Melanie Jayne Lynskey

Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress. She is famous for her funny, soft-spoken and headstrong characters. She primarily works in films that are independent. Her nominations include: a 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 made her debut in film as an aspiring teenage murderess on Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After making the move to the United States, she built an impressive career as a supporting actor in a range of small- and big-budget films, such as 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 to the end of the World, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (both 2012) Then They Came Together (2014), and Don't Take a Look Up (2021). Lynskey earned critical acclaim as well as a nomination for the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performer for her starring role as a depressed divorcee in Hello I Must Be Going (2012), which was a turning scene for her career. Her subsequent lead roles in Happy Christmas and We'll Never Have Paris (all 2014), The Intervention (all 2016), Rainbow Time, Little Boxes, I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore (both 2017), Lady of the Manor (2021), Sadie (2018), and Lady of the Manor (both 2018) established her position as an important figure in the American independent film scene. Lynskey's role as Rose on CBS The sitcom Two and a Half Men (1903-2015) made her famous. From 2015 to 2016, she starred as Michelle Pierson on the HBO series Togetherness, for which 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 also was the lead of Molly Strand, the first season Hulu's Castle Rock (2018). Rosemary Thomson starred in Mrs. America on FX (2020).



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