
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melanie Lynskey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Two and a Half Men
2003 · TV

Future-Worm!
2016 · TV

Yellowjackets
2021 · TV

Togetherness
2015 · TV

Over the Garden Wall
2014 · TV

Castle Rock
2018 · TV

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV

Mrs. America
2020 · TV

House
2004 · TV

The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024 · TV

Summer Camp Island
2018 · TV

Drive
2007 · TV

Young Sheldon
2017 · TV

American Dad!
2005 · TV

Candy
2022 · TV

Sunshine
2017 · TV

The Last of Us
2023 · TV

The Shield
2002 · TV

Rose Red
2002 · TV

Comanche Moon
2008 · TV

Girlboss
2017 · TV

Psych
2006 · TV

The L Word
2004 · TV

Matlock
2024 · TV

Mom
2013 · TV

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 · TV

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · TV

Key & Peele
2012 · TV

Poker Face
2023 · TV

The Life & Times of Tim
2008 · TV

Easy
2016 · TV

Celebrity Name Game
2014 · TV

Our Ex-Wife
2016 · TV

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV

Big Brother
2000 · TV

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV

Hot Ones Versus
2024 · TV

After Midnight
2024 · TV

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV

Hollywood Squares
2025 · TV

This Morning
1988 · TV