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Acting

Melanie Lynskey

Career: Active from 1994 to 2026, busiest in 2017 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Over the Garden Wall
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 79 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Melanie Lynskey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8
Historical
1.6, average 2.6
Crime
2.9, average 3.6
Violence
3.4, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 7
Character-Driven 7
Ensemble Cast 4
Character-Driven Narrative 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Psychological Tension 3
Psychological Drama 3
Relationship Dynamics 3
Relationship Drama 3
Quirky 3
Lighthearted 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

89

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Mushroom Murders

TV show · as Erin Patterson

2020s

13 titles · average score 66

Don't Say Good Luck

77

as Elizabeth Birenbaum

Pike River

43

as Anna Osborne

Griffin in Summer

78

as Helen

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

70

TV show · as Heather Morris

Matlock

76

TV show · as Debra Palmer

The Last of Us

79

TV show · as Kathleen Coghlan

Poker Face

81

TV show · as Regina Gilvary

Candy

66

TV show · as Betty Gore

The Jennifer Hudson Show

33

TV show

Yellowjackets

77

TV show · as Shauna Sadecki

Lady of the Manor

31

as Hannah

Don't Look Up

60

as June Mindy

2010s

39 titles · average score 62

Castle Rock

75

TV show · as Molly Strand

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

76

as Ruth Kimke

The Changeover

66

as Kate Chant

Sunshine

77

TV show · as Zara Skelton

The Intervention

61

as Annie

Togetherness

79

TV show · as Michelle Pierson

Over the Garden Wall

90

TV show · as Beatrice (voice)

Happy Christmas

61

as Kelly

We'll Never Have Paris

34

as Devon

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

79

as Aunt Helen

Hello I Must Be Going

64

as Amy

Touchback

57

as Macy

2000s

31 titles · average score 60

Up in the Air

80

as Julie Bingham

The Informant!

69

as Ginger Whitacre

Leaves of Grass

60

as Colleen

Comanche Moon

47

TV show · as Pearl Coleman

Drive

53

TV show · as Wendy Patrakas

American Dad!

60

TV show · as Sharon (voice)

House

84

TV show · as Natalie Tavares

Shattered Glass

77

as Amy Brand

Two and a Half Men

67

TV show · as Rose

Rose Red

55

TV show · as Rachel Wheaton

Abandon

35

as Mousy Julie

But I'm a Cheerleader

57

as Hilary

1990s

5 titles · average score 65

Detroit Rock City

58

as Beth Bumsteen

The Cherry Orchard

45

as Dunyasha

EverAfter

77

as Jacqueline de Ghent

The Frighteners

64

as Deputy

Heavenly Creatures

82

as Pauline Parker