Acting credits
104
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Melanie Lynskey
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 58Series: 46
TMDB ID: 15091
IMDb ID: nm0001491
Known for: Acting
Born: May 16, 1977
Age: 49
Place of birth: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2026
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q235905
Also known as
ملانی لینسکی • Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Melanie Lynskey.
Don't Say Good Luck
as Elizabeth Birenbaum
2026 Movie
Pike River
as Anna Osborne
2025 Movie
Griffin in Summer
as Helen
2025 Movie
Don't Look Up
as June Mindy
2021 Movie
Lady of the Manor
as Hannah
2021 Movie
Sadie
as Rae
2018 Movie
The Changeover
as Kate Chant
2017 Movie
And Then I Go
as Janice
2017 Movie
Little Boxes
as Gina
2017 Movie
1 Mile To You
as Coach Rowan
2017 Movie
XX
as Mary (segment "The Birthday Party")
2017 Movie
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
as Ruth Kimke
2017 Movie
The Intervention
as Annie
2016 Movie
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
as Becky
2016 Movie
The Great & The Small
as Margaret
2016 Movie
Rainbow Time
as Lindsay
2016 Movie
Digging for Fire
as Squiggy
2015 Movie
Behind Over the Garden Wall
as Self
2015 Movie
Goodbye to All That
as Annie Wall
2014 Movie
We'll Never Have Paris
as Devon
2014 Movie
Happy Christmas
as Kelly
2014 Movie
They Came Together
as Brenda
2014 Movie
The Big Ask
as Hannah
2014 Movie
Chu and Blossom
as Miss Shoemaker
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Melanie Lynskey.
Hollywood Squares
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Matlock
as Debra Palmer • 2 eps
2024 Series
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
as Heather Morris • 6 eps
2024 Series
Hot Ones Versus
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
After Midnight
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Poker Face
as Regina Gilvary • 1 eps
2023 Series
The Last of Us
as Kathleen Coghlan • 2 eps
2023 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 eps
2022 Series
Candy
as Betty Gore • 5 eps
2022 Series
Yellowjackets
as Shauna Sadecki • 30 eps
2021 Series
Mrs. America
as Rosemary Thomson • 9 eps
2020 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Castle Rock
as Molly Strand • 10 eps
2018 Series
Summer Camp Island
as Sun (voice) • 4 eps
2018 Series
Sunshine
as Zara Skelton • 4 eps
2017 Series
Young Sheldon
as Dora Ericson • 2 eps
2017 Series
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Laura • 2 eps
2017 Series
Girlboss
as Gail • 3 eps
2017 Series
Easy
as Beth • 1 eps
2016 Series
Our Ex-Wife
as Sara • 1 eps
2016 Series
Future-Worm!
as Megan (voice) • 60 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Togetherness
as Michelle Pierson • 16 eps
2015 Series