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Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress and voice actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award, and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Critics' Choice Award, Gotham Award and Golden Nymph Award nominations.
Birth Name
Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Born
Monday, 16 May 1977
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Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Heather Morris | 2024 |
The Last of Us | Kathleen Coghlan | 2023 |
The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | 2022 |
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox | Self | 2022 |
Candy | Betty Gore | 2022 |
The 27th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Self - Winner | 2022 |
The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee | 2022 |
Don't Look Up | June Mindy | 2021 |
Yellowjackets | Shauna / Shauna Sadecki | 2021 |
Lady of the Manor | Hannah | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Heather Morris | 2024 |
The Last of Us | Kathleen Coghlan | 2023 |
The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | 2022 |
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox | Self | 2022 |
Candy | Betty Gore | 2022 |
The 27th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Self - Winner | 2022 |
The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee | 2022 |
Don't Look Up | June Mindy | 2021 |
Yellowjackets | Shauna / Shauna Sadecki | 2021 |
Lady of the Manor | Hannah | 2021 |
CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
HouseBroken | Pinky / Memory Sheep (Alive Memory Sheep) | 2021 |
The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
Mrs. America | Rosemary Thomson | 2020 |
Sadie | Rae | 2018 |
Castle Rock | Molly Strand | 2018 |
Summer Camp Island | Sun / Additional Voices | 2018 |
And Then I Go | Janice | 2018 |
Sunshine | Zara Skelton | 2017 |
The Changeover | Kate Chant | 2017 |
Young Sheldon | Professor Ericson | 2017 |
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later | Laura | 2017 |
1 Mile to You | Coach Rowan | 2017 |
Folk Hero & Funny Guy | Becky | 2017 |
Girlboss | Gail | 2017 |
Little Boxes | Gina McNulty-Burns / Gina | 2017 |
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore | Ruth / Ruth Kimke | 2017 |
The Great & The Small | Margaret | 2017 |
XX | Mary (segment "The Birthday Party") | 2017 |
Rainbow Time | Lindsay | 2016 |
Easy | Beth | 2016 |
Our Ex-Wife | Sara | 2016 |
Animals. | Linda | 2016 |
The Intervention | Annie | 2016 |
Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
Digging for Fire | Squiggy | 2015 |
Future-Worm! | Megan / Madeline Madison / Megan Mind | 2015 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
Togetherness | Michelle Pierson | 2015 |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
Goodbye to All That | Annie Wall / Annie | 2014 |
Over the Garden Wall | Beatrice / Beatrice (voice) | 2014 |
We'll Never Have Paris | Devon | 2014 |
Celebrity Name Game | Self - Celebrity Player | 2014 |
They Came Together | Brenda | 2014 |
Happy Christmas | Kelly | 2014 |
The Big Ask | Hannah | 2014 |
Chu and Blossom | Miss Shoemaker | 2014 |
Mom | Shannon | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Putzel | Sally | 2012 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Aunt Helen | 2012 |
The Jeff Probst Show | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Hello I Must Be Going | Amy / Amy Minsky | 2012 |
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Karen / Karen Amalfi | 2012 |
Eye of the Hurricane | Amelia Kyte | 2012 |
Key and Peele | Fiance | 2012 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
Touchback | Macy | 2011 |
Win Win | Cindy / Cindy Timmons | 2011 |
Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Pearl | 2011 |
Helena from the Wedding | Alice | 2010 |
The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
Memphis Beat | Annaliese Jones | 2010 |
The High Bar | Self - Guest | 2010 |
Up in the Air | Julie Bingham | 2009 |
The Informant! | Ginger Whitacre | 2009 |
Leaves of Grass | Colleen | 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
Away We Go | Munch / Munch Garnett | 2009 |
A Quiet Little Marriage | Monique | 2008 |
The Life & Times of Tim | Becky | 2008 |
Show of Hands | Jess | 2008 |
Comanche Moon | Pearl Coleman | 2008 |
Itty Bitty Titty Committee | Plastic Surgery Lady | 2007 |
Drive | Wendy Patrakas | 2007 |
Flags of Our Fathers | Pauline Harnois | 2006 |
50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006 |
Psych | Emily Bloom | 2006 |
Park | Sheryl | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Kate | 2005 |
Say Uncle | Susan | 2005 |
American Dad! | Sharon | 2005 |
House | Natalie Tavares | 2004 |
The L Word | Clea Mason | 2004 |
Shattered Glass | Amy Brand | 2003 |
Two and a Half Men | Rose | 2003 |
Claustrophobia | Lauren | 2003 |
Abandon | Mousy Julie / Mousy Julie (as Melanie Jayne Lynskey) | 2002 |
Sweet Home Alabama | Lurlynn | 2002 |
Storyline Online | Self | 2002 |
The Shield | Marcy / Marcy Lindhoff | 2002 |
Rose Red | Rachel Wheaton | 2002 |
Shooters | Marie | 2002 |
Snakeskin | Alice | 2001 |
Foreign Correspondents | Melody | 2001 |
Coyote Ugly | Gloria | 2000 |
Big Brother | Self | 2000 |
But I'm a Cheerleader | Hilary / Hilary Vandermueller | 2000 |
Detroit Rock City | Beth / Beth Bumsteen | 1999 |
The Cherry Orchard | Dunyasha | 1999 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story | Jacqueline / Jacqueline De Ghent | 1998 |
Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
The Frighteners | Deputy | 1996 |
Century of Cinema | Pauline | 1995 |
Heavenly Creatures | Pauline Parker / Pauline Parker Rieper | 1994 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2023 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2023 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |