Melanie Jayne Lynskey

Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977) is an New Zealand actress. She is well-known for humorous, soft-spoken, yet tough characters. She works mainly in films that are independent. Her awards include a New Zealand Film Award. A Hollywood Film Award. Sundance Special Jury Award. Gotham Award. Golden Nymph Award. Critics' Choice Award. Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Lynskey made her debut in film as a teenage murderess in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After making the move to the United States, Lynskey built an impressive career as a supporting actor in a number of small- and big-budget features such as Ever After (1998), Detroit Rock City, But... (both 1999), Coyote Ugly (2000) and Sweet Home Alabama (both 2002), Shattered glass (2003), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Away We Go!, Up in the Air!, Leaves of Grass (2009), Win Win (2011) Looking for a Wallflower (both 2014) Then They Came Together (2014) and Don't look up (2021). Lynskey was nominated for the Gotham Award as Breakthrough Performer and received acclaim from critics for her role as an unhappy divorcee in The Goodbye I Must be Going (2012). This was a turning point in her career. Subsequent lead roles in Happy Christmas, We'll Never Have Paris Goodbye to All That (all 2014), The Intervention, Rainbow Time, Little Boxes (all 2016) I'm Not Feeling at Home in This World Anymore, And Then I Go (both 2017), Sadie (2018) and Lady of the Manor (2021) have established her as an influential figure in the American independent film industry. Lynskey is also known for her character of Rose in the television series Two and a Half Men (2003-2015). From 2015 until the year 2016, she played Michelle Pierson on the HBO series Togetherness and was nominated for the 2015 Critics' Choice Television Award for the Best Supporting Actress. She was the voice of Beatrice on the Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) and Megan for Disney XD's Future-Worm! (2016-2018). She also starred as the main character in Molly Strand, the first season on Hulu's Castle Rock (2018). Rosemary Thomson starred in Mrs. America on FX (2020).



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