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Name
Melanie Lynskey

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1977-05-16 (49 years old)

Place of Birth
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Biography

Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born May 16, 1977) is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American dialects, she works predominantly in independent films. Lynskey is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, a HCA Award, a Gracie, a New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award, and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Gotham, Satellite, Saturn, Golden Nymph, Independent Spirit, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1994 Heavenly Creatures as Pauline Parker
2006 Flags of Our Fathers as Pauline Harnois
1996 The Frighteners as Deputy
2000 But I'm a Cheerleader as Hilary
2009 Up in the Air as Julie Bingham
2009 The Informant! as Ginger Whitacre
2000 Coyote Ugly as Gloria
1998 EverAfter as Jacqueline de Ghent
2009 Leaves of Grass as Colleen
1999 Detroit Rock City as Beth Bumsteen
2003 Shattered Glass as Amy Brand
2008 Show of Hands as Jess
2003 Claustrophobia as Lauren
2006 Park as Sheryl
2010 Helena from the Wedding as Alice
2002 Abandon as Mousy Julie
2008 A Quiet Little Marriage as Monique
2013 A Kiwi Legend as Self
2012 Hello I Must Be Going as Amy
2011 Touchback as Macy
2011 Win Win as Cindy Timmons
2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Aunt Helen
2001 Snakeskin as Alice
2012 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World as Karen Amalfi
2006 Say Uncle as Susan
2012 Putzel as Sally
2012 Eye of the Hurricane as Amelia Kyte
2004 The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder as Zoe Cadwaulder
2014 They Came Together as Brenda
2014 The Big Ask as Hannah
2014 We'll Never Have Paris as Devon
2014 Happy Christmas as Kelly
2014 Goodbye to All That as Annie Wall
2014 Chu and Blossom as Miss Shoemaker
2015 Digging for Fire as Squiggy
2016 The Intervention as Annie
2016 The Great & The Small as Margaret
2009 Away We Go as Munch
2025 Griffin in Summer as Helen
2016 Rainbow Time as Lindsay
2016 Folk Hero & Funny Guy as Becky
2017 Little Boxes as Gina
2007 Itty Bitty Titty Committee as Pat (uncredited)
2002 Sweet Home Alabama as Lurlynn
2017 1 Mile To You as Coach Rowan
2017 I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore as Ruth Kimke
2017 The Changeover as Kate Chant
2017 XX as Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")
2017 And Then I Go as Janice
2018 Sadie as Rae
2002 Shooters as Marie
1999 The Cherry Orchard as Dunyasha
2001 Foreign Correspondents as Melody
2015 Behind Over the Garden Wall as Self
2021 Don't Look Up as June Mindy
2021 Lady of the Manor as Hannah
2024 The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz as Self
2011 Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews as Self
2026 Don't Say Good Luck
2025 Pike River as Anna Osborne

2006 Psych ( 1 episode ) as Emily Bloom
2007 Drive ( 6 episodes ) as Wendy Patrakas
2021 Yellowjackets ( 29 episodes ) as Shauna Sadecki
2003 Two and a Half Men ( 85 episodes ) as Rose
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later ( 2 episodes ) as Laura
2017 Young Sheldon ( 2 episodes ) as Dora Ericson
2004 The L Word ( 2 episodes ) as Clea Mason
2008 Comanche Moon ( 3 episodes ) as Pearl Coleman
2002 Rose Red ( 3 episodes ) as Rachel Wheaton
2024 The Tattooist of Auschwitz ( 6 episodes ) as Heather Morris
2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ( 1 episode ) as Kate
2017 Girlboss ( 3 episodes ) as Gail
2015 Togetherness ( 16 episodes ) as Michelle Pierson
2013 Mom ( 1 episode ) as Shannon
2016 Our Ex-Wife ( 1 episode ) as Sara
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2014 Celebrity Name Game ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 Candy ( 5 episodes ) as Betty Gore
2018 Castle Rock ( 10 episodes ) as Molly Strand
2017 Sunshine ( 4 episodes ) as Zara Skelton
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode )
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2002 The Shield ( 2 episodes ) as Marcy
2018 Summer Camp Island ( 4 episodes ) as Sun (voice)
2008 The Life & Times of Tim ( 1 episode ) as Becky (voice)
2020 Mrs. America ( 9 episodes ) as Rosemary Thomson
2016 Easy ( 1 episode ) as Beth
2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Natalie Tavares
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Sharon (voice)
2023 The Last of Us ( 2 episodes ) as Kathleen Coghlan
2016 Future-Worm! ( 60 episodes ) as Megan (voice)
2014 Over the Garden Wall ( 10 episodes ) as Beatrice (voice)
1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
2012 Key & Peele ( 1 episode ) as Fiance
2000 Big Brother ( 1 episode ) as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2024 After Midnight ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 Hollywood Squares ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 Hot Ones Versus ( 1 episode ) as Self
2023 Poker Face ( 1 episode ) as Regina Gilvary
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 Matlock ( 2 episodes ) as Debra Palmer

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