Melanie Lynskey

Acting · Born 1977-05-16 in New 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melanie Lynskey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Heavenly Creatures as Pauline Parker
• But I'm a Cheerleader as Hilary
• EverAfter as Jacqueline de Ghent
• Shattered Glass as Amy Brand
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Aunt Helen
• Don't Look Up as June Mindy
• Flags of Our Fathers as Pauline Harnois
• The Frighteners as Deputy
• Up in the Air as Julie Bingham
• The Informant! as Ginger Whitacre

TV

• Psych as Emily Bloom
• Young Sheldon as Dora Ericson
• The L Word as Clea Mason
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz as Heather Morris
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Kate
• The Shield as Marcy
• House as Natalie Tavares
• The Last of Us as Kathleen Coghlan
• Over the Garden Wall as Beatrice (voice)
• Key & Peele as Fiance