ACTOR

Melissa Leo

1960 - Today

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Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Critics' Choice Awards. After appearing on several television shows and films in the 1980s, Leo became a regular on the television shows All My Children, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award, and The Young Riders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melissa Leo has received more than 5,939,557 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Melissa Leo is the 1,550th most popular actor (down from 1,383rd in 2019), the 2,603rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,427th in 2019) and the 729th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Melissa Leo ranks 1,550 out of 13,578. Before her are John Glover, Alicia Rhett, Solomon Mikhoels, Itziar Ituño, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ned Beatty. After her are Anthony Steffen, Samantha Fox, Andrew Lincoln, Van Heflin, Maria Cebotari, and Melvyn Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Melissa Leo ranks 91. Before her are Nicoletta Braschi, Michael Hutchence, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Jürgen Schult, and Gia Carangi. After her are Merlene Ottey, Gjorge Ivanov, Kevin Carter, Ersin Tatar, Takashi Miike, and Fabiola Gianotti.

Others Born in 1960

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melissa Leo ranks 2,603 out of 20,380. Before her are John Glover (1944), Alicia Rhett (1915), Cindy Sherman (1954), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Ned Beatty (1937), and Marc Anthony (1968). After her are Mike Markkula (1942), Bill Hewlett (1913), Frank Marshall (1877), Van Heflin (1908), Melvyn Douglas (1901), and John C. Woods (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Melissa Leo ranks 729. Before her are Miguel Ferrer (1955), Ben Johnson (1918), John Glover (1944), Alicia Rhett (1915), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), and Ned Beatty (1937). After her are Van Heflin (1908), Melvyn Douglas (1901), Mercedes McCambridge (1916), Barry Nelson (1917), Tod Browning (1880), and Lew Ayres (1908).

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