Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey, born on the 16th
of May, 1977, is a New Zealand actress. She is famous for her quirky,
soft-spoken but headstrong characters. She is a major player in independent
films. She's won an award from the New Zealand Film Award as well as an
Hollywood Film Award as well as the Sundance Special Jury Award. Lynskey made
her film debut starring as an aspiring teenage murderess on Peter Jackson's
Heavenly Creatures (1994). After moving to the United States, Lynskey built a
career as a supporting actor in a number of films, both big and small budget
including Ever After (1998), Detroit Rock City, But... (both 1999), Coyote Ugly
(2000) and Sweet Home Alabama (both 2002), Shattered glass (2003), Flags of Our
Fathers (2006) and Away We Go!, Up in the Air!, Leaves of Grass (2009), Win Win
(2011), Seeking a Wallflower (both 2014) Then they came Together (2014) and
Don't turn your back (2021). Lynskey received a nomination for the Gotham Award
as Breakthrough Performer and received acclaim from critics for her performance
as an unhappy divorcee in The Goodbye I Must be Going (2012). It was an
important moment in her professional career. She is a prominent persona within
the American independent film industry thanks to her subsequent performances in
Happy Christmas. We'll Never Have Paris. Goodbye to All That (all 2014), The
Intervention. Rainbow Time. Little Boxes. I'm not at home in This World. And
Then I Go. Lady of the Manor. (2021). Outside of film, Lynskey achieved fame
with her role as Rose on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2003-2015). She was
a part of Togetherness from 2015 until 2016. The show was nominated to win the
2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Artistress. Megan and
Beatrice were her voices for 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 played Rosemary Thomson in the FX miniseries Mrs.
America (2020).
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