Melanie Lynskey
Melanie Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress, known for playing Rose on Two and a Half Men, Michelle Pierson on Togetherness, and for roles in the films Heavenly Creatures, Up in the Air, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth16 May 1977
CityNew Plymouth, New Zealand
reading done gone
I've done a gazillion readings that have gone on to be movies that are made without me.
people auditions cry
I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see what I can do.
drama acting study
I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.
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I was a very independent teenager.
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I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.
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I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have to write a script.
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I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.
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People in New Zealand go out of their way to not be impressed by things.
talking kind accents
I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.