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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 16, 1977
Place of Birth
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Also Known As
- ملانی لینسکی
Melanie Lynskey
3.0 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melanie Lynskey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Anna Osborne
Pike River
2025
5.0
Self
Hollywood Squares
2025
0.0
Helen
Griffin in Summer
2024
8.0
Heather Morris
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
🎬
0.0
Self
Making 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
9.7
Self
Hot Ones Versus
2024
6.4
Self
After Midnight
2024
8.5
Kathleen Coghlan
The Last of Us
2023
6.4
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
7.2
Betty Gore
Candy
2022
Credits
Pike River
as Anna Osborne
2025
0.0
Hollywood Squares
as Self
2025
5.0
Griffin in Summer
as Helen
2024
0.0
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
as Heather Morris
2024
8.0
🎬
Making 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz
as Self
2024
0.0
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2024
9.7
After Midnight
as Self
2024
6.4
The Last of Us
as Kathleen Coghlan
2023
8.5
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.4
Candy
as Betty Gore
2022
7.2
Don't Look Up
as June Mindy
2021
7.1
Yellowjackets
as Shauna Sadecki
2021
7.5
Lady of the Manor
as Hannah
2021
5.8
Mrs. America
as Rosemary Thomson
2020
7.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.4
Sadie
as Rae
2018
6.6
Castle Rock
as Molly Strand
2018
7.2
Summer Camp Island
as Sun (voice)
2018
7.7
Sunshine
as Zara Skelton
2017
8.0
The Changeover
as Kate Chant
2017
5.7
Young Sheldon
as Dora Ericson
2017
8.0
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Laura
2017
6.4
And Then I Go
as Janice
2017
6.2
Girlboss
as Gail
2017
6.6
Little Boxes
as Gina
2017
6.2
1 Mile To You
as Coach Rowan
2017
6.5
XX
as Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")
2017
5.0
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
as Ruth Kimke
2017
6.5
Easy
as Beth
2016
6.1
Our Ex-Wife
as Sara
2016
6.0
The Intervention
as Annie
2016
5.9
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
as Becky
2016
5.2
The Great & The Small
as Margaret
2016
6.0
Rainbow Time
as Lindsay
2016
5.4
Future-Worm!
as Megan
2016
5.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
Digging for Fire
as Squiggy
2015
5.1
Behind Over the Garden Wall
as Self
2015
0.0
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Togetherness
as Michelle Pierson
2015
6.8
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.4
Goodbye to All That
as Annie Wall
2014
4.8
Over the Garden Wall
as Beatrice (voice)
2014
8.6
We'll Never Have Paris
as Devon
2014
4.8
Celebrity Name Game
as Self
2014
5.3
Happy Christmas
as Kelly
2014
5.1
They Came Together
as Brenda
2014
5.6
The Big Ask
as Hannah
2014
4.8
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
Chu and Blossom
as Miss Shoemaker
2014
4.0
Mom
as Shannon
2013
7.3
A Kiwi Legend
as Self
2013
0.0
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Putzel
as Sally
2012
1.0
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
as Aunt Helen
2012
7.8
Hello I Must Be Going
as Amy
2012
6.0
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
as Karen Amalfi
2012
6.6
Eye of the Hurricane
as Amelia Kyte
2012
7.3
Key & Peele
as Fiance
2012
7.6
Touchback
as Macy
2011
6.3
Win Win
as Cindy Timmons
2011
6.8
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
as Self
2011
0.0
Helena from the Wedding
as Alice
2010
3.8
Up in the Air
as Julie Bingham
2009
6.9
The Informant!
as Ginger Whitacre
2009
6.1
Leaves of Grass
as Colleen
2009
6.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Away We Go
as Munch
2009
6.7
A Quiet Little Marriage
as Monique
2008
4.5
Show of Hands
as Jess
2008
6.7
The Life & Times of Tim
as Becky (voice)
2008
7.5
Comanche Moon
as Pearl Coleman
2008
7.0
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
as Pat (uncredited)
2007
5.5
Drive
as Wendy Patrakas
2007
6.2
Flags of Our Fathers
as Pauline Harnois
2006
6.9
Psych
as Emily Bloom
2006
7.9
Say Uncle
as Susan
2006
5.5
Park
as Sheryl
2006
4.9
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Kate
2005
8.3
American Dad!
as Sharon (voice)
2005
7.0
House
as Natalie Tavares
2004
8.6
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
as Zoe Cadwaulder
2004
4.0
The L Word
as Clea Mason
2004
7.6
Shattered Glass
as Amy Brand
2003
7.0
Two and a Half Men
as Rose
2003
7.5
Claustrophobia
as Lauren
2003
2.7
Abandon
as Mousy Julie
2002
4.8
Sweet Home Alabama
as Lurlynn
2002
6.4
The Shield
as Marcy
2002
8.1
Rose Red
as Rachel Wheaton
2002
6.8
Shooters
as Marie
2002
5.4
Snakeskin
as Alice
2001
5.4
Foreign Correspondents
as Melody
2001
7.0
Coyote Ugly
as Gloria
2000
6.3
But I'm a Cheerleader
as Hilary
2000
7.1
Big Brother
as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
2000
5.0
Detroit Rock City
as Beth Bumsteen
1999
6.7
The Cherry Orchard
as Dunyasha
1999
4.3
EverAfter
as Jacqueline de Ghent
1998
7.4
The Frighteners
as Deputy
1996
6.9
Heavenly Creatures
as Pauline Parker
1994
7.0
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2