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