Known For
Acting
Born
May 16, 1977
Place of Birth
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Credits
106 titles
Melanie Lynskey
Biography
Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born May 16, 1977) is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American dialects, she works predominantly in independent films. Lynskey is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, a HCA Award, a Gracie, a New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award, and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Gotham, Satellite, Saturn, Golden Nymph, Independent Spirit, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Known For
Filmography
Don't Say Good Luck
Pike River
Anna Osborne
Griffin in Summer
Helen
Hollywood Squares
Self
Matlock
Debra Palmer
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Self
Hot Ones Versus
Self
After Midnight
Self
Poker Face
Regina Gilvary
The Last of Us
Kathleen Coghlan
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Candy
Betty Gore
Don't Look Up
June Mindy
Yellowjackets
Shauna Sadecki
Lady of the Manor
Hannah
Mrs. America
Rosemary Thomson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Sadie
Rae
Castle Rock
Molly Strand
Summer Camp Island
Sun (voice)
Sunshine
Zara Skelton
The Changeover
Kate Chant
Young Sheldon
Dora Ericson
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Laura
And Then I Go
Janice
Girlboss
Gail
Little Boxes
Gina
1 Mile To You
Coach Rowan
XX
Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Ruth Kimke
Easy
Beth
Our Ex-Wife
Sara
The Intervention
Annie
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
Becky
The Great & The Small
Margaret
Rainbow Time
Lindsay
Future-Worm!
Megan (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Digging for Fire
Squiggy
Behind Over the Garden Wall
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Togetherness
Michelle Pierson
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Goodbye to All That
Annie Wall
Over the Garden Wall
Beatrice (voice)
We'll Never Have Paris
Devon
Celebrity Name Game
Self
Happy Christmas
Kelly
They Came Together
Brenda