Actress Melissa Leo Says Winning an Oscar Was 'Not Good for My Career'

Melissa Leo says winning an Oscar wasn't good for her career: 'I never wanted it'

She also opens up about why she famously dropped an f-bomb accepting the award: "I f---ing curse all the time, but you cannot curse on network television."Michael Caulfield/WireImage Melissa Leo accepts award onstage during the 83rd Annual Academy AwardsApparently, Melissa Leo would not like to thank the Academy.The actress, who won Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter back in 2011, is sharing her brutally honest thoughts about her win, inclu…

An Oscar win should boost a career; this actress said it did the opposite

An Academy Award is often seen as a career-maker, but actress Melissa Leo said Oscar win actually set her back.

The Fighter star says winning Oscar ‘has not been very good for me or my career’

Melissa Leo won the Academy Award in 2011 for her supporting role in the Best Picture-nominated sports biopic

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Melissa Leo Says Winning an Oscar Was Not Good for Her Career Melissa Leo is opening up about her Oscar win and how she feels the award actually hurt her career. The 65-year-old actress won the award for Best Supporting…

Actress Melissa Leo Says Winning an Oscar Was 'Not Good for My Career'

Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Melissa Leo is getting candid about how winning an Oscar has impacted her career — or rather, not impacted it. Leo, 65, won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 for her role in The Fighter, which costarred Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. She had previously been nominated for 2008’s Frozen River in the Best Actress category. In a reader Q&A with The Guardian published on Thursday, Januar…

Melissa Leo Says Her Oscar Win 'Has Not Been Good' For Her Career

Melissa Leo gave a blunt assessment of her career nearly 15 years after winning her Oscar, confessing the award “has not been good” for her. The actress, who won the Best Supporting Actress award for her work in “The Fighter” at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, reflected on her big win for a Q&A with The Guardian and admitted the prize wasn’t a game changer for her career. “Winning an Oscar has not been good for me or my career,” she candidly sa…