Melanie Lynskey

Known for: Acting
Born: May 16, 1977, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Movies: 60

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.8

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2012

7.1

Don't Look Up

2021

6.9

Up in the Air

2009

6.3

Coyote Ugly

2000

6.6

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

2012

6.9

Flags of Our Fathers

2006

7.0

The Frighteners

1996

6.4

Sweet Home Alabama

2002

7.5

EverAfter

1998

6.6

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

2017

Filmography

2026	Don't Say Good Luck	Elizabeth Birenbaum
2025	Pike River	Anna Osborne
2025	Griffin in Summer	Helen
2024	The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz	Self
2021	Don't Look Up	June Mindy
2021	Lady of the Manor	Hannah
2018	Sadie	Rae
2017	The Changeover	Kate Chant
2017	And Then I Go	Janice
2017	Little Boxes	Gina
2017	1 Mile To You	Coach Rowan
2017	XX	Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")
2017	I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	Ruth Kimke
2016	The Intervention	Annie
2016	Folk Hero & Funny Guy	Becky
2016	The Great & The Small	Margaret
2016	Rainbow Time	Lindsay
2015	Digging for Fire	Squiggy
2015	Behind Over the Garden Wall	Self
2014	Goodbye to All That	Annie Wall
2014	We'll Never Have Paris	Devon
2014	Happy Christmas	Kelly
2014	They Came Together	Brenda
2014	The Big Ask	Hannah
2014	Chu and Blossom	Miss Shoemaker
2013	A Kiwi Legend	Self
2012	Putzel	Sally
2012	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Aunt Helen
2012	Hello I Must Be Going	Amy
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Karen Amalfi
2012	Eye of the Hurricane	Amelia Kyte
2011	Touchback	Macy
2011	Win Win	Cindy Timmons
2011	Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews	Self
2010	Helena from the Wedding	Alice
2009	Up in the Air	Julie Bingham
2009	The Informant!	Ginger Whitacre
2009	Leaves of Grass	Colleen
2009	Away We Go	Munch
2008	A Quiet Little Marriage	Monique
2008	Show of Hands	Jess
2007	Itty Bitty Titty Committee	Pat (uncredited)
2006	Flags of Our Fathers	Pauline Harnois
2006	Say Uncle	Susan
2006	Park	Sheryl
2004	The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder	Zoe Cadwaulder
2003	Shattered Glass	Amy Brand
2003	Claustrophobia	Lauren
2002	Abandon	Mousy Julie
2002	Sweet Home Alabama	Lurlynn
2002	Shooters	Marie
2001	Snakeskin	Alice
2001	Foreign Correspondents	Melody
2000	Coyote Ugly	Gloria
2000	But I'm a Cheerleader	Hilary
1999	Detroit Rock City	Beth Bumsteen
1999	The Cherry Orchard	Dunyasha
1998	EverAfter	Jacqueline de Ghent
1996	The Frighteners	Deputy
1994	Heavenly Creatures	Pauline Parker

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