Melanie Lynskey Biography
Melanie Lynskey is an actress from New Zealand. She is most known for her representations of multidimensional characters and her knowledge of American dialects. She primarily works in independent films and television. She has received various honors, including two Critics’ Choice Awards and three Primetime Emmy nominations.
How old is Melanie Lynskey? – Age
She is 46 years old as of 16 May 2023. She was born in 1977 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Her real name is Melanie Jayne Lynskey.
Melanie Lynskey Family – Education
Lynskey was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, to real estate agent Kay Lynskey and orthopedic surgeon Tim Lynskey. Their surname is of Irish origin. Lynskey is the eldest of five siblings (three brothers and one sister). Growing up, she was frequently exclusively responsible for her younger siblings’ care. Lynskey was raised in a Baptist household.
Lynskey’s family went to England for a year when she was six years old before returning to New Zealand. She went on to New Plymouth Girls’ High School, where she participated in the drama department and school performances.Lynskey attended Victoria University of Wellington for eighteen months after graduating from high school, specializing in English literature, but dropped out to focus on her film career.
Melanie Lynskey Husband – Kids
Lynskey met American actor Jimmi Simpson while filming Rose Red, in which they both appeared, in 2001. They got engaged in 2005 and married in a church on Lake Hayes near Queenstown, New Zealand, on 14 April 2007. On September 25, 2012, Lynskey filed for divorce from Simpson, citing irreconcilable differences, and TMZ dubbed it “the nicest divorce ever.”
On May 23, 2014, the divorce was completed.They are still excellent friends. Lynskey confirmed her engagement to Jason Ritter, whom she had been dating for four years, in February 2017. They had a daughter in December of the following year, whose name, Kahikatea, is derived from the Mori term for a type of fir tree endemic to New Zealand. Lynskey and Ritter tied the knot in 2020.
Melanie Lynskey Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Melanie Lynskey Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.7 m).
Melanie Lynskey Yellowjackets
She appeared as the adult and teenage Shauna Shipman in the American thriller drama television series Yellowjackets. Shauna is Jackie’s best friend in high school, but she is having an affair with Jackie’s boyfriend, Jeff. Prior to the plane tragedy, she is accepted to Brown University. She quickly adjusts to life in the forest after the catastrophe and makes a friendship with Taissa. She later realizes she is pregnant with Jeff’s child, which forces her to keep the pregnancy a secret from Jackie. She is married to Jeff and goes by the name Shauna Sadecki as an adult, but she is unhappy with her life as a housewife and has a troubled relationship with her daughter, Callie. Following a car accident, she has an affair with Adam.
Melanie Lynskey Over the Garden Wall
She voiced as Beatrice in the American animated television miniseries Over the Garden Wall. Wirt and Greg, two half-brothers, become stranded in the Unknown wilderness in the series. They must accompany the Woodsman and Beatrice on their journey to discover a woman named Adelaide. Wirt is a worried teen, but Greg is lighthearted and naive. The Beast follows the main cast and leads them astray. When Wirt discovers Adelaide’s plan to enslave the boys, he decides to abandon her.
Melanie Lynskey Mrs. America
In the American historical drama television miniseries Mrs. America, she played Rosemary Thomson, a conservative activist, member of the “STOP ERA” campaign, and the head of Schlafly’s Eagle Foundation. Mrs. America is based on and dramatizes the story of the drive to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, as well as the unanticipated opposition spearheaded by Blanchett’s character, conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly. Through the eyes of the women of the time – both Schlafly and prominent second-wave feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Jill Ruckelshaus – the series examines how one of the most difficult battlegrounds in the 1970s culture wars helped give rise to the Moral Majority and permanently altered the American political landscape.
Melanie Lynskey Two and a Half Men
Melanie Lynskey Movies
♦ 2021 – Lady of the Manor
♦ 2021 – Don’t Look Up
♦ 2018 – Sadie
♦ 2017 – I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
♦ 2017 – XX
♦ 2017 – 1 Mile to You
♦ 2017 – And Then I Go
♦ 2017 – The Changeover
♦ 2016 – The Intervention
♦ 2016 – Rainbow Time
♦ 2016 – The Great & the Small
♦ 2016 – Little Boxes
♦ 2016 – Folk Hero & Funny Guy
♦ 2015 – Digging for Fire
♦ 2014 – Happy Christmas
Melanie Lynskey TV Shows
♦ 2023 – The Last of Us
♦ 2023 – HouseBroken
♦ 2022 – Candy
♦ 2021–present – Yellowjackets
♦ 2021 – Young Sheldon
♦ 2021 – Mom
♦ 2020 – Mrs. America
♦ 2019 – Easy
♦ 2018 – Summer Camp Island
♦ 2018 – Castle Rock
♦ 2017 – American Dad!
♦ 2017 – Girlboss
♦ 2017 – Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Late
♦ 2017 – Sunshine
♦ 2016–2018 – Future-Worm!
♦ 2016 – Animals.