Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey was born 16 May
1977 in New Zealand. She is known for her charming, soft-spoken but tough
characters, and works predominantly in independent films. Her awards include 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 was a teenage murderess, who made her debut in a
film in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After moving to the United
States in 1994, Lynskey launched a successful career as a supporting actress in
a range of large-budget and smaller-scale films, including 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 starring role in Hello I Must Go (2012) was praised
by critics and being nominated for the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performer.
It was a turning event in her professional career. The subsequent lead roles
she played in were Happy Christmas and We'll Never Have Paris (all 2014), The
Intervention (all 2016), Rainbow Time, Little Boxes, I'm Not 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 status as an important
player within the American independent movie community. Lynskey is also famous
for her performance as Rose on Two and a Half Men (2003-2015). She was on the
show in Togetherness from 2015 to in 2016. In the course of her role, she
received nominations for the 2015 Critics' Choice Television Award for the best
supporting artistress. She provided the voices of Beatrice for Cartoon
Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) and Megan for Disney XD's Future-Worm!
(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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