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Filmography
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Known For
The Fighter Alice Ward (2010) -
Conviction Nancy Taylor (2010) -
Prisoners Holly Jones (2013) -
Known For
21 Grams Marianne Jordan (2003) -
Actress
I Know This Much Is True Ma (2020) -
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings Amelia Meegers (2019) -
The Equalizer 2 Susan Plummer (2018) -
I'm Dying Up Here Goldie Herschlag (2017-2018) -
The Parting Glass Al (2018) -
Furlough Joan Anderson (2018) -
Unlovable Maddie (2018) -
The Ashram Chandra (2018) -
The View from Up Here Claire (2017) -
The Most Hated Woman in America Madalyn Murray O'Hair (2017) -
![Novitiate]( "Novitiate")
Novitiate Reverend Mother (2017) -
![BoJack Horseman]( "BoJack Horseman")
BoJack Horseman Diane's Mother (2014-2016) -
![Snowden]( "Snowden")
Snowden Laura Poitras (2016) -
![Wayward Pines]( "Wayward Pines")
Wayward Pines Nurse Pam (2015-2016) -
![All the Way]( "All the Way")
All the Way Lady Bird Johnson (2016) -
![Burn Country]( "Burn Country")
Burn Country Gloria (2016) -
![London Has Fallen]( "London Has Fallen")
London Has Fallen Defence Secretary Ruth Macmillan (2016) -
![Broad City]( "Broad City")
Broad City Lori (2016) -
![Damnation: The Flashback]( "Damnation: The Flashback")
Damnation: The Flashback Noda Marra (2015) -
LFE Julie (2015)
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![The Big Short]( "The Big Short")
The Big Short Georgia Hale (2015) -
![The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece]( "The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece")
The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece Papillon (2015) -
![Mother's Day]( "Mother's Day")
Mother's Day Mary (2015) -
![Dwegons and Leprechauns]( "Dwegons and Leprechauns")
Dwegons and Leprechauns Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg (2014) -
![The Equalizer]( "The Equalizer")
The Equalizer Susan Plummer (2014) -
![The Ever After]( "The Ever After")
The Ever After Penny (2014) -
![The Angriest Man in Brooklyn]( "The Angriest Man in Brooklyn")
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn Bette Altmann (2014) -
![Treme]( "Treme")
Treme Toni Bernette (2010-2013) -
![Prisoners]( "Prisoners")
Prisoners Holly Jones (2013) -
![Call Me Crazy]( "Call Me Crazy")
Call Me Crazy Robin (2013) -
![Bottled Up]( "Bottled Up")
Bottled Up Fay (2013) -
![Oblivion]( "Oblivion")
Oblivion Sally (2013) -
![Olympus Has Fallen]( "Olympus Has Fallen")
Olympus Has Fallen Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan (2013) -
![Charlie Countryman]( "Charlie Countryman")
Charlie Countryman Kate (2013) -
![Flight]( "Flight")
Flight Ellen Block (2012) -
![Persephone]( "Persephone")
Persephone Demeter (2012) -
![Louie]( "Louie")
Louie Laurie (2012) -
![Francine]( "Francine")
Francine Francine (2012) -
![Why Stop Now?]( "Why Stop Now?")
