Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977)
is an New Zealand actress. Her name is well-known for her charming, soft-spoken
but strong characters. She works mainly in independent films. She's been
honored with an award from the New Zealand Film Award as along with an
Hollywood Film Award as well as a Sundance Special Jury Award. Lynskey's film
debut was as an teen killer in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures (1994). After
making the move to the United States in 1994, Lynskey made a name for herself
as a supporting actress in a variety of big-budget and smaller-scale movies,
such as 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 was nominated for the
Gotham Award as Breakthrough Performer and was praised by critics for her
portrayal of a depressed divorcée in The Goodbye I Must be Going (2012). It was
a turning point in her professional career. The following lead roles followed
in Happy Christmas, We'll Never Have Paris, Goodbye to All That (all 2014), The
Intervention, Rainbow Time, Little Boxes (all 2016) I'm Not at Home in This
World Anymore, And Then I Go (both 2017), Sadie (2018) and Lady of the Manor (2021)
have established her as a prominent figure in the American independent film
scene. Outside of film, Lynskey achieved fame with her role as Rose in the CBS
sitcom Two and a Half Men (2003-2015). From 2015 to 2016, she appeared as
Michelle Pierson on the HBO series Togetherness, for which she received a
nomination for 2015 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting
Actress. Megan and Beatrice were her voices for Cartoon Network's Over the
Garden Wall (2014). (2016-2018). She also was the lead of Molly Strand, the
first season on Hulu's Castle Rock (2018). Rosemary Thomson starred in Mrs.
America on FX (2020).
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