Oscars: Melissa Leo wins for supporting actress
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Melissa Leo won the Oscar for supporting actress for her performance in “The Fighter” at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday night. It is the first Oscar win for the 50-year-old Leo, who plays the overbearing mother-manager of a boxer. Leo also won the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the New York Film Critics Circle Award.
Leo was competing against her “Fighter” costar Amy Adams, Helena Bonham Carter for “The King’s Speech,” Jacki Weaver for “Animal Kingdom” and Hailee Steinfeld for “True Grit.”
The Academy Awards are taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and are being televised live on ABC. We’ll carry all the breaking news and reaction here on Awards Tracker.
-- Susan King
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