Melanie Lynskey

Q: Has Melanie Lynskey won any awards?

Melanie Lynskey has received several accolades, including a Critics' Choice Television Award for her performance in 'Togetherness.' She has been nominated for other awards, reflecting her impactful performances throughout her career.

Q: What was Melanie Lynskey's first film?

Melanie Lynskey's first film was 'Heavenly Creatures' (1994), where she portrayed the character Pauline Parker. This role marked her entry into the film industry and earned her critical acclaim.

Q: What television series is Melanie Lynskey known for?

Melanie Lynskey is well-known for her role in the series 'Two and a Half Men,' where she played Rose. More recently, she starred in 'Yellowjackets,' earning widespread acclaim for her performance.

Q: What is Melanie Lynskey's estimated net worth?

Melanie Lynskey's estimated net worth is around $5 million. This figure reflects her successful career in film and television over the years.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Melanie Lynskey's acting style?

Melanie Lynskey is known for her ability to portray complex characters with depth and nuance. Her distinctive voice and emotional range allow her to excel in both comedic and dramatic roles.

Q: Is Melanie Lynskey involved in any charitable causes?

Yes, Melanie Lynskey is involved in various charitable causes, particularly those focused on mental health and body positivity. She often uses her platform to raise awareness about these important issues.

Q: What recent projects is Melanie Lynskey working on?

Melanie Lynskey stars in the series 'Yellowjackets,' which has received critical acclaim. She is also set to appear in the upcoming film 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz,' showcasing her continued presence in the industry.

Known for

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

2012 / Drama, Romance / 103mins

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother...

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore poster

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)

IMDb 6.9 / 10

2017 / Crime / 96mins

When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they...

Name

Melanie Lynskey

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

16 May 1977, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Spouses

Jason Ritter (2020–present)

