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Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress best known for playing Charlie Harper's neighbor Rose on Two and a Half Men, and a range of characters in films such as Win Win, Up in the Air, The Informant!, Away We Go, Flags of Our Fathers, Shattered Glass, Sweet Home Alabama, Ever After and Heavenly Creatures.

This book is your ultimate resource for Melanie Lynskey. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Melanie Lynskey, The Frighteners, Ever After, Detroit Rock City (film), But I'm a Cheerleader, Coyote Ugly (film), Snakeskin (film), Shooters (2002 film), Abandon (film), Sweet Home Alabama (film), Shattered Glass (film), Claustrophobia (2004 film), Say Uncle (film), Park (2006 film), Flags of Our Fathers (film), Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Show of Hands (film), A Quiet Little Marriage, Away We Go, The Informant!, Up in the Air (2009 film), Leaves of Grass (film), Helena from the Wedding, Win Win (film), Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Rose Red (miniseries), Two and a Half Men, Drive (TV series), The Life & Times of Tim.

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Articles Melanie Lynskey The Frighteners Ever After Detroit Rock City (film) But I'm a Cheerleader Coyote Ugly (film) Snakeskin (film) Shooters (2002 film) Abandon (film) Sweet Home Alabama (film) Shattered Glass (film) Claustrophobia (2004 film) Say Uncle (film) Park (2006 film) Flags of Our Fathers (film) Itty Bitty Titty Committee Show of Hands (film) A Quiet Little Marriage Away We Go The Informant! Up in the Air (2009 film) Leaves of Grass (film) Helena from the Wedding Win Win (film) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Rose Red (miniseries) Two and a Half Men Drive (TV series) The Life & Times of Tim

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Melanie Lynskey

Lynskey at the TIFF screening ofUp in the Air, September 2009

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Melanie Jayne Lynskey 16 May 1977 New Plymouth, New Zealand

Actress

1992–present

Jimmi Simpson (2007–present)

Melanie Jayne Lynskey(born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress best known for playing Charlie Harper's neighbor Rose onTwo and a Half Men, and a range of characters in films such asWin Win,Up in the Air,The Informant!,Away We Go,Flags of Our Fathers,Shattered Glass,Sweet Home Alabama,Ever AfterandHeavenly Creatures.

Early life and career Lynskey was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand. She attended New Plymouth Girls' High School. In 1993, at the age of 16, Lynskey won her first professional acting role as Pauline Parker in the Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures, based on the 1954 Parker-Hulme murder, opposite Kate Winslet. Over 500 young actors auditioned for the role before Lynskey was cast with Jackson recalling "we knew if we cast an intelligent person, then they were going to hit it. Melanie's also very enigmatic. So what we were looking for was an actress who has that kind of aspect to her...where you can film somebody sitting in a room, doing nothing, and they're still fascinating [1] to watch. We found that in Mel." The film was released to critical acclaim in 1994 with Richard Corliss ofTIMEmagazine describing her [2] performance as "perfect, fearless in embodying teenage hysteria".Heavenly Creatureswon Jackson and partner [3] Fran Walsh a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and is now considered a cult film. Lynskey was named Best Actress at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards in 1995 for her performance. After release of the film, Lynskey completed high school and began studying at the Victoria University of Wellington. During that time she made a brief appearance as a police deputy in Jackson's next film,The Frighteners. Her next major film appearance was as Jacqueline de Ghent in the 20th Century Fox productionEver After, opposite Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston, which was quickly followed by roles inDetroit Rock City,But I'm a Cheerleader,The Cherry Orchard(an adaptation of the Anton Chekhov play) and the Jerry Bruckheimer produced

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Coyote Ugly, where she took on a New Jersey accent. In 2002, she played her first television role in the Stephen King mini seriesRose Red. She then appeared alongside Katie Holmes inAbandonand Reese Witherspoon inSweet Home Alabama, and guest starred twice onThe Shield.

