Melanie Lynskey
Born May 16, 1977 · 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.
Known for
Don't Say Good Luck
2026
Pike River
2025
Griffin in Summer
2025
Matlock
2024
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
The Last of Us
2023
Poker Face
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Candy
2022
Yellowjackets
2021
Don't Look Up
2021
Lady of the Manor
2021
Mrs. America
2020
Summer Camp Island
2018
Castle Rock
2018
Sadie
2018
Young Sheldon
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
Girlboss
2017
XX
2017
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017
Sunshine
2017
The Changeover
2017
1 Mile To You
2017
Little Boxes
2017
And Then I Go
2017
Future-Worm!
2016
Easy
2016
The Intervention
2016
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
2016
Rainbow Time
2016
Our Ex-Wife
2016
The Great & The Small
2016
Togetherness
2015
Digging for Fire
2015
Over the Garden Wall
2014
They Came Together
2014
Happy Christmas
2014
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
Chu and Blossom
2014
Goodbye to All That
2014
Mom
2013
Key & Peele
2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
Hello I Must Be Going
2012
Eye of the Hurricane
2012
Touchback
2011
Win Win
2011
Helena from the Wedding
2010
Up in the Air
2009
The Informant!
2009
Leaves of Grass
2009
Away We Go
2009
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
Comanche Moon
2008
A Quiet Little Marriage
2008
Show of Hands
2008
Drive
2007
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007
Psych
2006
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
Park
2006
Say Uncle
2006
American Dad!
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
House
2004
The L Word
2004
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
2004
Two and a Half Men
2003
Shattered Glass
2003
Claustrophobia
2003
The Shield
2002
Rose Red
2002
Sweet Home Alabama
2002
Abandon
2002
Shooters
2002
Foreign Correspondents
2001
Snakeskin
2001
Coyote Ugly
2000
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
Detroit Rock City
1999
The Cherry Orchard
1999
EverAfter
1998
The Frighteners
1996
Heavenly Creatures
1994