Melissa Leo

The Fighter stars Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg as boxing half-brothers

Comparisons with The Wrestler are inevitable and not unfair

(15) 115min All the best boxing movies are as much about what goes on outside the ring as what happens inside the ropes. Despite this biopic, scripted by Scott Silver (8 Mile) and five other writers, being based on the lives of not one but two…

Boxing biopic The Fighter - Melissa Leo profile

Actor plays Mickey Ward's mother in David O Russell film

Born 14 September, 1960, New York Background Leo is an actor whose early career was predominantly filled with small screen successes. She played Det Sgt Kay Howard on the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street for five seasons and was also a…

Frozen River

It’s a week before Christmas, and in upstate New York Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is struggling to keep her head above water. Her husband has gambled away their savings and promptly disappeared, she is having to support herself and her two sons on her meagre…