Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey was born on May
16, 1977, in New Zealand. She is well-known for charming, soft-spoken but
strong character. She works mostly in films that are independent. Her
achievements include a New Zealand Film Award, and a Hollywood Film Award and a
Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Gotham Award, Golden Nymph Award
Critics' Choice Award, as well as Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Lynskey made her film debut starring as the teenage murderess in Peter
Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After making the move to the United
States, Lynskey built a career as a supporting actor in various films, both big
and small budget 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 be distracted (2021). Lynskey received a
nomination for the Gotham Award as Breakthrough Performer and was praised by
critics for her portrayal of the depressed divorcee in The Goodbye I Must be
Going (2012). This was a turning point in her professional career. She has
become a well-known name in the American independent film industry due to her
later performances 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 go. Lady of the Manor. (2021). Lynskey's portrayal as
Rose in CBS the sitcom Two and a Half Men (1903-2015) earned her fame. She was
the main character on Togetherness from 2015-2016, where she was nominated by
the Critics Choice Television Awards for the award for Best Supporting Actress.
Megan and Beatrice on Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) were the
voices. (2016-2018). She also 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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