Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey, born on the 16th
of May, 1977, is a New Zealand actress. She is known for her charming,
soft-spoken but powerful characters. She works mostly in independent films.
She's won an award from the New Zealand Film Award as well as a Hollywood Film
Award as well as the Sundance Special Jury Award. Lynskey made her film debut
as a teenage murderess in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After her
move to the United States, she built an impressive career as a supporting actor
in a variety of small-scale and big-budget movies, 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), Seeking A Friend to the end of the World, The Perks of
Being a Wallflower (both 2012) and they came Together (2014) and Don't Take a
Look Up (2021). Lynskey was nominated for the Gotham Award as Breakthrough
Performer and was praised by critics for her character as the depressed
divorcee in The Goodbye I Must be Going (2012). It was a turning point in her
professional career. Subsequent lead roles in 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 on CBS' sitcom Two and a Half Men (1903-2015) made her famous. She
appeared on Togetherness from 2015 to in 2016. In the course of her role, she
was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting
Artistress. Megan and Beatrice were her voices on 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 was Rosemary Thomson in the FX
miniseries Mrs. America (2020).
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