Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey, born 16 May 1977
is a New Zealand actress. She is famous for her charming, soft-spoken but tough
characters. She is a major player in films that are independent. Her
achievements include an New Zealand Film Award, and a Hollywood Film Award and
a Sundance Special Jury Award, along with Gotham Award, Golden Nymph Award,
Critics' Choice Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Her film
debut was an teen killer in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After
moving to the United States in 1994, Lynskey made a name for herself acting in
supporting roles in a wide range of high-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 received
critical acclaim and a nomination for the Gotham Award for Breakthrough
Performer for her performance as a depressed divorcee in The Goodbye I Must Be Going
(2012) and proved to be a pivotal point for her career. She is a prominent
figure within the American independent film industry, thanks to her subsequent
roles in Happy Christmas. We'll Never Have Paris. Goodbye to All That (all
2014), The Intervention. Rainbow Time. Little Boxes. I Don't feel at Home in
This World. And Then I'm Going. Lady of the Manor. (2021). Outside of the film
industry, Lynskey achieved fame with her portrayal of Rose on the CBS sitcom
Two and a Half Men (2003-2015). She appeared on Togetherness from 2015 to the
year 2016. In the course of her role, she was nominated to win the 2015
Critics' Choice Television Awards for the best supporting artistress. She
voiced 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 Molly Strand on
the first season of Hulu's Castle Rock (2018) and was Rosemary Thomson in the
FX miniseries Mrs. America (2020).
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