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Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo says winning The Fighter did not help her career or personal life, describing the moment as overwhelming and claiming she didn’t want the Oscar, a sentiment she says led to fewer, less varied roles despite the prestige of the win.
Melissa Leo told The Guardian that her career was much better before she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Fighter, and that winning hasn’t been good for her career and that she never wanted the Oscar.
Melissa Leo says winning an Oscar for The Fighter didn’t help her career; she pursues a wide range of roles, values variety over typecasting, recalls her work on The Young Riders and Prisoners, and notes a passion for crafts like knitting and pottery as outlets between projects.