Lynskey at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey made her film debut in 1994 when she played teenage murderess Pauline Parker in Heavenly Creatures , a crime drama directed by Peter Jackson . Following a hiatus,[1] she resumed her career with a supporting role in the fairytale romance Ever After (1998), and spent the next few years appearing in a variety of big-budget and small-scale features, such as Detroit Rock City , But I'm a Cheerleader (both 1999), Coyote Ugly (2000), Snakeskin (2001), Abandon (2002), and the commercially successful romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama (2002).[2]
Lynskey appeared as Rose , the conniving love interest of Charlie Harper , on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men between 2003 and 2015.[3] During this time she had supporting parts in films such as Shattered Glass (2003), Clint Eastwood 's Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Sam Mendes 's Away We Go , Jason Reitman 's Up in the Air , Steven Soderbergh 's The Informant! (all 2009), Win Win (2011), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). Her starring role as a depressed divorcee in Hello I Must Be Going (2012) proved to be a turning point in Lynskey's career;[4] headline parts in the comedy-dramas Happy Christmas , Goodbye to All That , We'll Never Have Paris (all 2014) and The Intervention (2016) followed, establishing her as a key figure on the American independent film scene.[5] For her portrayal of a disgruntled vigilante in the 2017 thriller I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore , she was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress .[6]
Lynskey starred on HBO 's Togetherness from 2015 to 2016, earning a Critics' Choice nomination for her portrayal of a conflicted housewife.[7] She next played an ambitious defence lawyer in the Australian drama series Sunshine (2017), a troubled psychic on Hulu 's Castle Rock (2018), a conservative activist in the FX miniseries Mrs. America (2020), and real-life murder
victim Betty Gore in the Hulu miniseries Candy (2022). Her transition to mainstream success continued with her appearance as a put-upon wife in the 2021 film Don't Look Up , as well as her starring role as a secretive plane crash survivor on the Showtime mystery-thriller series Yellowjackets (2021–present),[8] for which she won the 2022 Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress [9] and was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress (2022, 2023).[10] [11] She received a further Emmy nomination (Outstanding Guest Actress , 2023) for her portrayal of a ruthless war criminal on the first season of HBO's The Last of Us .[11]
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^ Breznican, Anthony (22 September 2012). "Melanie Lynskey makes sexy splash in 'Hello I Must Be Going' " . Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020 .
^ "Sweet Home Alabama tops the weekend box office" . Entertainment Weekly . 29 September 2002. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020 .
^ "Melanie Lynskey Could Have Been Just The Wacky Sitcom Neighbor. She Chose Otherwise" . Fast Company . 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018 .
^ James, Maris (4 September 2012). "The Playlist Profile: Melanie Lynskey Talks Hollywood, 'Hello I Must Be Going,' 'Heavenly Creatures' & More" . The Playlist . Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021 .
^ Strauss, Bob (24 February 2017). "How Melanie Lynskey's risky instincts brought her to Netflix" . Los Angeles Daily News . Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018 .
^ Cox, Gordon (19 October 2017). " 'Get Out' Leads 2017 Gotham Awards Nominations" . Variety . Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ "2015 Critics' Choice TV Award Nominations Are Outstanding & More Than Make Up For Some Big Emmy Snubs" . Bustle . 6 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016 .
^ Saner, Emine (24 February 2022). " 'I was filled with self-loathing': Yellowjackets' Melanie Lynskey on insecurity, ambition and her idol Kate Winslet" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023 .
^ Wynne, Kelly (13 March 2022). "Melanie Lynskey Thanks Husband Jason Ritter and Her 'Angel' Nanny in Critics Choice Speech" . People . Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022 .
^ "Here are the 2022 Emmy nominees (full list)" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022 .
^ a b "Emmys nominations 2023: See the full list of nominees" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 12 July 2023 .
^ "Melanie Lynskey, Robyn Malcolm to Lead 'Pike River' Thriller About New Zealand Mining Disaster, Signature Launching Sales in Cannes (Exclusive)" . Variety . 9 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024 .
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