Melanie Lynskey | ALEFAST

Melanie Lynskey

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melanie Lynskey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1977-05-16

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	Heavenly Creatures	Pauline Parker	70
2	1996	The Frighteners	Deputy	69
3	1998	EverAfter	Jacqueline de Ghent	74
4	1999	The Cherry Orchard	Dunyasha	43
5	1999	Detroit Rock City	Beth Bumsteen	67
6	2000	But I'm a Cheerleader	Hilary	70
7	2000	Coyote Ugly	Gloria	63
8	2001	Foreign Correspondents	Melody	70
9	2001	Snakeskin	Alice	54
10	2002	Shooters	Marie	54
11	2002	Sweet Home Alabama	Lurlynn	64
12	2002	Abandon	Mousy Julie	48
13	2003	Claustrophobia	Lauren	27
14	2003	Shattered Glass	Amy Brand	70
15	2004	The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder	Zoe Cadwaulder	40
16	2006	Park	Sheryl	49
17	2006	Say Uncle	Susan	55
18	2006	Flags of Our Fathers	Pauline Harnois	69
19	2007	Itty Bitty Titty Committee	Pat (uncredited)	55
20	2008	Show of Hands	Jess	67
21	2008	A Quiet Little Marriage	Monique	45
22	2009	Away We Go	Munch	67
23	2009	Leaves of Grass	Colleen	60
24	2009	The Informant!	Ginger Whitacre	61
25	2009	Up in the Air	Julie Bingham	69
26	2010	Helena from the Wedding	Alice	38
27	2011	Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews	Self	0
28	2011	Win Win	Cindy Timmons	68
29	2011	Touchback	Macy	63
30	2012	Eye of the Hurricane	Amelia Kyte	73
31	2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Karen Amalfi	66
32	2012	Hello I Must Be Going	Amy	60
33	2012	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Aunt Helen	78
34	2012	Putzel	Sally	10
35	2013	A Kiwi Legend	Self	0
36	2014	Chu and Blossom	Miss Shoemaker	40
37	2014	The Big Ask	Hannah	49
38	2014	They Came Together	Brenda	56
39	2014	Happy Christmas	Kelly	51
40	2014	We'll Never Have Paris	Devon	48
41	2014	Goodbye to All That	Annie Wall	48
42	2015	Behind Over the Garden Wall	Self	0
43	2015	Digging for Fire	Squiggy	51
44	2016	Rainbow Time	Lindsay	54
45	2016	The Great & The Small	Margaret	60
46	2016	Folk Hero & Funny Guy	Becky	52
47	2016	The Intervention	Annie	59
48	2017	I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	Ruth Kimke	66
49	2017	XX	Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")	50
50	2017	1 Mile To You	Coach Rowan	65
51	2017	Little Boxes	Gina	61
52	2017	And Then I Go	Janice	62
53	2017	The Changeover	Kate Chant	57
54	2018	Sadie	Rae	67
55	2021	Lady of the Manor	Hannah	58
56	2021	Don't Look Up	June Mindy	71
57	2024	Making 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz	Self	0
58	2024	Griffin in Summer	Helen	0
59	2025	Pike River	Anna Osborne	0
60		Don't Say Good Luck		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	This Morning	Self	52
2	2000	Big Brother	Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'	50
3	2002	Rose Red	Rachel Wheaton	68
4	2002	The Shield	Marcy	81
5	2003	Two and a Half Men	Rose	75
6	2004	The L Word	Clea Mason	76
7	2004	House	Natalie Tavares	86
8	2005	American Dad!	Sharon (voice)	70
9	2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Kate	83
10	2006	Psych	Emily Bloom	79
11	2007	Drive	Wendy Patrakas	62
12	2008	Comanche Moon	Pearl Coleman	70
13	2008	The Life & Times of Tim	Becky (voice)	75
14	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
15	2012	Key & Peele	Fiance	76
16	2013	Mom	Shannon	73
17	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
18	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
19	2014	Celebrity Name Game	Self	53
20	2014	Over the Garden Wall	Beatrice (voice)	86
21	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
22	2015	Togetherness	Michelle Pierson	68
23	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	53
24	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
25	2016	Future-Worm!	Megan	50
26	2016	Our Ex-Wife	Sara	60
27	2016	Easy	Beth	61
28	2017	Girlboss	Gail	66
29	2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Laura	64
30	2017	Young Sheldon	Dora Ericson	80
31	2017	Sunshine	Zara Skelton	80
32	2018	Summer Camp Island	Sun (voice)	78
33	2018	Castle Rock	Molly Strand	72
34	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
35	2020	Mrs. America	Rosemary Thomson	74
36	2021	Yellowjackets	Shauna Sadecki	75
37	2022	Candy	Betty Gore	72
38	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show		62
39	2023	The Last of Us	Kathleen Coghlan	85
40	2023	Poker Face	Regina Gilvary	76
41	2024	After Midnight	Self	59
42	2024	Hot Ones Versus	Self	97
43	2024	The Tattooist of Auschwitz	Heather Morris	81
44	2025	Hollywood Squares	Self	50