Melanie Lynskey

Birthplace: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Birthday: May 16, 1977

Dark-haired, milky-skinned and voluptuous, Melanie Lynskey burst on the scene with an indelible, smoldering star turn opposite Kate Winslet in fellow New Zealander Peter Jackson's exhilarating "Heavenly Creatures" (1994), based on a famous 1954 murder case. Alienated from her classmates, Lynskey's shy, sullen and intense Pauline experiences a transformation when the perky, tubercular Juliette (Winslet) arrives at her school, the two bonding when they sit out gym class together. Pauline's scars from her operation for osteomyelitis cause Juliette…more

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Drive
Wendy Patrakas
Stephen King's Rose Red
Rachel "Sister" Wheaton
Two and a Half Men
Rose
Drive
Wendy Patrakas
Comanche Moon
Pearl Coleman

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Career Milestones

2006
Cast in Clint Eastwood's WWII drama, "Flags of Our Fathers"
2006
Starred in Peter Paige's feature directorial debut, "Say Uncle"
2003 to 0000
Cast in "Two and a Half Men" as Sheen's character's sweet neighbor/stalker, Rose
2003
Had a recurring role on "The Shield" (FX) as your friendly neighborhood psychopath
2003
Starred opposite Hayden Christensen in "Shattered Glass"