2003–present InShattered Glass, a 2003 drama revolving around political journalism, Lynskey played a writer forThe New Republic. Based on a true story, the film depicted the downfall of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen) and received extremely positive reviews, with A. O. Scott ofThe New York Times referring to it as "a serious, well-observed examination of the practice of journalism", and "an astute and surprisingly [4] gripping drama". Also in 2003, she landed the part of Rose, Charlie Sheen's sweet and zany neighbor on the Emmy Award-winning [5] Two and a Half Men, which frequently appears in the top 10 of the most-watched television shows in America. Although she left her regular slot on the show in 2005, she still makes occasional guest appearances when her schedule allows. In 2006, she had a small but substantial role in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated World War II dramaFlags of Our [6] Fathersand returned to New Zealand in late 2007 to a starring role inShow of Hands, which premiered at the Montreal Film Festival in 2008, and earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Qantas Television Awards. More recently, she earned rave reviews for her performance in the Sam Mendes comedy-dramaAway We Go, playing a seemingly happy adoptive parent who hides a secret heartache. Wesley Morris of theBoston Globewrote "Lynskey dramatizes sadness and dysfunction with quiet, moving physicality... It's the best performance in the [7] movie". She also played the female lead opposite Matt Damon in the Steven Soderbergh black comedyThe Informant!, based on the true story of FBI whistleblower Mark Whitacre. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival withThe Independentnoting "sterling support comes from Melanie Lynskey as Whitacre's ever-loyal [8] wife". Soderbergh told theLos Angeles Times, "She is so watchable, you never quite know what you're going to get, you just know it's going to be good. Her rhythms are really unusual, like her cadence and her reaction times to [9] things, and the way she sort of lays out a sentence. It's just really, really interesting". Lynskey's 2009 films also includedLeaves of Grass, in which she co-starred with Edward Norton and Susan Sarandon, and the Academy Award-nominatedUp in the Air, in which she played Julie Bingham, the younger sister of George Clooney's character. Lynskey recently starred in the 2011 filmsWin Win, opposite Paul Giamatti,Touchbackopposite Kurt Russell, and Eye of the Hurricaneopposite Campbell Scott. She'll next appear in Focus Features' upcoming comedySeeking a Friend for the End of the World, alongside Steve Carell and Keira Knightley, and in the film adaptation of Stephen Chbosky's cult novelThe Perks of Being a Wallflower.

In 2001, she met American actor Jimmi Simpson, while co-starring in the Stephen King miniseriesRose Red. They became engaged in 2005 and married on 14 April 2007, in a chapel overlooking a vineyard on Lake Hayes, near [10] [11] Queenstown, New Zealand. Also in attendance was her best friend andRose Redco-star Emily Deschanel, who was one of her bridesmaids.

Flags of our Fathers

2009

Show of Hands

2008

Up in the Air

2008

A Quiet Little Marriage

Munch Garnett

Jess

Monique

Ginger Whitacre

Julie Bingham

List of film performances

Notes

Role

Winner—Best Actress New Zealand Film and TV Awards

2009

The Informant!

2009

Away We Go

Hilary

Deputy

Dunyasha

Jacqueline De Ghent

Pauline Parker

Beth

Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated—Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble

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Uncredited

The Cherry Orchard

1999

1996

The Frighteners

1994

Heavenly Creatures

1999

Detroit Rock City

1999

But I'm a Cheerleader

1998

Ever After

Pauline Harnois

Lauren

Susan

Lurlynn

Marie

Julie

Claustrophobia

Say Uncle

Abandon

2001

2002

Shooters

2000

2002

Park

2006

Gloria

Alice

Shattered Glass

2003

2004

2006

2005

1999

2002

Amy Brand

2007

Itty Bitty Titty Committee

Nominated—Best Actress, Chicago Alt.Film Fest

Melody

Film

Filmography

Nominated—Best Actress New Zealand Film and TV Awards

Year

Film

Personal life

Nominated—Best Leading Actress Qantas Television Awards

Plastic Surgery Lady

Sheryl

Snakeskin

Coyote Ugly

Foreign Correspondents

Sweet Home Alabama

House (TV Series)

