Melanie Lynskey was born on 16th May 1977 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. She is a New Zealand actress.
Biography and Career:
Lynskey was born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. She has three younger brothers and one younger sister. She attended the New Plymouth Girls' High School. She is a pure vegetarian.
She was auditioned for the role of Pauline Parker by Jackson. She was selected from 500 young actors. In 1992, at the age of 15, she became famous in the Peter Jackson film 'Heavenly Creatures' opposite Kate Winslet where she played the role of Pauline Parker. This movie was based on the 1954 Parker-Hulme murder. She was nominated the Academy Award for this movie in 1994. In 1995, she was named the Best Actress at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards for her
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She completed her high school after the release for the film. She did Bachelor of Arts degree at the Victoria University of Wellington, majoring in English Literature. After the studied, she came back by playing a police deputy in Jackson's next film 'The Frighteners'.
She married Jimmi Simpson, an American actor on 14th April 2007. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband.
In 2009, for the movie 'Up in the Air', she was nominated Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble, nominated the Denver Film Critics Award for Best Acting Ensemble, and nominated the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble. She is been active since 1992. Her latest film is 'Helena from the Wedding' in 2010.
We like Melanie Lynskey because she is a famous New Zealand-American actress.
Why is Melanie Lynskey famous?
Melanie Lynskey is famous for playing Charlie Harper's neighbor/stalker Rose on 'Two and a Half Men', and a range of characters in films such as 'Up in the Air', 'The Informant!', 'Away We Go', 'Flags of Our Fathers' and many more.
Melanie Lynskey was born on 16th May 1977 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. She is a New Zealand actress.
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