Melanie Jayne Lynskey

Melanie Jayne Lynskey was born on the 16th of May in New Zealand. She is well-known for her distinctive, soft-spoken and headstrong roles. She mostly appears in films that are independent. Her awards include the New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award and a Sundance Special Jury Award, in addition to Gotham Award, Golden Nymph Award, Critics' Choice Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Lynskey was a teen murderess, who made her film debut in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). After moving to the United States, Lynskey built her career as an supporting actor in various large and small-budget films like Ever After (1998), Detroit Rock City, But... (both 1999), Coyote Ugly (2000) and Sweet Home Alabama (both 2002), Shattered glass (2003), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Away We Go!, Up in the Air!, Leaves of Grass (2009), Win Win (2011) and Seeking a Wallflower (both 2014) Then they came Together (2014) and Don't look up (2021). Lynskey was nominated for the Gotham Award as Breakthrough Performer and received critical acclaim for her portrayal of a depressed divorcée in The Goodbye I Must be Going (2012). This was a pivotal point in her professional career. She has been a prominent actor in the American independent film industry through her later performances 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 go. Lady of the Manor. (2021). Lynskey is also famous for her role as Rose on Two and a Half Men (2003-2015). She was the central character of Togetherness from 2015-2016, where she received a nomination from the Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Megan and Beatrice voiced her characters on the Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall (2014). (2016-2018). She starred in Molly Strand's debut season on Hulu (2018), and Rosemary Thomson was her role in Mrs. America (2020).