Melanie Lynskey
Actor
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
Melanie Lynskey: From Heavenly Creatures to Hollywood...
Interview, 2014
NZ Film Commission turns 40 - Past Memories
2018, Subject - Web
The Changeover
2017, As: Kate Chant - Film
Cure Kids - Team Ball Player Thing
2015, As: Melanie Lynskey - Web
A Kiwi Legend
2013, Actor - Short Film
Show of Hands
2008, As: Jess - Film
Snakeskin
2001, As: Alice - Film
Heavenly Creatures
1994, As: Pauline Parker - Film
The Edge - Heavenly Creatures review
1994, As: Pauline Parker - Television