Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey was born on May
16, 1977, in New Zealand. She is known for her humorous, soft-spoken, but
strong characters. She works primarily in independent films. Her honors include
an 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 was a teenage murderess, who made her film debut in
Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After making the move to the United
States, she built an impressive career as a supporting actor in various
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) and Seeking an Friend for the end of the World, The Perks of
Being a Wallflower (both 2012), They Came Together (2014), and Don't Look Up
(2021). Lynskey was nominated for the Gotham Award as Breakthrough Performer
and received critical acclaim for her performance as the depressed divorcee in
Hello I Must be Going (2012). This was an important moment in her professional
career. Her subsequent lead roles included Happy Christmas, We'll Never Have
Paris Goodbye to All That (all 2014), The Intervention, Rainbow Time, Little
Boxes (all 2016) I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, And Then I Go
(both 2017), Sadie (2018) and Lady of the Manor (2021) have made her an
influential figure in the American independent film scene. Lynskey's role as
Rose in CBS The sitcom Two and a Half Men (1903-2015) made her famous. She was
the lead in Togetherness from 2015 to 2016, and she was nominated by the
Critics Choice Television Awards for the award for Best Supporting Actress.
Megan and Beatrice in Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) were their
voices. (2016-2018). Also, she starred 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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