Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977)
is an New Zealand actress. She is known for her humorous, soft-spoken, but
strong characters, and works predominantly in films that are independent. She's
been honored with an New Zealand Film Award as well as a Hollywood Film Award
as well as the Sundance Special Jury Award. Lynskey was a teenage murderess who
made her film debut in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After making
the move to the United States, she built an acting career by playing supporting
roles in a range of small- and big-budget films, including Ever After (1998),
Detroit Rock City, But I'm a Cheerleader (both 1999), Coyote Ugly (2000),
Abandon, Sweet Home Alabama (both 2002) Shattered Glass (2003), Flags of Our
Fathers (2006), Away We Go, Up in the Air, The Informant! Leaves of Grass (all
2009), Win Win (2011) and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Perks
of Being a Wallflower (both 2012), They Came Together (2014), and Don't Take a
Look Up (2021). Lynskey's role as the lead in I Must Go I Must Go (2012) earned
her critical acclaim and also an award nomination for the Gotham Award for
Breakthrough Performer. This was a crucial stage in her career. She has been a
prominent actor in the American independent film industry through her later
roles 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). Lynskey is also well-known for
her character of Rose in the television series Two and a Half Men (2003-2015).
She was the main character on Togetherness from 2015 to 2016, and she received
a nomination from Critics' Choice Television Awards as the best Supporting
Actress. Megan, and Beatrice on the Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall
(2014) as their voices. (2016-2018). She also appeared as Molly Strand on the
first season of Hulu's Castle Rock (2018) and she played Rosemary Thomson in
the FX miniseries Mrs. America (2020).
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