Memphis Beat

Title

The Shield

Drive

Rose Red

Rachel Wheaton

Rose

Marcy

Role

Amelia Kyte

Becky

Annalise

Television series Ep. 1.4

Television series Ep. 5.11 & 5.12

Leaves of Grass

Melanie Lynskey

Television series, 6 episodes

Television series Ep. 2.3 & 2.7

57 episodes

Wendy Patrakas

Television

Television mini series

Notes

2012

2011

Eye of the Hurricane

Touchback

2010

Helena from the Wedding

2011

Win Win

2009

Two and a Half Men

2012

Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Life & Times of Tim

2010

2009

2008

2002

The L Word

Clea Mason

References

Cindy

List of television performances

Aunt Helen

[1] Lippy, Tod (1994). "Heavenly Creatures Interview with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh(1994)" (http://tbhl.theonering.net/peter/ interviews/walsh_jackson.html/).TheOneRing.net. . Retrieved 2009-09-24. [2] Corliss, Richard (21 November 1994). "A Heavenly Trip Toward Hell(1994)" (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/ 0,9171,981818-2,00.html/).TIME magazine. . Retrieved 2009-06-24. [3] AV Club - The New Cult Canon - Heavenly Creatures (http:/ /www.avclub.com/articles/the-new-cult-canon-heavenly-creatures,24368/ ?utm_source=channel_the-new-cult-canon) [4] Scott, A.O. (31 October 2003). "A Young Writer's Ambition, With Loyalty and Betrayal" (http:/ /movies.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/ movies/31GLAS.html?ex=1244952000&en=d43260871b37f0c3&ei=5070).The New York Times. . Retrieved 2009-09-18. [5] Itzkoff, Dave (24 December 2008). "Two and a Half Men" (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/arts/television/ 25arts-TWOANDAHALFM_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss.html).The New York Times. . Retrieved 2009-06-16. [6] Calder, Peter (2 November 2006). "Flags of our Fathers" (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200& objectid=10408609).The New Zealand Herald. . Retrieved 2009-06-16. [7] Morris, Wesley (12 June 2009). "Away We Goreview" (http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/06/12/ away_we_go_journeys_from_serious_to_smug.html).The Boston Globe. . Retrieved 2009-06-13. [8] Macnab, Geoffrey (8 September 2009). "The Informant! Tale of Corporate Crimereview" (http://www.independent.co.uk/ arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-informant-venice-film-festival-1783366.html).The Independent. . Retrieved 2009-09-15. [9] Olsen, Mark (15 September 2009). "Melanie Lynskey, Toronto's Triple Threat" (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/ la-et-lynskey15-2009sep15,0,2092774.story.html).Los Angeles Times. . Retrieved 2009-09-19.

Television series Ep. 2.3, 2.6, 2.8 & 2.9

Television series Ep. 2.15

Pearl Coleman

2012

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Macy

[12] Television Series Season 8, Episode 9

Alice

Colleen

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Kate

Emily Bloom

2007

2003–present

2003

Psych

Comanche Moon

Year

Television mini-series

Television series Ep. 5.1

Melanie Lynskey

[10] "In Style Weddings(2007)" (http://www.instyleweddings.com/weddings/gallery/1,,20280136,00.html).In Style. . Retrieved 2009-06-14. [11] Jacobs, Jay S. (26 September 2007). "Emily Deschanel: The Doctor is In" (http://www.popentertainment.com/deschanel.htm). PopEntertainment. . Retrieved 2009-06-24. [12] Ausiello, Michael. "House Exclusive: Two and a Half Men's Melanie Lynskey to Guest Star" (http:/ /www.tvline.com/2011/10/ house-melanie-lynskey-season-8-episode-9/). TVLine.com. . Retrieved 3 November 2011.

