Melanie Lynskey

Actor May 16 (age 48) New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand 1988–2025 (37 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

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. Descriptio…

Known For

Film

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Aunt Helen

Film

Don't Look Up

June Mindy

Film

Over the Garden Wall

Beatrice (voice)

Film

Two and a Half Men

Rose

Film

Up in the Air

Julie Bingham

Film

EverAfter

Jacqueline de Ghent

Film

Flags of Our Fathers

Pauline Harnois

Film

The Frighteners

Deputy

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (60)

Pike River

as Anna Osborne

Griffin in Summer

as Helen

The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

2024

as Self

Don't Look Up

as June Mindy

Lady of the Manor

as Hannah

Sadie

as Rae

as Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")

5.0

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

as Ruth Kimke

Little Boxes

as Gina

The Changeover

as Kate Chant

And Then I Go

as Janice

1 Mile To You

as Coach Rowan

The Great & The Small

as Margaret

The Intervention

as Annie

Folk Hero & Funny Guy

as Becky

Rainbow Time

as Lindsay

Digging for Fire

as Squiggy

Behind Over the Garden Wall

2015

as Self

Happy Christmas

as Kelly

They Came Together

as Brenda

The Big Ask

as Hannah

We'll Never Have Paris

as Devon

Chu and Blossom

as Miss Shoemaker

Goodbye to All That

as Annie Wall

A Kiwi Legend

as Self

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

2012

as Karen Amalfi

6.6

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

as Aunt Helen

Eye of the Hurricane

as Amelia Kyte

Putzel

as Sally

Hello I Must Be Going

as Amy

Win Win

as Cindy Timmons

Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews

2011

as Self

Touchback

2011

as Macy

6.5

Helena from the Wedding

as Alice

Up in the Air

as Julie Bingham

Leaves of Grass

as Colleen

The Informant!

as Ginger Whitacre

Away We Go

as Munch

Show of Hands

as Jess

A Quiet Little Marriage

2008

as Monique

5.1

Itty Bitty Titty Committee

as Pat (uncredited)

Flags of Our Fathers

as Pauline Harnois

Park

as Sheryl

Say Uncle

as Susan

The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder

as Zoe Cadwaulder

Shattered Glass

as Amy Brand

Claustrophobia

as Lauren

Sweet Home Alabama

as Lurlynn

Abandon

as Mousy Julie

Shooters

as Marie

Snakeskin

as Alice

Foreign Correspondents

as Melody

Coyote Ugly

as Gloria

But I'm a Cheerleader

as Hilary

Detroit Rock City

as Beth Bumsteen

The Cherry Orchard

as Dunyasha

EverAfter

as Jacqueline de Ghent

The Frighteners

as Deputy

Heavenly Creatures

as Pauline Parker

Don't Say Good Luck

Television (49)

Hollywood Squares

as Self

After Midnight

as Self

Matlock

as Debra Palmer

Hot Ones Versus

as Self

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

as Heather Morris

The Last of Us

as Kathleen Coghlan

Poker Face

as Regina Gilvary

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Candy

as Betty Gore

Yellowjackets

as Shauna Sadecki

Mrs. America

as Rosemary Thomson

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Summer Camp Island

as Sun (voice)

Castle Rock

as Molly Strand

Young Sheldon

as Dora Ericson

Girlboss

as Gail

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

as Laura

Sunshine

as Zara Skelton

Future-Worm!

as Megan

Easy

as Beth

Our Ex-Wife

as Sara

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

Togetherness

as Michelle Pierson

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Over the Garden Wall

as Beatrice (voice)

Over the Garden Wall

as Beatrice (voice)

Celebrity Name Game

as Self

Mom

as Shannon

Key & Peele

as Fiance

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

The Life & Times of Tim

as Becky (voice)

Comanche Moon

as Pearl Coleman

Drive

as Wendy Patrakas

Psych

as Emily Bloom

American Dad!

as Sharon (voice)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Kate

House

as Natalie Tavares

The L Word

as Clea Mason

Two and a Half Men

as Rose

Two and a Half Men

as Rose

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Shield

as Marcy

Rose Red

as Rachel Wheaton

Rose Red

as Melanie Lynskey

Big Brother

as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'

4.9

This Morning

1988

as Self

5.0