Melanie Lynskey

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1977 age 0

   Born

2. 1994 age 17

   CreditHeavenly Creatures

3. 1996 age 19

   CreditThe Frighteners

4. 2000 age 23

   CreditCoyote Ugly

5. 2002 age 25

   CreditSweet Home Alabama

6. 2006 age 29

   CreditFlags of Our Fathers

7. 2009 age 32

   CreditUp in the Air

8. 2012 age 35

   CreditThe Perks of Being a Wallflower

9. 2021 age 44

   CreditDon't Look Up

• JGJudy Greer2 titles
• TWThomas F. Wilson2 titles
• PJPeter Jackson2 titles
• FWFran Walsh2 titles
• GMGrant Major2 titles
• JSJamie Selkirk2 titles
• RER. Lee Ermey2 titles
• ATAmber Tamblyn2 titles
• OAOdette Annable2 titles
• MWMichael Weston2 titles

• Spouse

  • JSJimmi Simpson
  • JRJason Ritter

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

• I want to be like Julianne Moore and get to do things that scare me — and keep on doing them until I'm very old.

  Melanie Lynskey, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I was picking my luggage up, and I turned around and there she was. She looked like this vision. I said, 'Oh my God, you look like a movie star!' I was so in awe of her. And she had head shots! I'd never seen such a thing. She had these black-and-white photos with her hair blown back. And I said, 'What do you do with them?' And she said, 'Send them to fans.'

  Melanie Lynskey, CC BY-SA 4.0

• The first audition I ever did [in America], the casting director said, "I don't know why you're here. You're never going to work [here]. You don't look right. You don't have the right kind of personality. I don't even know if you can do an American accent. Maybe you can try England." [...] It made me more determined.

  Melanie Lynskey, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Every time someone comes with the Kate Winslet question I think it's lazy journalism.

  Melanie Lynskey, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I always wanted to be an actor, but I had this whole plan to go to a good drama school and do it that way. I wasn't trying to get into movies; someone came to my high school and auditioned some girls, so it was a complete accident.

  Melanie Lynskey, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Matt Damon said something to me that I really have lived by ever since [...] "At the end of your career, when someone looks over your filmography, all they remember is if the movie was good or not. They're not saying, "Oh, he got [to] play that crazy character!" Or, "Oh, all those people were in that movie." He says "all people know is if the movie was good or not," and all that has to do with whether the script is any good; so, if you consistently choose good scripts — whether you're in three scenes or every scene — you're going to build a very strong résumé.

  Melanie Lynskey, CC BY-SA 4.0