External links Melanie Lynskey (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1491/) at the Internet Movie Database

The Frighteners

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Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson Jamie Selkirk Robert Zemeckis

Fran Walsh Peter Jackson

Michael J. Fox Trini Alvarado John Astin Jeffrey Combs Dee Wallace Jake Busey Chi McBride

Danny Elfman

John Blick Alun Bollinger

Jamie Selkirk

WingNut Films

Universal Pictures

July 19, 1996

110 minutes 122 minutes (Director's cut)

United States New Zealand

English

[1] $30 million

$29,359,216

The Frightenersis a 1996 comedy horror film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with his wife, Fran Walsh. The film's cast includes Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey and Chi McBride.The Frightenerstells the story of Frank Bannister (Fox), an architect who develops psychic abilities

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allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts after his wife's murder. He initially uses his new abilities to work with various spirits to cheat money out of customers for his "ghosthunting" business. However, the spirit of a mass murderer comes back from Hell, able to attack the living and the dead, prompting Frank to investigate the supernatural presence. Jackson and Walsh conceived the idea forThe Frightenersduring the scriptwriting phase ofHeavenly Creatures. Robert Zemeckis hired the duo to write the script, with the original intention of Zemeckis directingThe Frighteners as a spin-off film of the television series,Tales from the Crypt. With Jackson and Walsh's first draft submitted in January 1994, Zemeckis believed the film would be better off directed by Jackson, produced by Zemeckis and funded/distributed by Universal Pictures. The visual effects were created by Jackson's Weta Digital, which had only been in existence for three years. This, plus the fact thatThe Frightenersrequired more digital effects shots than almost any movie made up until that time, resulted in the eighteen-month period for effects work by Weta Digital being largely stressed. Despite a rushed post-production schedule, Universal Pictures was so impressed with Jackson's rough cut onThe Frighteners, the studio moved the theatrical release date closer by four months. The film was not a box office success, but received generally positive reviews from critics.The Frightenersis also Michael J. Fox's last leading role in a live-action feature film; Fox then went on to a four-year run on the television seriesSpin Citybefore semi-retiring in 2000 due to the effects of Parkinson's disease.

Plot In 1990, architect Frank Bannister loses his wife, Debra, in a car accident. He gives up his profession, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years. Following the accident, Frank gains the power to see ghosts and befriends three: a 1970s gangster named Cyrus, a 1950s nerd named Stuart and a gunslinger from the Old West called the Judge. Cyrus, Stuart and the Judge haunt houses in the area to accumulate work for Frank's ghostbusting business; Frank then "exorcises" the houses for a fee, even though he is depicted by locals as a con man. Five years later, Dr. Lucy Lynskey summons Frank, who recently conned her and her husband Ray. Frank discovers that Ray has been killed (just after he left), and an encounter with his ghost leads Frank to discover that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people and marking numbers on their foreheads that only the psychic can see. Frank tries helping the people whom the Reaper is targeting because his wife Debra died with a similar number, 13, carved into her forehead. Because Frank can see the numbers ahead of time he can foretell the murders, but this puts him under suspicion with the police and FBI agent Milton Dammers. Highly anal and disturbed from years of undercover work, Dammers is convinced that Frank is responsible for the killings, using some sort of psychic power to stop the hearts of those he subconsciously wishes dead while creating the visage of the Grim Reaper to absolve himself of guilt. Frank is captured and detained after the town's newspaper editor, Madga, who despised Frank's reputation, is killed. While Frank is being detained, Lucy begins to investigate the murders and becomes a target of the Reaper. She is attacked while visiting Frank in jail, but they the manage to escape with the help of Cyrus and Stuart, who are both killed in the process. Frustrated by his inability to fight the Reaper in a mortal body, Frank wants to commit suicide so he can stop the Reaper's killing spree. Instead, Lucy helps Frank have a near death experience by entering hypothermia and using barbiturates to stop his heart. Dammers abducts Lucy, then confesses that he had been a victim of Charles Manson and his "Family" in 1969. Frank appears to come to Lucy's aid. In his ghostly form, Frank confronts the Reaper and discovers that the killer is the ghost of Johnny Bartlett (Jake Busey), a hospital orderly who killed 12 people in a killing spree, where he worked, 32 years ago, then died in the electric chair. Frank reveals Bartlett's true form, but his spirit is forced back into his body by Lucy resuscitating him. After learning the Reaper's identity, Lucy worries that Patricia will become one of Bartlett's targets. She goes to Patricia's house and discovers that Patricia is on friendly terms with Bartlett's ghost, who tells her to kill Lucy. Patricia kills her mother and tries to kill Lucy, but Frank rescues her. Lucy and Frank trap Bartlett's spirit in his urn, which they find in

