Melanie Lynskey
Known for: Acting
Born: May 16, 1977
Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born May 16, 1977) is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American dialects, she works predominantly in independent films. Lynskey is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, a HCA Award, a Gracie, a New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award, and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Gotham, Satellite, Saturn, Golden Nymph, Independent Spirit, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Known for
Heavenly Creatures
1994
Show of Hands
2008
Claustrophobia
2003
Hello I Must Be Going
2012
Snakeskin
2001
Eye of the Hurricane
2012
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
2004
The Great & The Small
2016
Little Boxes
2017
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017
Foreign Correspondents
2001
Lady of the Manor
2021
Pike River
2025
Putzel
2012
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
Happy Christmas
2014
Rainbow Time
2016
The Changeover
2017
Sadie
2018
The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
Don't Say Good Luck
2026
Touchback
2011
The Intervention
2016
And Then I Go
2017
Behind Over the Garden Wall
2015
The Informant!
2009
The Big Ask
2014
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
Leaves of Grass
2009
Shattered Glass
2003
Griffin in Summer
2025
EverAfter
1998
Detroit Rock City
1999
Helena from the Wedding
2010
A Quiet Little Marriage
2008
Win Win
2011
Chu and Blossom
2014
1 Mile To You
2017
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011
Up in the Air
2009
Park
2006
Abandon
2002
A Kiwi Legend
2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012
Say Uncle
2006
Goodbye to All That
2014
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
2016
XX
2017
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
Sweet Home Alabama
2002
The Cherry Orchard
1999
Coyote Ugly
2000
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
Shooters
2002
Don't Look Up
2021
Away We Go
2009
Digging for Fire
2015
They Came Together
2014
The Frighteners
1996
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007
Psych
2006
Drive
2007
Yellowjackets
2021
Two and a Half Men
2003
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
Young Sheldon
2017
The L Word
2004
Comanche Moon
2008
Rose Red
2002
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Girlboss
2017
Togetherness
2015
Mom
2013
Our Ex-Wife
2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Celebrity Name Game
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Candy
2022
Castle Rock
2018
Sunshine
2017
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Shield
2002
Summer Camp Island
2018
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
Mrs. America
2020
Easy
2016
House
2004
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
American Dad!
2005
The Last of Us
2023
Future-Worm!
2016
Over the Garden Wall
2014
This Morning
1988
Key & Peele
2012
Big Brother
2000
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
After Midnight
2024
Hollywood Squares
2025
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Poker Face
2023
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Matlock
2024