Melissa Leo | First Soap Opera: All My Children

Melissa Leo is an award-winning stage play performer and actress. She took up a degree in theatre at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts but could not finish it. Instead, she chased her dreams in New York City, where she eventually landed a few acting roles. Leo made her debut in the soap opera All My Children. Her first appearance as an actress gave her the Outstanding Ingenue/Woman in a Drama Series by the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards. Since she started and until now, Leo has worked on over a hundred film and TV shows, making her one of the stable names in the acting world.

Today, Leo is still an active actress. Even at the age of 60, Leo still has the energy to act and be at par with modern actors and actresses today who look up to her excellent acting chops. One of Leo’s latest movies is The Equalizer 2.