) — Miri Daley

Midnight Son (2007) — Rita

Hollywood Dreams (2007) — Aunt Bee

The Cake Eaters (2007) — Ceci Kimbrough

I Believe in America (2007) — Soto

Dear Lemon Lima (2007) — Mrs. Howard

Mr. Woodcock (2007) — Sally Jansen

Bomb (2007)

The House Is Burning (2006) — Mrs. Miller

The Limbo Room (2006) — KC Collins

Shark (2006) — Elizabeth Rourke · 1 episode

Hide and Seek (2005) — Laura

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) — Rachel

Runaway (2005) — Lisa Adler

American Gun (2005) — Louise

Confess (2005) — Agnes Lessor

Criminal Minds (2005) — Sheriff Georgia Davis · 1 episode

From Other Worlds (2004) — Miriam

Veronica Mars (2004) — Julia Smith · 1 episode

The L Word (2004) — Winnie Mann · 3 episodes

21 Grams (2003) — Marianne Jordan

Cold Case (2003) — Tayna Raymes (1994 & 2007) · 1 episode

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Maureen Curtis · 1 episode

Homicide: The Movie (2000) — Kay Howard

Fear of Fiction (2000) — Sigrid Anderssen

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Sybil Perez · 1 episode

The 24 Hour Woman (1999) — Dr. Suzanne Pincus

Code of Ethics (1999) — Jo DeAngelo

Under the bridge (1998) — Kathy

Legacy (1998) — Emma Bradford · 2 episodes

Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) — Self

Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995) — Trish Axelrod

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995) — Carol Manning

Garden (1995) — Elizabeth

Scarlett (1994) — Suellen O'Hara Benteen · 2 episodes

The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) — Beatrice Grey

Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Kay Howard · 77 episodes

By a Thread (1992) — Helen

Immaculate Conception (1992) — Hannah

Venice/Venice (1992) — Peggy

Carolina Skeletons (1991) — Cassie

The Bride in Black (1990) — Mary Margaret

Law & Order (1990) — Donna Cheponis · 1 episode

Law & Order (1990) — Defense Attorney Alice Sutton · 1 episode

Law & Order (1990) — Sherri Quinn · 1 episode

Nasty Boys (1989) — Katie Morrissey

The Young Riders (1989) — Emma Shannon · 24 episodes

A Time of Destiny (1988) — Josie Larraneta

Deadtime Stories (1986) — Judith 'MaMa' Baer

Streetwalkin' (1985) — Cookie

Always … But Not Forever (1985) — Peggy

Silent Witness (1985) — Patti Mullen

Spenser: For Hire (1985) · 1 episode

The Equalizer (1985) — Irina Dzershinsky · 1 episode

I'm Only There... (1984) — Maggie

Miami Vice (1984) — Kathleen Gilfords · 1 episode

Ron Forever — Hilda

The Rooster Prince — Elaine

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