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

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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 Best Supporting Actress 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, January 15, Leo was asked, “What goes through your mind when you stand up to receive an Oscar?” “One loses one’s mind. I had won a lot of prestigious awards for Th...

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