Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977)
is an New Zealand actress. She is famous for her charming, soft-spoken but
tough characters, and works predominantly in films that are independent. Her
awards 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 killer in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After making the
move to the United States in 1994, Lynskey made a name for herself performing
supporting roles in a range of large-budget and smaller-scale productions,
including 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 awarded acclaim by
critics for her performance as the depressed divorcee in Hello I Must be Going
(2012). This was an important moment in her professional career. She has become
a well-known persona within the American independent film industry through 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). Lynskey's
performance as Rose on CBS' sitcom Two and a Half Men (1903-2015) made her
famous. She was the lead in Togetherness from 2015-2016, and she was nominated
by Critics Choice Television Awards as the best Supporting Actress. She voiced
Beatrice for Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) and Megan for Disney
XD's Future-Worm! (2016-2018). She was also the star 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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