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Melanie Jayne Lynskey (/ ˈ l ɪ n s k i / LIN-skee; born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American accents, she works predominantly in independent films and television.
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 ...
- Actress, Soundtrack
- May 16, 1977
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Melanie Lynskey. Actress: Togetherness. At sixteen years old, Melanie Lynskey dazzled the film world with an audacious debut in Peter Jackson's revered psychological crime picture, Heavenly Creatures (1994). Her electrifying portrait of Pauline Parker - high school misfit whose fierce rapport with her only friend (a pre-fame Kate Winslet ...
- May 16, 1977
Melanie Lynskey filmography. 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 fairy tale romance Ever After (1998) and spent the next few ...
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. WEST...
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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...
Philip Cheung for The New York Times. But Hollywood ignored this side of her for a long time. Read more about Lynskey’s career, including how she learned to “dip into” her anger and use “dream...
