Melanie Lynskey
Acting • Born 1977-05-16
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.
Filmography
106 credits
Heavenly Creatures
Movie • 1994
Pauline Parker
Flags of Our Fathers
Movie • 2006
Pauline Harnois
The Frighteners
Movie • 1996
Deputy
But I'm a Cheerleader
Movie • 2000
Hilary
Up in the Air
Movie • 2009
Julie Bingham
The Informant!
Movie • 2009
Ginger Whitacre
Coyote Ugly
Movie • 2000
Gloria
EverAfter
Movie • 1998
Jacqueline de Ghent
Leaves of Grass
Movie • 2009
Colleen
Detroit Rock City
Movie • 1999
Beth Bumsteen
Shattered Glass
Movie • 2003
Amy Brand
Show of Hands
Movie • 2008
Jess
Claustrophobia
Movie • 2003
Lauren
Park
Movie • 2006
Sheryl
Helena from the Wedding
Movie • 2010
Alice
Abandon
Movie • 2002
Mousy Julie
A Quiet Little Marriage
Movie • 2008
Monique
A Kiwi Legend
Movie • 2013
Self
Hello I Must Be Going
Movie • 2012
Amy
Touchback
Movie • 2011
Macy
Win Win
Movie • 2011
Cindy Timmons
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Movie • 2012
Aunt Helen
Snakeskin
Movie • 2001
Alice
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Movie • 2012
Karen Amalfi
Say Uncle
Movie • 2006
Susan
Putzel
Movie • 2012
Sally
Eye of the Hurricane
Movie • 2012
Amelia Kyte
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
Movie • 2004
Zoe Cadwaulder
They Came Together
Movie • 2014
Brenda
The Big Ask
Movie • 2014
Hannah
We'll Never Have Paris
Movie • 2014
Devon
Happy Christmas
Movie • 2014
Kelly
Goodbye to All That
Movie • 2014
Annie Wall
Chu and Blossom
Movie • 2014
Miss Shoemaker
Digging for Fire
Movie • 2015
Squiggy
The Intervention
Movie • 2016
Annie
The Great & The Small
Movie • 2016
Margaret
Away We Go
Movie • 2009
Munch
Griffin in Summer
Movie • 2025
Helen
Rainbow Time
Movie • 2016
Lindsay
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
Movie • 2016
Becky
Little Boxes
Movie • 2017
Gina
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
Movie • 2007
Pat (uncredited)
Sweet Home Alabama
Movie • 2002
Lurlynn
1 Mile To You
Movie • 2017
Coach Rowan
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Movie • 2017
Ruth Kimke
The Changeover
Movie • 2017
Kate Chant
XX
Movie • 2017
Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")
And Then I Go
Movie • 2017
Janice
Sadie
Movie • 2018
Rae
Shooters
Movie • 2002
Marie
The Cherry Orchard
Movie • 1999
Dunyasha
Foreign Correspondents
Movie • 2001
Melody
Behind Over the Garden Wall
Movie • 2015
Self
Don't Look Up
Movie • 2021
June Mindy
Lady of the Manor
Movie • 2021
Hannah
The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Movie • 2024
Self
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
Movie • 2011
Self
Don't Say Good Luck
Movie
Pike River
Movie • 2025
Anna Osborne
Psych
TV • 2006
Emily Bloom
Drive
TV • 2007
Wendy Patrakas
Yellowjackets
TV • 2021
Shauna Sadecki
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Rose
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
TV • 2017
Laura
Young Sheldon
TV • 2017
Dora Ericson
The L Word
TV • 2004
Clea Mason
Comanche Moon
TV • 2008
Pearl Coleman
Rose Red
TV • 2002
Rachel Wheaton
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
TV • 2024
Heather Morris
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TV • 2005
Kate
Girlboss
TV • 2017
Gail
Togetherness
TV • 2015
Michelle Pierson
Mom
TV • 2013
Shannon
Our Ex-Wife
TV • 2016
Sara
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Celebrity Name Game
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Candy
TV • 2022
Betty Gore
Castle Rock
TV • 2018
Molly Strand
Sunshine
TV • 2017
Zara Skelton
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Shield
TV • 2002
Marcy
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Sun (voice)
The Life & Times of Tim
TV • 2008
Becky (voice)
Mrs. America
TV • 2020
Rosemary Thomson
Easy
TV • 2016
Beth
House
TV • 2004
Natalie Tavares
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Sharon (voice)
The Last of Us
TV • 2023
Kathleen Coghlan
Future-Worm!
TV • 2016
Megan (voice)
Over the Garden Wall
TV • 2014
Beatrice (voice)
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Key & Peele
TV • 2012
Fiance
Big Brother
TV • 2000
Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
After Midnight
TV • 2024
Self
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
Hot Ones Versus
TV • 2024
Self
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Regina Gilvary
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Matlock
TV • 2024
Debra Palmer