Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress.

Melanie Lynskey is known for playing quirky, soft-spoken but headstrong characters, and works predominantly in independent films.

Melanie Lynskey made her film debut starring as a teenage murderess in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures (1994).

Melanie Lynskey received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performer for her starring role as a depressed divorcee in Hello I Must Be Going (2012), which proved to be a turning point in her career.

Outside of film, Melanie Lynskey achieved fame with her portrayal of Rose on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2003–2015).

From 2015 to 2016, Melanie Lynskey starred as Michelle Pierson on the HBO series Togetherness, for which she received a nomination for the 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Melanie Lynskey provided the voices of Beatrice for Cartoon Network’s Over the Garden Wall (2014) and Megan for Disney XD’s Future-Worm! (2016–2018).

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In February 2017, Melanie Lynskey became engaged to Jason Ritter after four years of dating.

Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter are now married and they have a daughter, who was born in December 2018.