Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey, born on the 16th
of May, 1977 is a New Zealand actress. She is known for her funny, soft-spoken
and strong character. She is mostly in films that are independent. Her
achievements include the New Zealand Film Award, an Hollywood Film Award and a
Sundance Special Jury Award, along with Gotham Award, Golden Nymph Award
Critics' Choice Award as well as Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Lynskey
made her film debut , playing a teenage murderess , in Peter Jackson's Heavenly
Creatures (1994). After her move to the United States, she built an acting
career by playing supporting roles in a myriad of small-budget and large-budget
features including Ever After (1998), Detroit Rock City, But I'm a Cheerleader
(both 1999), Coyote Ugly (2000), Abandon, Sweet Home Alabama (both 2002),
Shattered Glass (2003), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Away We Go, Up in the Air,
The Informant! Leaves of Grass (all 2009), Win Win (2011) Looking for A Friend
to the End of the World, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (both 2012) Then They
Came Together (2014), and Don't Look Up (2021). Lynskey earned critical acclaim
as well as was nominated for the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performer for
her role as a depressed divorcee in Hello I Must Be Going (2012) The film was a
turning stage for her career. She has been 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'm Not At Home in This World. And
Then I'm Going. Lady of the Manor. (2021). Lynskey is also well-known for her
portrayal of Rose in the television series Two and a Half Men (2003-2015). She
was the central character of Togetherness from 2015 to 2016, and she received a
nomination from the Critics' Choice Television Awards for the award for Best
Supporting Actress. Megan and Beatrice were her voices on the Cartoon Network's
Over the Garden Wall (2014). (2016-2018). She also starred as Molly Strand on
the first season of Hulu's Castle Rock (2018) and she played Rosemary Thomson
in the FX miniseries Mrs. America (2020).
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