Melanie Lynskey
Acting1977New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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.
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Known For
Acting History
Future
2025
Griffin in Summer
as Helen
Pike River
as Anna Osborne
Matlock
TVas Debra Palmer• 1 eps
Poker Face
TVas Regina Gilvary• 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Hot Ones Versus
TVas Self• 1 eps
After Midnight
TVas Self• 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self• 1 eps
Hollywood Squares
TVas Self• 1 eps
2024
This Morning
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
TVas Heather Morris• 6 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2023
The Last of Us
TVas Kathleen Coghlan• 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TVas Self• 2 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TVas Self• 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2022
Candy
TVas Betty Gore• 5 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self• 1 eps
2021
Don't Look Up
as June Mindy
Lady of the Manor
as Hannah
Yellowjackets
TVas Shauna Sadecki• 29 eps
Young Sheldon
TVas Dora Ericson• 2 eps
Mom
TVas Shannon• 1 eps
2020
Mrs. America
TVas Rosemary Thomson• 9 eps
2019
Easy
TVas Beth• 1 eps
2018
2017
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
as Ruth Kimke
1 Mile To You
as Coach Rowan
Little Boxes
as Gina
And Then I Go
as Janice
XX
as Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")
The Changeover
as Kate Chant
Sunshine
TVas Zara Skelton• 4 eps
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
TVas Laura• 2 eps
Girlboss
TVas Gail• 3 eps
American Dad!
TVas Sharon (voice)• 1 eps
2016
Untitled Clea DuVall Project
as Annie
Rainbow Time
as Lindsay
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
as Becky
The Great & The Small
as Margaret
Our Ex-Wife
TVas Sara• 1 eps
Future-Worm!
TVas Megan (voice)• 60 eps
2015
En Busca de Nosotros
as Squiggy
Behind Over the Garden Wall
as Self
Key & Peele
TVas Fiance• 1 eps
Togetherness
TVas Michelle Pierson• 16 eps
2014
Happy Christmas
as Kelly
Goodbye to All That
as Annie Wall
They Came Together
as Brenda
The Big Ask
as Hannah
We'll Never Have Paris
as Devon
Chu and Blossom
as Miss Shoemaker
Over the Garden Wall
TVas Beatrice (voice)• 10 eps
Celebrity Name Game
TVas Self• 1 eps
2013
A Kiwi Legend
as Self
2012
Putzel
as Sally
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
as Karen Amalfi
Eye of the Hurricane
as Amelia Kyte
Hello I Must Be Going
as Amy
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
as Aunt Helen
House
TVas Natalie Tavares• 1 eps
2011
2010
Helena from the Wedding
as Alice
The Life & Times of Tim
TVas Becky (voice)• 1 eps
2009
The Informant!
as Ginger Whitacre
Away We Go
as Munch
Up in the Air
as Julie Bingham
Leaves of Grass
as Colleen
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TVas Kate• 1 eps
2008
A Quiet Little Marriage
as Monique
Show of Hands
as Jess
Comanche Moon
TVas Pearl Coleman• 3 eps
Psych
TVas Emily Bloom• 1 eps
The L Word
TVas Clea Mason• 2 eps
2007
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
as Pat (uncredited)
Drive
TVas Wendy Patrakas• 6 eps
2006
2005
Big Brother
TVas Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'• 1 eps
2004
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
as Zoe Cadwaulder
2003
Claustrophobia
as Lauren
Shattered Glass
as Amy Brand
The Shield
TVas Marcy• 2 eps
Two and a Half Men
TVas Rose• 85 eps
2002
2001
Snakeskin
as Alice
Foreign Correspondents
as Melody
2000
Coyote Ugly
as Gloria
But I'm a Cheerleader
as Hilary
1999
The Cherry Orchard
as Dunyasha
Detroit Rock City
as Beth Bumsteen
1998
EverAfter
as Jacqueline de Ghent
1996
The Frighteners
as Deputy
1994
Heavenly Creatures
as Pauline Parker