Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey was born on the
16th of May in New Zealand. She is known for her unique, soft-spoken and
headstrong roles. She mostly appears in independent films. Her nominations
include: an 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 was a teenage murderess, who made her
debut in a film in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After moving to
the United States, she built a successful career in supporting roles in a
myriad of small- and big-budget films, including Ever After (1998), Detroit
Rock City, But I'm a Cheerleader (both 1999), Coyote Ugly (2000), Abandon,
Sweet Home Alabama (both 2002) Shattered Glass (2003), Flags of Our Fathers
(2006), Away We Go, Up in the Air The Informant!, Leaves of Grass (all 2009),
Win Win (2011) and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Perks of
Being a Wallflower (both 2012) and They Came Together (2014) and Don't Turn
Your Head Up (2021). Lynskey was nominated for the Gotham Award as Breakthrough
Performer and received acclaim from critics for her portrayal of the depressed
divorcee in Hello I Must be Going (2012). It was a turning point in her career.
She has been a prominent name in the American independent film industry through
her subsequent roles 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'm Going. Lady of the Manor. (2021). Lynskey's
character of Rose on CBS the sitcom Two and a Half Men (1903-2015) was a huge
hit. From 2015 to 2016, she appeared as Michelle Pierson on the HBO series
Togetherness, for which she received a nomination for the 2015 Critics' Choice
Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. She voiced Beatrice for the
Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014) and Megan for Disney XD's
Future-Worm! (2016-2018). She also starred as the main character of Molly
Strand, the first season of Hulu's Castle Rock (2018). Rosemary Thomson starred
in Mrs. America on FX (2020).
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