Melanie Lynskey
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover…
- A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
- Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse
- Peter Jackson follows his zombie trilogy with this Oscar–nominated tour–de–force based on the Parker–Hulme murders of the…
- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
- Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, Melanie Lynskey…
- A camp comedy in both style and setting, cheerleading teen Natasha Lyonne is suspected by her God–fearing parents to be a lesbian, and is thus…
- Cherry Orchard, The (1999)
- Dir. Michael Cacoyannis
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Michael Gough…
- Anton Chekhov's final drama is adapted concisely and with emotional weight; Charlotte Rampling plays the matriarch of a deteriorating estate, at odds…
- Coyote Ugly (2000)
- Dir. David McNally
Feat. Piper Perabo, Andy Garcia, Melanie Lynskey
- A young 'Jersey' girl (Piper Perabo) sets off to the Big Apple to follow her dreams of becoming a successful songwriter, but winds up shaking her…
- Rose Red (2000)
- Dir. Craig R Baxley
Feat. Nancy Travis, Matt Keesler, Julian Sands…
- Based on a real–life haunted house (San Jose’s Winchester House) this Stephen King mini–series has Nancy Travis leading a team of…
- Snakeskin (2001)
- Dir. Gillian Ashurst
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Dean O'Gorman, Boyd Kestner…
- Searching for a little excitement in those hills due west of Christchurch, NZ, Melanie Lynsky and Dean O’Gorman are sucked into a series of private…
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey…
- Fashion designer Reese Witherspoon travels from a classy New York existence and engagement to the mayor’s son, back to her hometown in the…
- Shattered Glass (2003)
- Dir. Billy Ray
Feat. Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny…
- Compelling character–driven drama, based around the true story of 'New Republic' journalist Stephen Glass (Christensen), who was brought into…
- Two and a Half Men (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Melanie Lynskey
- This family–friendly sitcom is mostly a vehicle for Charlie Sheen, who here plays a rich bachelor who has to reluctantly accommodate his…
- Serial Slayer (Claustrophobia) (2003)
- Dir. Mark Tapio Kines
Feat. Melanie Lynskey
- Interesting indie thriller has a maniac with a crossbow stalking victims from Los Angeles rooftops, before narrowing in on three women having a…
- Flags of our Fathers (2006)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach…
- Part one of Clint Eastwood’s Pacific double–bill trades unrelenting battle scenes for an insightful and crucially honest back–story…
- Show of Hands (2008)
- Dir. Anthony McCarten
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Quaint but contrived Kiwi rom–dram set in New Plymouth in which a grab–bag of townsfolk compete for new 4–wheel drive by keeping…
- Comanche Moon (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Adam Beach, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths…
- Clunky prequel to the Lonesome Dove franchise, with Steve Zahn and Karl Urban filling the younger shoes of Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones…
- Informant!, The (2009)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Melanie Lynskey
- Frantic and frivilous, yet oddly diverting upscale comedy from prolific dir. Steven Soderbergh, with Matt Damon's bland appeal put to surprisingly…
- Away We Go (2009)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Catherine O'Hara…
- An ersatz hipster road movie that follows a 30–something expectant couple as they travel across America looking for the perfect place to start…
- Up in the Air (2009)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick…
- A cautionary business tale wrapped in a frisky romantic comedy, with George Clooney starring as a compulsive traveller whose job it is to dismiss…
- Leaves of Grass (2009)
- Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss…
- Stoner comedy for the philosophically inclined with Edward Norton pulling double duty as an Ivy League professor lured back to his Oklahoma hometown,…
- Win Win (2011)
- Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Alex Shaffer, Amy Ryan…
- Recession comedy starring midlife–crisis poster boy Paul Giamatti, who here entangles his professional life as a struggling lawyer with his…
- Seeking a Friend For the End of the World (2012)
- Dir. Lorene Scafaria
Feat. Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Melanie Lynskey…
- Unlikely partners Steve Carell and Keira Knightley gravitate towards each another as the end of the world approaches in this most unusual…
- Perks of Being a Wallflower, The (2012)
- Dir. Stephen Chbosky
Feat. Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller…
- An introverted teen with a troubled past is embraced by an eccentric clique of friends in this deeply–felt coming–of–age drama,…
- Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
- Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein…
- Melanie Lynskey is excellent as a wounded young divorcee forced to move back in with her parents, in this serio–comic character…
- They Came Together (2014)
- Dir. David Wain
Feat. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Cobie Smulders…
- Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd (in his fifth consecutive film for writer–director David Wain) send–up every trope and cliche of the Hollywood…
- Over the Garden Wall (2014)
- Feat. Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey
- Animated tale in which two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.
- Togetherness (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet…
- Kiwi actress Melanie Lynskey stars in this entirely relatable HBO comedy–drama from the prolific Duplass brothers that follows the…
- XX (2017)
- Dir. Jovanka Vuckovic, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama
Feat. Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Breeda Wool…
- Female helmed anthology of horror shorts, which makes this a milestone of horror film making, fortunately living up to expectations and providing a…
- Changeover, The (2017)
- Dir. Stuart McKenzie, Miranda Harcourt
Feat. Erana James, Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey…
- Maragret Mahy's beloved fantasy romance novel is translated into a post–earthquake Christchurch setting, and marks an impressive debut from…
- Castle Rock (TV Series) (2018)
- Feat. André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård…
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