American actress, Melissa Chessington Leo has an estimated net worth of $7 million. After supporting roles in a handful of small films and a short stint on the soap opera All My Children, New York-born Melissa Leo gained prominence on the critically-acclaimed Barry Levinson-produced television drama Homicide: Life on the Streets.

Melissa Leo began her career working in television and garnered rave reviews for her work on “Homicide: Life on the Street”. She moved into film work in the early 2000s, and in 2011 she won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in, “The Fighter”.

Born Melissa Chessington Leo on September 14, 1960 in Manhattan, New York, United States.