Melanie Lynskey
New Plymouth-raised Melanie Lynskey made her screen debut with a starring role as teenager Pauline Parker, in Peter Jackson's Oscar-nominated Heavenly Creatures (1994). The following decade, she was nominated for her work in two further Kiwi features: road movie Snakeskin and Anthony McCarten's trapped in a car yard drama Show of Hands. But most of Lynskey's work has been in Hollywood. Her long stateside CV includes 60+ episodes of Two and a Half Men, acclaimed small screen dramas Togetherness and Yellowjackets, and a wide range of indie feature films, including a starring role in 2012 romance Hello I Must Be Going.
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
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