Children

1 daughter, name not publicly known

Parents

Kay Lynskey, David Lynskey

Estimated Net Worth

$5 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Don't Say Good Luck Sophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until suddenly she’s living...	Unknown character	Not rated
2025	Movie Pike River In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took the lives of 29 West Coasters,...	Anna Osborne	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2025	Movie Griffin in Summer Griffin is the most ambitious playwright of his generation. He's also fourteen years old. When his mom hires a handsome...	Helen	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2025	TV Hollywood Squares Two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes. The "board" for the game is a vertical stack of open-faced...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2024	TV Matlock After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm...	Debra Palmer	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2024	TV The Tattooist of Auschwitz The powerful real-life story of Lali Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners' arms...	Heather Morris	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Cast and crew discuss the making of Sky Studios' The Tattooist of Auschwitz	Self	Not rated
2024	TV Hot Ones Versus Welcome to Hot Ones Versus! On this brand new, Hot Ones spinoff series, guests have two choices: Tell the truth,...	Self	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2024	TV After Midnight Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet alongside a panel...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2023	TV Poker Face Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road...	Regina Gilvary	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2023	TV The Last of Us Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl,...	Kathleen Coghlan	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	TV Candy Candy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right — but when the pressure of conformity builds...	Betty Gore	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	Movie Don't Look Up Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from...	June Mindy	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	TV Yellowjackets This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented...	Shauna Sadecki	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2021	Movie Lady of the Manor Past and present collide when aimless slacker Hannah gets hired to portray Lady Wadsworth -- a Southern belle from the...	Hannah	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2020	TV Mrs. America The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative...	Rosemary Thomson	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2018	Movie Sadie While her father is away serving in the military, Sadie battles to preserve his place on the home front when...	Rae	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	TV Castle Rock Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.	Molly Strand	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	TV Summer Camp Island Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors...	Sun (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2017	TV Sunshine This drama mini-series follows a group of friends from the South Sudanese community living in Sunshine, a suburb in the...	Zara Skelton	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Changeover Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of...	Kate Chant	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2017	TV Young Sheldon The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.	Dora Ericson	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	TV Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the gang reunites for a weekend of bonding, hanky-panky and hair-raising...	Laura	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2017	Movie And Then I Go In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend,...	Janice	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	TV Girlboss Sophia is a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles upon her passion of selling vintage clothes...	Gail	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2017	Movie Little Boxes It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that...	Gina	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	Movie 1 Mile To You After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also...	Coach Rowan	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2017	Movie XX This all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.	Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2017	Movie I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her...	Ruth Kimke	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	TV Easy This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. First dates, friends...	Beth	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2016	TV Our Ex-Wife Jack is a man who has finally found real happiness with his new wife-to-be Sara, but his ex-wife and mother...	Sara	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	Movie The Intervention A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was...	Annie	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2016	Movie Folk Hero & Funny Guy Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker respectively, set out on a tour together in hopes of...	Becky	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	Movie The Great & The Small Twenty-six year old Scott is living on the streets and trying to find his way back into society while on...	Margaret	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2016	Movie Rainbow Time Todd grew up under the strange shadow of his older mentally challenged brother Shonzi. As kids, Shonzi forced Todd to...	Lindsay	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2016	TV Future-Worm! The show follows Danny Douglas and his friend Future-Worm as they go on adventures and travel through time.	Megan (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Digging for Fire Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood...	Squiggy	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2015	Movie Behind Over the Garden Wall A special look at the making of Patrick McHale's award winning miniseries Over the Garden Wall.	Self	Not rated
2015	TV The Late Late Show with James Corden Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2015	TV Togetherness Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.	Michelle Pierson	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2014	TV Variety Studio: Actors on Actors PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations...	Self	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2014	Movie Goodbye to All That Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks...	Annie Wall	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2014	TV Over the Garden Wall Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help...	Beatrice (voice)	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2014	Movie We'll Never Have Paris Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control....	Devon	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2014	TV Celebrity Name Game Celebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show which premiered on September 22, 2014. Based on the board game...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	Movie Happy Christmas After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old...	Kelly	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2014	Movie They Came Together A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.	Brenda	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2014	Movie The Big Ask The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal...	Hannah	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie Chu and Blossom A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.	Miss Shoemaker	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2013	TV Mom Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children...	Shannon	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2013	Movie A Kiwi Legend Change is afoot in New Zealand as creative forces take on the ultimate Kiwi icon. But all is not well...	Self	Not rated
2012	Movie Putzel For Walter, a young man endearingly known as "Putzel," life literally doesn't go beyond his neighborhood on the Upper West...	Sally	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2012	Movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students,...	Aunt Helen	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2012	Movie Hello I Must Be Going An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’...	Amy	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2012	Movie Seeking a Friend for the End of the World As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to...	Karen Amalfi	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2012	Movie Eye of the Hurricane An Everglades community struggles to put their lives back together in the wake of a hurricane.	Amelia Kyte	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	TV Key & Peele Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast...	Fiance	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2011	Movie Touchback A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets...	Macy	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	Movie Win Win When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled...	Cindy Timmons	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2011	Movie Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews On-set interviews with the cast of Helena from the Wedding (2010).	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Helena from the Wedding Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the...	Alice	TMDB 4.1 / 10
2009	Movie Up in the Air Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach...	Julie Bingham	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie The Informant! A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his...	Ginger Whitacre	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	Movie Leaves of Grass An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local...	Colleen	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	Movie Away We Go Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child,...	Munch	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie A Quiet Little Marriage A Quiet Little Marriage is the love story of Dax and Olive, who manage to find harmony even as they...	Monique	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2008	Movie Show of Hands Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to...	Jess	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	TV The Life & Times of Tim This show is about a hapless man in his mid-20's named Tim who lives in New York City with his...	Becky (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2008	TV Comanche Moon Set in the rugged American frontier, Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae confront Comanche warriors, ruthless outlaws, and the...	Pearl Coleman	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2007	Movie Itty Bitty Titty Committee High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical...	Pat (uncredited)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2007	TV Drive An American action drama television series set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the...	Wendy Patrakas	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2006	Movie Flags of Our Fathers There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on...	Pauline Harnois	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	TV Psych Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a...	Emily Bloom	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2006	Movie Say Uncle A young gay artist, desperate to replace the relationship he had with his recently relocated godson, is targeted by a...	Susan	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2006	Movie Park Park takes place all in one day in a public park in Los Angeles, as 11 disaffected Angelenos find both...	Sheryl	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2005	TV It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world...	Kate	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2005	TV American Dad! The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and...	Sharon (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	TV House Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital...	Natalie Tavares	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2004	Movie The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder Romantic dark comedy sees phobia-riddled Zoe Cadwaulder overcoming her fears and discovering true love.	Zoe Cadwaulder	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2004	TV The L Word A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.	Clea Mason	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	Movie Shattered Glass Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance...	Amy Brand	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	TV Two and a Half Men A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his...	Rose	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2003	Movie Claustrophobia A serial killer armed with a crossbow pistol is murdering people from their own rooftops. When three young coworkers at...	Lauren	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie Abandon A psychological thriller about a senior at one of America's most prestigious universities. Under enormous pressure to complete her thesis...	Mousy Julie	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2002	Movie Sweet Home Alabama New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds...	Lurlynn	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2002	TV The Shield The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or...	Marcy	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2002	TV Rose Red Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, commissions a team of psychics and a gifted autistic girl to find out the...	Rachel Wheaton	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2002	Movie Shooters Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life...	Marie	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2001	Movie Snakeskin A hitchhiker takes two kids on the ride of their dreams, but they soon learn that their newfound hero is...	Alice	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2001	Movie Foreign Correspondents Equal parts romance, fable, ghost story, character study, and cinematic puzzle, Foreign Correspondents ties two seemingly unrelated stories together into...	Melody	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie Coyote Ugly Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter...	Gloria	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie But I'm a Cheerleader Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much....	Hilary	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2000	TV Big Brother American version of the reality game show which follows a group of HouseGuests living together 24 hours a day in...	Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1999	Movie Detroit Rock City In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets...	Beth Bumsteen	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	Movie The Cherry Orchard Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of...	Dunyasha	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1998	Movie EverAfter Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young...	Jacqueline de Ghent	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1996	Movie The Frighteners Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he...	Deputy	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	Movie Heavenly Creatures Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared...	Pauline Parker	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1988	TV This Morning This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech,...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10

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2025 / TMDB 6.8

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2021 / TMDB 7.1

Lady of the Manor

2021 / TMDB 5.6

Sadie

2018 / TMDB 6.9

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Melanie Lynskey is known for her roles in 'Heavenly Creatures,' 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' and 'Up in the Air.' These films showcase her range and have contributed to her reputation as a talented actress.

Has Melanie Lynskey won any awards?

What was Melanie Lynskey's first film?

What television series is Melanie Lynskey known for?

What is Melanie Lynskey's estimated net worth?

What is a defining characteristic of Melanie Lynskey's acting style?

Is Melanie Lynskey involved in any charitable causes?

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