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Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo is an Oscar winner who plays an Oscar winner in Snowden. The star of The Fighter plays Laura Poitras, the documentary filmmaker who made Citizenfour. In an interview with Screenrant, Leo said that it is "a challenge and it's a responsibility" to play real people.
Leo had a busy 2016, starring in London Has Fallen, All The Way, Burn Country and Wayward Pines. She's currently working on the TV series I'm Dying Up Here. (Getty)
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