Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey was born on May
16, 1977, in New Zealand. She is known for her funny, soft-spoken and powerful
characters. She works mostly in independent films. Her nominations include: the
New Zealand Film Award. A Hollywood Film Award. Sundance Special Jury Award.
Gotham Award. Golden Nymph Award. Critics' Choice Award. Screen Actors Guild
Award nominations. Lynskey's debut in a film was as the teenage murderer in
Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After making the move to the United
States in 1994, Lynskey began a successful career acting in supporting roles in
a number of big-budget and smaller-scale films. These include 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 received a nomination for the Gotham Award as
Breakthrough Performer and received critical acclaim for her role as a
divorced, depressed woman in The Goodbye I Must be Going (2012). It was a
pivotal point in her career. Subsequent lead roles in Happy Christmas, We'll
Never Have Paris, Goodbye to All That (all 2014), The Intervention, Rainbow
Time, Little Boxes (all 2016), I Don't Feel at 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. Lynskey is
also well-known for her portrayal of Rose in the television series Two and a
Half Men (2003-2015). From 2015 until the year 2016, she played Michelle
Pierson on the HBO series Togetherness that she was nominated for the 2015
Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. She voiced
Beatrice for the Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) and Megan for
Disney XD's Future-Worm! (2016-2018). She was also the star in Molly Strand,
the first season of Hulu's Castle Rock (2018). Rosemary Thomson starred in Mrs.
America on FX (2020).
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