Why Stop Now? Penny Bloom (2012) -
![Lost Revolution]( "Lost Revolution")
Lost Revolution Soto (2011) -
![Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best]( "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best")
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Sarah (2011) -
![Seven Days in Utopia]( "Seven Days in Utopia")
Seven Days in Utopia Lily (2011) -
![The Sea Is All I Know]( "The Sea Is All I Know")
The Sea Is All I Know Sara (2011) -
![Mildred Pierce]( "Mildred Pierce")
Mildred Pierce Lucy Gessler (2011) -
![Red State]( "Red State")
Red State Sara (2011) -
![The Fighter]( "The Fighter")
The Fighter Alice Ward (2010) -
![Queen of the Lot]( "Queen of the Lot")
Queen of the Lot Aunt Bee (2010) -
![Conviction]( "Conviction")
Conviction Nancy Taylor (2010) -
![The Space Between]( "The Space Between")
The Space Between Montine (2010) -
![The Dry Land]( "The Dry Land")
The Dry Land Martha (2010) -
![Welcome to the Rileys]( "Welcome to the Rileys")
Welcome to the Rileys Lois Riley (2010) -
The Farm CO Helen Miller (2009)
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![According to Greta]( "According to Greta")
According to Greta Karen (2009) -
![Everybody's Fine]( "Everybody's Fine")
Everybody's Fine Colleen (2009) -
![Dear Lemon Lima]( "Dear Lemon Lima")
Dear Lemon Lima Mrs. Howard (2009) -
![Veronika Decides to Die]( "Veronika Decides to Die")
Veronika Decides to Die Mari (2009) -
![Don McKay]( "Don McKay")
Don McKay Marie (2009) -
![True Adolescents]( "True Adolescents")
True Adolescents Sharon Mitchell (2009) -
![Stephanie's Image]( "Stephanie's Image")
Stephanie's Image Stephanie (2009) -
![The Alphabet Killer]( "The Alphabet Killer")
The Alphabet Killer Kathy Walsh (2008) -
Predisposed Penny (2008)
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![Righteous Kill]( "Righteous Kill")
Righteous Kill Cheryl Brooks (2008) -
This Is a Story About Ted and Alice Alice (2008)
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![Law & Order]( "Law & Order")
Law & Order Donna Cheponis (1993-2008) -
![Ball Don't Lie]( "Ball Don't Lie")
Ball Don't Lie Georgia (2008) -
![Santa Mesa]( "Santa Mesa")
Santa Mesa Maggie (2008) -
![Lullaby]( "Lullaby")
Lullaby Stephanie Armstrong (2008) -
![Frozen River]( "Frozen River")
Frozen River Ray Eddy (2008) -
![One Night]( "One Night")
One Night Wendy (2007) -
![Cold Case]( "Cold Case")
Cold Case Tayna Raymes '94-'07 (2007) -
![Mr. Woodcock]( "Mr. Woodcock")
Mr. Woodcock Sally Jansen (2007) -
![I Believe in America]( "I Believe in America")
I Believe in America Soto (2007) -
![Racing Daylight]( "Racing Daylight")
Racing Daylight Sadie / Anna (2007) -
![The Cake Eaters]( "The Cake Eaters")
The Cake Eaters Ceci Kimbrough (2007) -
![Dear Lemon Lima]( "Dear Lemon Lima")
Dear Lemon Lima Mrs. Howard (2007) -
![Black Irish]( "Black Irish")
Black Irish Margaret McKay (2007) -
![Midnight Son]( "Midnight Son")
Midnight Son Rita (2007) -
Bomb Sharon (2007)
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![Criminal Minds]( "Criminal Minds")
Criminal Minds Georgia Davis (2007) -
![Shark]( "Shark")
Shark Elizabeth Rourke (2006) -
![Falling Objects]( "Falling Objects")
Falling Objects Helga (2006) -
![The House Is Burning]( "The House Is Burning")
The House Is Burning Mrs. Miller (2006) -
![Hollywood Dreams]( "Hollywood Dreams")
Hollywood Dreams Aunt Bee (2006) -
![The Limbo Room]( "The Limbo Room")
The Limbo Room KC Collins (2006) -
![Stephanie Daley]( "Stephanie Daley")
Stephanie Daley Miri Daley (2006) -
![Confess]( "Confess")
Confess Agnes Lessor (2005) -
![American Gun]( "American Gun")
American Gun Louise (2005) -
![Three Burials]( "Three Burials")
Three Burials Rachel (2005) -
![The L Word]( "The L Word")
The L Word Winnie Mann (2005) -
![Patch]( "Patch")
Patch Maelynn (2005) -
![No Shoulder]( "No Shoulder")
No Shoulder Ruth (2005) -
![Runaway]( "Runaway")
Runaway Lisa Adler (2005) -
![Law & Order: Criminal Intent]( "Law & Order: Criminal Intent")
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Maureen Curtis (2005) -
