Melanie Lynskey
Known for: Acting
Born: May 16, 1977
Place of birth: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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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Filmography
60 movies · 46 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Don't Say Good Luck
2026
6.4
Pike River
2025
6.8
Griffin in Summer
2025
4.4
Hollywood Squares
2025
7.0
Matlock
2024NR
The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
8.0
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
8.8
Hot Ones Versus
2024
5.5
After Midnight
2024
7.5
Poker Face
2023
8.4
The Last of Us
2023
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
7.1
Candy
2022
7.1
Don't Look Up
2021
7.4
Yellowjackets
2021
5.6
Lady of the Manor
2021
7.3
Mrs. America
2020
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.8
Sadie
2018
7.2
Castle Rock
2018
7.7
Summer Camp Island
2018
8.0
Sunshine
2017
5.6
The Changeover
2017
8.0
Young Sheldon
2017
6.5
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
6.3
And Then I Go
2017
6.5
Girlboss
2017
6.2
Little Boxes
2017
6.5
1 Mile To You
2017
5.0
XX
2017
6.6
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017
6.0
Easy
2016
6.8
Our Ex-Wife
2016
5.9
The Intervention
2016
5.2
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
2016
6.1
The Great & The Small
2016
5.3
Rainbow Time
2016
6.2
Future-Worm!
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
5.2
Digging for Fire
2015
8.5
Behind Over the Garden Wall
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
6.8
Togetherness
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
5.0
Goodbye to All That
2014
8.6
Over the Garden Wall
2014
4.8
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
5.3
Celebrity Name Game
2014
5.1
Happy Christmas
2014
5.5
They Came Together
2014
5.0
The Big Ask
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
4.0
Chu and Blossom
2014
7.3
Mom
2013
NR
A Kiwi Legend
20131.0
Putzel
2012
7.8
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012
5.9
Hello I Must Be Going
2012
6.6
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
7.3
Eye of the Hurricane
2012
7.7
Key & Peele
2012
6.6
Touchback
2011
6.8
Win Win
2011
NR
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011
4.1
Helena from the Wedding
2010
6.9
Up in the Air
2009
6.2
The Informant!
2009
6.0
Leaves of Grass
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
6.7
Away We Go
2009
5.1
A Quiet Little Marriage
2008
6.7
Show of Hands
2008
7.3
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
7.1
Comanche Moon
2008
5.5
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007
6.2
Drive
2007
6.9
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
7.9
Psych
2006
5.4
Say Uncle
2006
4.9
Park
2006
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
8.6
House
2004
4.0
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
2004
7.7
The L Word
2004
7.0
Shattered Glass
2003
7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003
4.0
Claustrophobia
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
4.8
Abandon
2002
6.4
Sweet Home Alabama
2002
8.2
The Shield
2002
6.8
Rose Red
2002
5.5
Shooters
2002
5.4
Snakeskin
2001
7.0
Foreign Correspondents
2001
6.3
Coyote Ugly
2000
7.1
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
4.8
Big Brother
2000
6.8
Detroit Rock City
1999
5.0
The Cherry Orchard
1999
7.5
EverAfter
1998
7.0
The Frighteners
1996
7.0
Heavenly Creatures
1994
5.2
This Morning
1988