Welcome To MELANIE LYNSKEY FAN. . .your best source for all things Melanie Lynskey, an incredible actress you'll recognise from such films as Up in the Air, The Informant!, Away We Go, Flags of Our Fathers, Shattered Glass, Sweet Home Alabama, Ever After and Heavenly Creatures, as well as hit TV series Two and a Half Men.
Online since 21 Oct 2008
LATEST NEWS
2 Feb 2010 Up in the Air has joined the likes of Avatar and The Hurt Locker in the 2010 Oscars race, bagging a very impressive six nominations in the categories Best Picture, Director (Jason Reitman), Actor (George Clooney), Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actress (Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga)! Winners are announced during the ceremony on 7 March.
25 Jan 2010 Mel talks about Up in the Air and being "hired and fired" in this
clip.
16 Jan 2010 Melanie and her Up in the Air co-stars have been nominated for an award in the category of Best Acting Ensemble by the Denver Film Critics Society! Winners will be announced on 27 January. Go
here for the full list of nominees.
7 Dec 2009 Brief clip
here of Mel being interviewed at the LA premiere of Up in the Air.
4 Dec 2009 Up in the Air has been named 'best film of 2009' by the
National Board of Review! Read more about it
here.
2 Dec 2009 NZ current affairs programme
Close Up chat to Mel and Matt Damon about working on The Informant! in this
video clip.
23 Nov 2009 A whopping 26 clips from Up in the Air have debuted at
Movie Jungle.
19 Nov 2009 Daemon's Movies have gotten hold of some great new
stills from Up in the Air, which is picking up rave
reviews and opens in the US on 4 December (limited) and 25 December (nationwide).
18 Nov 2009 Footage of Mel on the red carpet and collecting her prize at the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala can be viewed
here and
here.
30 Oct 2009 Head over to
YouTube to watch an official trailer for Leaves of Grass.
19 Oct 2009 Back in September, Mel appeared on PIX11 Morning News to discuss The Informant! and Up in the Air. Watch the full clip
here.
13 Oct 2009 Congrats to Mel, who has been selected to receive a Hollywood Spotlight Award at the 2009 Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala, an annual ceremony that recognises emerging and established talent in the film industry. The event takes place in Beverly Hills on 26 October. More
here!
25 Sept 2009 Another clip of Mel talking about The Informant!
here.
12 Sept 2009 Watch a clip of Mel talking about her character, Ginger, in The Informant!
here - and a scene from the film itself (featuring Mel and Matt Damon)
here.
Also, check out some pics of Mel at the Toronto International Film Festival (where she's currenty promoting The Informant! and Up in the Air) at
Getty Images.
9 Sept 2009 An official Up in the Air teaser trailer has debuted at
Slashfilm.
Also,
IMDb have posted a bunch of new stills from The Informant! - including several of Mel's character, Ginger. Check them out
here. The Informant! opens on US screens on 18 September. Visit the film's
official site for more info (and more stills).
8 Sept 2009 Paramount's Up in the Air
site is now live.
7 Sept 2009 Mel's appearance on It's Always Sunny... airs Thurs 17 Sept on FX. (Episode title: "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis")
18 Aug 2009 The first Up in the Air one-sheet has debuted online and can be viewed
here. Mel plays a character called Julie in the film - which hits US screens on 4 December 2009 - alongside George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick and Jason Bateman.
7 Aug 2009 Away We Go is heading to R1 DVD on 29 September 2009. Check details
here.
Also, the US theatrical release of the The Informant! has moved from 9 October to 18 September.
5 Aug 2009 Melanie has been nominated for a 2009
Qantas Film Award in the category of Best Leading Actress for her performance in Show of Hands. Congratulations, Mel!
18 July 2009 According to her
Twitter page, Mel has recently filmed a guest appearance on
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
1 July 2009 Check out the (unexpectedly hilarious) first trailer for Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! over at the film's
official site.
3 June 2009 Getty Images have posted tons of images from the NY screening of "Away We Go", which took place yesterday.
29 May 2009 According to
IMDb, Mel has recently been working alongside George Clooney on a film called
Up in the Air.
17 May 2009 Go
here to watch a clip of Mel talking about Away We Go.
16 May 2009 Melanie turns 32 today; happy birthday, Mel!
5 May 2009 Focus Features have launched the official Away We Go
website.
28 March 2009 Show of Hands hits DVD on 16 April 2009. Go
here to pre-order a copy.
17 March 2009 Yahoo! Movies have scored the first look at the Away We Go
trailer.
9 March 2009 Steven Soderbergh's
The Informant will be released theatrically in the US on 9 October 2009.
24 Jan 2009 The folks at
The Daily Beast have chosen Mel as one of their predicted
Breakout Stars of 2009! Here's what they had to say:
This New Zealand born actress is recognizable for her (non-titular) role stalking Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, but she's ditching living rooms and bit parts for big roles in 2009. She's supporting in Steven Soderbergh's The Informant, with Matt Damon as government informant Mark Whitacre, and also shares the screen with Edward Norton in the not-a-Walt-Whitman biopic Leaves of Grass. A part in Sam Mendes' Away We Go this summer—a buzzy comedy written by Dave Eggers, starring John Krasinski of The Office, and chronicling a couple's cross-country trip in search of a good place to raise a family—makes this year a trifecta for the actress.
12 Jan 2009 Focus Features are releasing
Away We Go (previously known as Farlanders / This Must Be the Place) in the US on 5 June 2009. In the film, an unmarried couple expecting their first child embark on a road trip to find the perfect place to put down roots. Mel stars alongside John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Jim Gaffigan, Allison Janney, Paul Schneider, Chris Messina, Carmen Ejogo and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
17 Nov 2008 PA Radio (NZ) did an interview with Mel recently - listen to the clip
here.
16 Nov 2008 Melanie Lynskey Fan is
Celebrity Site of the Day today!
5 Nov 2008 Melanie attended the New Zealand
premiere of her latest film,
Show of Hands, in New Plymouth yesterday. For more info on the romantic comedy/drama - which opens across New Zealand on 13 November - visit the
official site.