![Hide and Seek]( "Hide and Seek")
Hide and Seek Laura (2005) -
![From Other Worlds]( "From Other Worlds")
From Other Worlds Miriam (2004) -
![CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]( "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation")
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sybil Perez (2004) -
![Veronica Mars]( "Veronica Mars")
Veronica Mars Julia Smith (2004) -
First Breath Detective Waxman (2004)
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![21 Grams]( "21 Grams")
21 Grams Marianne Jordan (2003) -
![Fear of Fiction]( "Fear of Fiction")
Fear of Fiction Sigrid Anderssen (2000) -
![Homicide: The Movie]( "Homicide: The Movie")
Homicide: The Movie Sgt. Kay Howard (2000) -
![The 24 Hour Woman]( "The 24 Hour Woman")
The 24 Hour Woman Dr. Suzanne Pincus (1999) -
![Code of Ethics]( "Code of Ethics")
Code of Ethics Jo DeAngelo (1998) -
![Legacy]( "Legacy")
Legacy Emma Bradford (1998) -
![Homicide: Life on the Street]( "Homicide: Life on the Street")
Homicide: Life on the Street Kay Howard (1993-1997) -
Under the Bridge Kathy (1996)
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![In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice]( "In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice")
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice Carol Manning (1995) -
![Last Summer in the Hamptons]( "Last Summer in the Hamptons")
Last Summer in the Hamptons Trish Axelrod (1995) -
![Garden]( "Garden")
Garden Elizabeth (1994) -
![Scarlett]( "Scarlett")
Scarlett Suellen O'Hara Benteen (1994) -
![The Ballad of Little Jo]( "The Ballad of Little Jo")
The Ballad of Little Jo Mrs. Grey (1993) -
![Venice/Venice]( "Venice/Venice")
Venice/Venice Peggy (1992) -
![Immaculate Conception]( "Immaculate Conception")
Immaculate Conception Hannah / Alistair's partner (1992) -
![Carolina Skeletons]( "Carolina Skeletons")
Carolina Skeletons Cassie (1991) -
![The Bride in Black]( "The Bride in Black")
The Bride in Black Mary Margaret (1990) -
![Against the Law]( "Against the Law")
Against the Law Jill (1990) -
![The Young Riders]( "The Young Riders")
The Young Riders Emma Shannon (1989-1990) -
![Nasty Boys]( "Nasty Boys")
Nasty Boys Katie Morrissey (1990) -
![Nasty Boys]( "Nasty Boys")
Nasty Boys Katie Morrissey (1989) -
![Gideon Oliver]( "Gideon Oliver")
Gideon Oliver Rebecca Hecht (1989) -
![Miami Vice]( "Miami Vice")
Miami Vice Kathleen Gilfords (1988) -
![All My Children]( "All My Children")
All My Children Linda Warner (1984-1988) -
![A Time of Destiny]( "A Time of Destiny")
A Time of Destiny Josie Larraneta (1988) -
![Spenser: For Hire]( "Spenser: For Hire")
Spenser: For Hire Mary Hamilton (1987) -
Ladykiller The Woman (1986)
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![Deadtime Stories]( "Deadtime Stories")
Deadtime Stories Judith 'MaMa' Baer (1986) -
![Silent Witness]( "Silent Witness")
Silent Witness Patti Mullen (1985) -
![The Equalizer]( "The Equalizer")
The Equalizer Irina Dzershinsky (1985) -
![Always]( "Always")
Always Peggy (1985) -
![Streetwalkin']( "Streetwalkin'")
Streetwalkin' Cookie (1985) -
Actress
![I'm Only There...]( "I'm Only There...")
I'm Only There... Maggie (1984) -
Producer
![Furlough]( "Furlough")
Furlough (2018) -
![The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece]( "The Butterfly, the Harp and the Timepiece")
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Producer
![Mother's Day]( "Mother's Day")
Mother's Day (2015) -
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Is one of 3 actresses who have won both the Best Supporting Actress Oscar (hers being for The Fighter (2010)) and the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy (hers being for Louie (2010)). The other actresses are Cloris Leachman and Eileen...
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Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world.
Star Sign
Virgo
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Melissa Chessington Leo
New York City, New York, USA
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