Melanie Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey ( born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress. She is known for her portrayals of women with complex personalities and her fluency in American dialects. She is primarily involved in films that are independent. Lynskey has won two Critics Choice Awards, an HCA Award, a Gracie and an New Zealand Film Award, the Hollywood Film Award, and an Sundance Special Jury Award, and also Gotham, Satellite, Saturn, Golden Nymph, Independent Spirit, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Lynskey's debut on screen was Heavenly Creatures (1994), where she won an award called a New Zealand Film Award as her character Pauline Parker, a teenage murderess. In the following years, she was in a variety of international productions that included Ever After (1998), Detroit Rock City, But I'm A Cheerleader, The Cherry Orchard, Snakeskin (2001), Shooters, Abandon, Sweet Home Alabama (2/22/02). Lynskey established a name for her character acting when she arrived in the United States.
Lynskey was nominated for a Gotham Award in 2012 for her character as a depressed divorcée in Hello I Must Be Going. This was a major turning point in her professional career. Subsequent lead parts in The Big Ask (2013), Happy Christmas, We'll Never Have Paris, Goodbye to All That (all 2014), The Intervention, Rainbow Time, Little Boxes (all 2016), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, And Then I Go (both 2017), Sadie (2018), and Lady of the Manor (2021) established her as an influential figure in the American independent film scene.


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