Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977)
is an New Zealand actress. She is well-known for her unique, soft-spoken and
headstrong roles. She is mostly seen in independent films. Her accolades
include one of them: 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 film debut starring as
the teenage murderess in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After
moving to the United States in 1994, Lynskey forged a career as a supporting
actress in a variety of big-budget and smaller-scale movies, such as 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's lead role in Hello I Must Go (2012) was
praised by critics and also a nomination for The Gotham Award for Breakthrough
Performer. It was an important stage in her career. Her subsequent lead roles
include Happy Christmas and We'll Never Have Paris (all 2014), The Intervention
(all 2016), Rainbow Time, Little Boxes I Don't Feel at In This World Anymore
(both 2017), Lady of the Manor (2021), Sadie (2018) Sadie (2018) as well as Lady
of the Manor (both 2018) established her as an important player in the American
independent film industry. Lynskey's role as Rose in CBS' sitcom Two and a Half
Men (1903-2015) made her famous. She appeared on Togetherness from 2015 to in
2016. For which she was nominated for the 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award
for the Best Supporting Artistress. She was the voice of Beatrice for Cartoon
Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) and Megan for Disney XD's Future-Worm!
(2016-2018). She also appeared as Molly Strand on the first season of Hulu's
Castle Rock (2018) and played Rosemary Thomson in the FX miniseries Mrs.
America (2020).
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