Melanie LynskeyAKA:
Melanie Jayne Lynskey
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New Zealander Birthdate:
05/16/1977 Birthplace:
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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 to gush, "All the best people have had chest and
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1988
Studied acting for over five years (dates approximate)
1994
Feature film debut opposite Kate Winslet in fellow countryman Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures", based on a notorious 1954 murder case in New Zealand
1996
Reteamed with Jackson in a small role in "The Frighteners," starring Michael J. Fox
1998
Cast as one of the stepsisters (the "meek dumpling" disdained by her mother for being too chubby) in "Ever After: A Cinderella Story," starring Drew Barrymore
1999
Appeared in Adam Rifkin's "Detroit Rock City"
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