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Patricia's room. Hoping to take the ashes to holy ground, they run for the chapel of the now-abandoned psychiatric hospital to send Bartlett's ghost to Hell. Frank realizes that this is the hospital where the original crimes were committed, helplessly reliving the events of Bartlett's killing spree in flashback visions, while Patricia, armed with a shotgun, and Dammers chase them through the ruins. Dammers throws the ashes away, releasing Bartlett's ghost again before his head is blown off by Patricia. Bartlett's ghost and Patricia hunt down Frank and Lucy. Frank realizes that Bartlett's ghost drove the two off the road and killed Frank's wife. Patricia used Frank's utility knife to cut the number into her forehead. Out of bullets, Patricia strangles Frank with the shotgun, then prepares to kill Lucy. Frank's spirit, however, returns and rips Patricia's spirit from her body, dragging her up the Corridor of Life (the passage to Heaven) with him. Bartlett grabs Patricia's ghost, while Frank makes it to Heaven, where he's reunited with Cyrus and Stuart. The three watch as Bartlett and Patricia's spirits are dragged to Hell. After meeting Debra's spirit, Frank learns it is not yet his time and is sent back to his body (Cyrus tells him to start living and Debra asks him to be happy), waking up in Lucy's arms. Frank and Lucy fall in love, and due to her experiences, Lucy can now see ghosts as well. Frank returns to being an architect, demolishing the dream house for his wife that he never finished and building a life with Lucy. As for Dammers, he is a spirit, riding around in the back of Sheriff Walt Perry's car.

Cast Michael J. Fox as Frank Bannister: Although Jackson and Walsh envisionedThe Frightenersas a low budget film with unknown actors, Zemeckis suggested casting hisBack to the Futurestar Michael J. Fox in the lead role. Fox became enthusiastic about working with Jackson when he sawHeavenly Creaturesat the Toronto International [2] [3] Film Festival. Fox read the script and was impressed by its "weirdness and macabre" nature. Trini Alvarado as Dr. Lucy Lynskey: The character is named afterHeavenly Creaturesstar Melanie Lynskey, [2] who also cameos inThe Frighteners. Peter Dobson as Ray Lynskey: Lucy's health-obsessed and comically hot-headed husband who dislikes Frank's tactics. John Astin as The Judge: Jackson went on to cast John's son Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee inThe Lord of the [2] Rings. Jeffrey Combs as Special Agent Milton Dammers: Eccentric FBI agent who has a vendetta against Bannister. He is a former undercover agent known for his work with cultists, which caused him to sustain multiple massive mutilations and driven to the brink of insanity. Jackson opted to cast Combs as Dammers because he was a fan of [3] the actor's work inRe-Animator. Dee Wallace as Patricia Ann Bradley: Barlett's mentally ill lover who is under strict observance from her elderly mother. Jake Busey as Johnny Charles Bartlett: Mass murderer who continues his work in the afterlife, focusing on increasing his body count as a form of competition with other famous murderers. Chi McBride and Jim Fyfe as Cyrus and Stuart: Frank's deceased associates for his ghosthunting business. Troy Evans as Sheriff Walt Perry: Local law enforcement officer and ally to Frank. Julianna McCarthy as Old Lady Bradley: Patricia's elderly and obsessed mother and former director of the psychiatric hospital. Elizabeth Hawthorne as Magda Rees-Jones: A snooty British local television news anchor. Angela Bloomfield as Debra Bannister: Frank's deceased wife. Peter Jackson cameos as a man with piercings. Melanie Lynskey cameos as a deputy. R. Lee Ermey cameos as the Ghost of Sgt. Hiles.