Acting
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.
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
House
2004 · TV
American Dad!
2005 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
Young Sheldon
2017 · TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV
Two and a Half Men
2003 · TV
Psych
2006 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV
Big Brother
2000 · TV
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · TV
The Last of Us
2023 · TV
After Midnight
2024 · TV
Mom
2013 · TV
The Shield
2002 · TV
Yellowjackets
2021 · TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV
Summer Camp Island
2018 · TV
The L Word
2004 · TV
Matlock
2024 · TV
Poker Face
2023 · TV
Key & Peele
2012 · TV
Castle Rock
2018 · TV
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · TV
Hollywood Squares
2025 · TV
Don't Look Up
2021 · Movie
Over the Garden Wall
2014 · TV
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · Movie
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 · TV
Celebrity Name Game
2014 · TV
Future-Worm!
2016 · TV
Easy
2016 · TV
The Life & Times of Tim
2008 · TV
Mrs. America
2020 · TV
Togetherness
2015 · TV
Rose Red
2002 · TV
Coyote Ugly
2000 · Movie
Candy
2022 · TV
Sweet Home Alabama
2002 · Movie
Girlboss
2017 · TV
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024 · TV
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 · Movie
The Frighteners
1996 · Movie
Drive
2007 · TV
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000 · Movie
This Morning
1988 · TV
EverAfter
1998 · Movie
Up in the Air
2009 · Movie
Comanche Moon
2008 · TV
XX
2017 · Movie
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Movie
Shattered Glass
2003 · Movie
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012 · Movie
The Informant!
2009 · Movie
They Came Together
2014 · Movie
Touchback
2011 · Movie
Leaves of Grass
2009 · Movie
Don't Say Good Luck
2026 · Movie
Detroit Rock City
1999 · Movie
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017 · Movie
Win Win
2011 · Movie
Away We Go
2009 · Movie
Park
2006 · Movie
Lady of the Manor
2021 · Movie
Sunshine
2017 · TV
Hello I Must Be Going
2012 · Movie
Happy Christmas
2014 · Movie
Abandon
2002 · Movie
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007 · Movie
Digging for Fire
2015 · Movie
We'll Never Have Paris
2014 · Movie
Pike River
2025 · Movie
The Intervention
2016 · Movie
Griffin in Summer
2025 · Movie
The Changeover
2017 · Movie
Helena from the Wedding
2010 · Movie
Chu and Blossom
2014 · Movie
Behind Over the Garden Wall
2015 · Movie
A Quiet Little Marriage
2008 · Movie
Goodbye to All That
2014 · Movie
1 Mile To You
2017 · Movie
Foreign Correspondents
2001 · Movie
The Cherry Orchard
1999 · Movie
Shooters
2002 · Movie
Eye of the Hurricane
2012 · Movie
Say Uncle
2006 · Movie
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
2016 · Movie
Rainbow Time
2016 · Movie
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011 · Movie
Little Boxes
2017 · Movie
And Then I Go
2017 · Movie
Sadie
2018 · Movie
Our Ex-Wife
2016 · TV
The Great & The Small
2016 · Movie
Claustrophobia
2003 · Movie
Snakeskin
2001 · Movie
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
2004 · Movie
The Big Ask
2014 · Movie
Show of Hands
2008 · Movie
A Kiwi Legend
2013 · Movie
