Melissa Leo gripes winning an Oscar was terrible for her career: ‘All I was offered was older, nasty women’
NY Post
No thanks to the Academy.
In an interview with the Guardian published on Thursday, Melissa Leo, 65, griped that winning an Oscar, “has not been good for me or my career.”
“I didn’t dream of it, I never wanted it,” the “All My Children Actress” added. “And I had a much better career before I won.”
Leo won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2011, for her role in the boxing drama “The Fighter.”
Directed by David O. Russell, the movie starred Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, and Christian Bale, who also won the “best supporting actor” Oscar that year for the film.
After winning her Oscar, Leo went on to win an Emmy in 2013 for a guest role in “Louie,” and she starred in the 2015 show “Wayward Pines” and 2018’s “The Equalizer 2.”
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