Melanie Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey was born on May 16, 1977, in New Zealand. Famous for her portrayals complex women and her mastery of American dialects, she performs mostly in independent films. Lynskey has won two Critics Choice Awards, an HCA Award, a Gracie and an New Zealand Film Award, and 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.
Lynskey was a screen star when she made her debut in Heavenly Creatures (1994). She was awarded an award called the New Zealand Film Award for her performance as Pauline Parker, a teenage serial killer. In the following years, she was in several international productions, such as Ever After (1998), Detroit Rock City, but I'm not a cheerleader The Cherry Orchard (1999), Coyote Ugly (2001), Snakeskin (2001), Shooters, Abandon, Sweet Home Alabama (all 2002). After her move to the United States, Lynskey became popular as a character actress, gaining recognition for a mixture of small-scale and big-budget films, including 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 to the The End of the World, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (both 2012) and They Came Together (2014), and Don't look up (2021).
In 2012, Lynskey received critical acclaim and received a Gotham Award nomination for her performance as a depressed divorcee The Big Ask (2012), which she starred in as a depressed divorcee in I Must Be Going, which proved to be the turning point in her career. The Big Ask (2013), Happy Christmas. We'll Never See Paris. Goodbye to All That (all 2015), The Intervention. Rainbow Time. Little Boxes (all 2016) I'm Not Feeling at The Home of This World. And Then I go. Lady of the Manor. (2021). Lynskey was well-known in the American independent film industry.


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