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
First professional acting role as Pauline Parker, opposite Kate Winslet as Juliet Hulme, in Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures"; based on the 1954 Parker-Hulme murder in New Zealand
1996
Re-teamed with Jackson to play a police deputy in "The Frighteners"
1998
Played one of the stepsisters in "Ever After: A Cinderella Story," starring Drew Barrymore in the title role
1999
Appeared in Adam Rifkin's cult film, "Detroit Rock City"
