Melanie Lynskey
Acting
Born 1977-05-16 · 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
House
2004 · TV
Over the Garden Wall
2014 · TV
The Last of Us
2023 · TV
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · TV
The Shield
2002 · TV
Young Sheldon
2017 · TV
Psych
2006 · TV
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024 · TV
The L Word
2004 · TV
Key & Peele
2012 · TV
Two and a Half Men
2003 · TV
Yellowjackets
2021 · TV
Poker Face
2023 · TV
Mom
2013 · TV
Summer Camp Island
2018 · TV
Castle Rock
2018 · TV
Mrs. America
2020 · TV
Candy
2022 · TV
The Life & Times of Tim
2008 · TV
American Dad!
2005 · TV
Matlock
2024 · TV
Comanche Moon
2008 · TV
Sunshine
2017 · TV
Rose Red
2002 · TV
Togetherness
2015 · TV
Our Ex-Wife
2016 · TV
Future-Worm!
2016 · TV
Girlboss
2017 · TV
Celebrity Name Game
2014 · TV
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 · TV
Drive
2007 · TV
Easy
2016 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
Hollywood Squares
2025 · TV
After Midnight
2024 · TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV
This Morning
1988 · TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV
Big Brother
2000 · TV