New Plymouth-raised Melanie Lynskey made her screen debut as Pauline Parker in the Oscar-nominated Heavenly Creatures (1994). Since then she has starred in Kiwi films Snakeskin and Show of Hands, and cultivated a career in Hollywood. Her long stateside CV now includes Two and a Half Men, The Informant! and starring roles in indie movie Hello I Must Be Going and acclaimed cable TV series Togetherness.
I always wanted to be an actress, but to be in Heavenly Creatures at the age of 15 literally changed my life. Melanie Lynskey, in an interview in the Sunday Star-Times
Interview, 2014
2018, Subject - Web
2017, As: Kate Chant - Film
2015, As: Melanie Lynskey - Web
2013, Actor - Short Film
2008, As: Jess - Film
2001, As: Alice - Film
1994, As: Pauline Parker - Film
1994, As: Pauline Parker - Television
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