Melissa Leo Signs With Gersh
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Fighter Oscar winner Melissa Leo has inked with Gersh for representation. Leo recently starred in Long Gone Heroes with John Hutcherson and King Ivory, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September.
The New York City-born native who grew up in Putney and Bellows Falls, VT, won Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars for David O.
Russell’s The Fighter as Alice Ward, the matriarch to boxer Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his drug-addled brother portrayed by Christian Bale (who also an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the role).
Leo also won a Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and SAG awards for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Alice Ward. Previously, in 2009, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for Frozen River.
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