Picture Of The Day - May 17, 2008

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By AmericasNewsToday.Org staff

Melanie Jayne Lynskey — born May 16, 1977 in New Plymouth, New Zealand — is an actress best known for starring in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994) and for playing Rose on Two and a Half Men.

In 1992, at 15, Lynskey was cast alongside Kate Winslet in Heavenly Creatures, despite never having acted professionally. Directed by Peter Jackson, the film — based on the infamous Parker-Hulme murder case — received worldwide acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Despite a long hiatus (during which she appeared briefly in The Frighteners (1996)), Lynskey made a return to acting in 1997 when she starred in Foreign Correspondents, an independent drama set in Los Angeles. She then played Drew Barrymore's stepsister in Ever After (1998), which was her first Hollywood movie, and led to a string of supporting parts in such films as Detroit Rock City (1999), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), The Cherry Orchard (1999), Shooters (2002) and Coyote Ugly (2000).

After headlining Snakeskin (2001), Lynskey appeared in the Stephen King mini-series Rose Red (2002), then supported Katie Holmes in Abandon (2002) and Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She later joined Hayden Christensen in the Golden Globe-nominated Shattered Glass (2003), guested on The Shield and began stalking Charlie Sheen on the Emmy Award-winning Two and a Half Men.

Recent projects have included Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated Flags of Our Fathers (2006), CineVegas prizewinner Park (2006), mini-series Comanche Moon (2008) and a guest spot on Psych. She'll next appear in Show of Hands (2008), Steven Soderbergh's The Informant (2009) and Sam Mendes' Farlanders (2009).

Lynskey married New Jersey-born actor Jimmi Simpson — whom she met when they worked together on Rose Red — on April 14, 2007, in Queenstown, New Zealand. They live in Los Angeles. Lynskey has four siblings: three younger brothers and a younger sister.

One of her best friends is actress Emily Deschanel (Fox's "Bones").

'Two and a Half Men' Official Site:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/two_and_a_half_men/.


 

 
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