Melanie Lynskey
Shauna
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- 9. Storytelling May 26, 2023
- The Yellowjackets return from their hunting trip with fresh news for Travis.
- 8. It Chooses May 21, 2023
- Callie encounters an old flame; Van proves goalies never say, "die."
- 7. Burial May 14, 2023
- In the wilderness, coach Scott does a Karl Havoc impression for an unimpressed Misty.
Since 2021, she has played Shauna on Showtime 's Yellowjackets, winning the 2022 Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress and being nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress (2022, 2023). She received a further Emmy nomination ( Guest Actress, 2023) for her work on HBO's The Last of Us.
Yellowjackets: Created by Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson. With Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown. A wildly talented girls high school soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.
- (86K)
- 2021-11-14
- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- 60
Jan 16, 2022 · Lynskey, a New Zealand actress whose Kiwi twang morphs into a flawless American accent on “Yellowjackets,” was calling from her daughter’s bedroom last week in Atlanta (“I’m hiding,” she...
- Sarah Bahr
Mar 14, 2023 · Melanie Lynskey’s character in “Yellowjackets” is as comfortable skinning a rabbit as she is defrosting a roast. Philip Cheung for The New York Times. By Alexis Soloski. March 14, 2023....
- Alexis Soloski
For her spellbinding work on Showtime's Yellowjackets (2021) - where she's front-and-centre as Shauna, a suburban housewife consumed by horrific secrets - Lynskey collected the coveted Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2022), with Rolling Stone's Alan Sepinwall describing her turn in the runaway cult smash as the "dark, m...
- January 1, 1
- 1.70 m
- New Plymouth, New Zealand
Jan 9, 2022 · Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Melanie Lynskey about the first season of "Yellowjackets," airing on Showtime. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Don't call it "Lost," but "Yellowjackets," a new series on...
Jan 15, 2022 · The actress talks about her role as Shauna, a housewife with a dark past, in Showtime's hit series Yellowjackets. She reveals how she taps into her own anger and frustration, and how she feels about her career transformation.
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