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Melanie Lynskey

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Melanie Lynskey

Born May 16, 1977 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand56 films

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.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower posterFirst watchThe Perks of Being a Wallflower20127.8as Aunt HelenPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Don't Look Up poster7.1Don't Look Up2021Up in the Air poster6.9Up in the Air2009EverAfter poster7.5EverAfter1998The Frighteners poster7.0The Frighteners1996Flags of Our Fathers poster6.8Flags of Our Fathers2006Seeking a Friend for the End of the World poster6.6Seeking a Friend for the End of the World2012Heavenly Creatures poster7.0Heavenly Creatures1994Coyote Ugly poster6.3Coyote Ugly2000

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 2026Don't Say Good LuckElizabeth Birenbaum
  2. 2025Pike RiverAnna Osborne
  3. 2025Griffin in SummerHelen
  4. 2021Don't Look UpJune Mindy
  5. 2021Lady of the ManorHannah
  6. 2018SadieRae
  7. 2017The ChangeoverKate Chant
  8. 2017And Then I GoJanice
  9. 2017Little BoxesGina
  10. 20171 Mile To YouCoach Rowan
  11. 2017XXMary (segment "The Birthday Party")
  12. 2017I Don't Feel at Home in This World AnymoreRuth Kimke
  13. 2016The InterventionAnnie
  14. 2016Folk Hero & Funny GuyBecky
  15. 2016The Great & The SmallMargaret
  16. 2016Rainbow TimeLindsay
  17. 2015Digging for FireSquiggy
  18. 2014Goodbye to All ThatAnnie Wall
  19. 2014We'll Never Have ParisDevon
  20. 2014Happy ChristmasKelly
  21. 2014They Came TogetherBrenda
  22. 2014The Big AskHannah
  23. 2014Chu and BlossomMiss Shoemaker
  24. 2012PutzelSally
  25. 2012The Perks of Being a WallflowerAunt Helen
  26. 2012Hello I Must Be GoingAmy
  27. 2012Seeking a Friend for the End of the WorldKaren Amalfi
  28. 2012Eye of the HurricaneAmelia Kyte
  29. 2011TouchbackMacy
  30. 2011Win WinCindy Timmons
  31. 2010Helena from the WeddingAlice
  32. 2009Up in the AirJulie Bingham
  33. 2009The Informant!Ginger Whitacre
  34. 2009Leaves of GrassColleen
  35. 2009Away We GoMunch
  36. 2008A Quiet Little MarriageMonique
  37. 2008Show of HandsJess
  38. 2007Itty Bitty Titty CommitteePat (uncredited)
  39. 2006Flags of Our FathersPauline Harnois
  40. 2006Say UncleSusan
  41. 2006ParkSheryl
  42. 2004The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe CadwaulderZoe Cadwaulder
  43. 2003Shattered GlassAmy Brand
  44. 2003ClaustrophobiaLauren
  45. 2002AbandonMousy Julie
  46. 2002Sweet Home AlabamaLurlynn
  47. 2002ShootersMarie
  48. 2001SnakeskinAlice
  49. 2001Foreign CorrespondentsMelody
  50. 2000Coyote UglyGloria
  51. 2000But I'm a CheerleaderHilary
  52. 1999Detroit Rock CityBeth Bumsteen
  53. 1999The Cherry OrchardDunyasha
  54. 1998EverAfterJacqueline de Ghent
  55. 1996The FrightenersDeputy
  56. 1994Heavenly CreaturesPauline Parker