b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nMelissa Leo\n_START_SECTION_\n\xc5\xbdivotopis\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nNarodila se na Manhattanu v New Yorku a sv\xc3\xa9 d\xc4\x9btstv\xc3\xad str\xc3\xa1vila na Lower East Side. Jej\xc3\xad rodi\xc4\x8de jsou u\xc4\x8ditelka Peggy (rozen\xc3\xa1 Chessington) a tiskov\xc3\xbd mluv\xc4\x8d\xc3\xad Arnold Leovi. M\xc3\xa1 bratra Erika. Jej\xc3\xad rodi\xc4\x8de se rozvedli a s matkou se p\xc5\x99est\xc4\x9bhovala do Red Clover Commune v Putney ve Vermontu. Jej\xc3\xad prarodi\xc4\x8de z mat\xc4\x8diny strany jsou Frances (rozen\xc3\xa1 Stone, 1917\xe2\x80\x932008) a James Chessingtonovi. Jej\xc3\xad prarodi\xc4\x8de z otcovy strany byli Elinore (rozen\xc3\xa1 Wellington, 1914\xe2\x80\x932008) a Arnold Leo II. Jej\xc3\xad str\xc3\xbdc byl novin\xc3\xa1\xc5\x99 Roger Leo (1947\xe2\x80\x932011) a jej\xc3\xad teta je histori\xc4\x8dka um\xc4\x9bn\xc3\xad Christine Leo Roussel._NEWLINE_S herectv\xc3\xadm za\xc4\x8dala ji\xc5\xbe v d\xc4\x9btsk\xc3\xa9m v\xc4\x9bku, kdy\xc5\xbe vystupovala s divadeln\xc3\xad spole\xc4\x8dnost\xc3\xad Bread and Puppet Theater Company. Nav\xc5\xa1t\xc4\x9bvovala st\xc5\x99edn\xc3\xad \xc5\xa1kolu Bellow Falls ve Vermontu a studovala herectv\xc3\xad na Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts v Lond\xc3\xbdn\xc4\x9b a SUNY Purchase, ale \xc5\xa1kolu nedokon\xc4\x8dila, proto\xc5\xbee se rozhodla odjet do New Yorku a chodit na hereck\xc3\xa9 konkurzy. \xc5\xbdije trvale v Stone Ridge v New Yorku. M\xc3\xa1 syna Johna Jacka Matthewa (* 1987) s hercem Jonhnem Heardem a pozd\xc4\x9bji adoptovala dal\xc5\xa1\xc3\xadho syna, Adama (* 1984).'