Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey, born 16 May 1977,
is a New Zealand actress. She is known for her quirky, soft-spoken, but strong
characters. She is primarily in independent films. Her awards include the New
Zealand Film Award, and a Hollywood Film Award and a Sundance Special Jury
Award, as well as Gotham Award, Golden Nymph Award Critics' Choice Award, and
Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Lynskey made her film debut , playing an
aspiring teenage murderess on Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After
moving to the United States in 1994, Lynskey forged a career performing
supporting roles in a number of big-budget and smaller-scale films, including
Ever After (1998) and Detroit Rock City and But I'm a Cherleader (both 1999),
Coyote Ugly (2000), Abandon and Sweet Home Alabama (1902), Shattered Glass
(2003) and Flags of Our Fathers (2006). Lynskey was nominated for the Gotham
Award as Breakthrough Performer and was praised by critics for her role as an
unhappy divorcee in Hello I Must be Going (2012). It was a turning point in her
career. She is a prominent actor in the American independent film industry due
to her subsequent performances in Happy Christmas. We'll Never Have Paris.
Goodbye To All That (all 2014), The Intervention. Rainbow Time. Little Boxes.
I'm not at home in This World. And Then I Go. Lady of the Manor. (2021).
Lynskey is also known for her role as Rose on Two and a Half Men (2003-2015).
She was the central character of Togetherness between 2015 and 2016, where she
received a nomination from Critics' Choice Television Awards as the best
Supporting Actress. Megan and Beatrice voiced her characters on Cartoon
Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014). (2016-2018). The actress was also the
protagonist of Molly Strand, the first season Hulu's Castle Rock (2018).
Rosemary Thomson starred in Mrs. America on FX (2020).
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