Veteran gets a chance to prove mettle
Actress lived in Tulsa before beginning career
After two decades as a working actress, Melissa Leo finally gets to play the lead role in the harrowing dramatic thriller "Frozen River.”
Writer-director Courtney Hunt 's feature film debut, which won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival , is earning Oscar buzz for Leo's quietly intense performance as a desperately cash-strapped single mother.
While she was attracted to the rare opportu...
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