Melanie Lynskey

Date of Birth

1977-05-16

Place of Birth

New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Known for

Heavenly Creatures, Flags of our Fathers, The Frighteners, But I’m a Cheerleader, Up in the Air

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Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey confirmed that she was up for the role of Willow in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Melanie Lynskey looks back at her brush with playing Willow

Posted 3 years ago

Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey confirmed that she was up for the role of Willow in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Air, Batman, Halo, John Wick, Pearl, Yellowjackets

Posted 3 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

Jason Ritter, who is married to Yellowjackets cast member Melanie Lynskey, will be making a guest appearance on season 2 of the show.

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Yellowjackets season 2: Jason Ritter to make a guest appearance

Posted 3 years ago

Earlier this year, married couple Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter worked together on the five episode Hulu mini-series Candy (read our review HERE), where Lynskey played one of the lead characters and Ritter appeared in two episodes as a police...

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Candy TV Review

Posted 4 years ago

Plot: Candy Montgomery is a 1980 housewife and mother who did everything right—good husband, two kids, nice house, even the careful planning and execution of transgressions—but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a...

Hulu has released a new trailer for their upcoming true crime mini-series Candy, starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey.

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Candy: Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey true crime Hulu mini-series gets a new trailer

Posted 4 years ago

Four weeks ago, Hulu released a teaser trailer for the true crime mini-series Candy… and now they have already released a full trailer, which you can check out in the embed above. Starring Jessica Biel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) as the...

A teaser trailer and first look images have been released for Hulu's true crime limited series starring Jessica Biel as Candy Montgomery.

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Candy trailer, images from true crime mini-series show Jessica Biel as woman who killed her friend with an axe

Posted 4 years ago

On Friday, June 13th, 1980, Texas housewife Candy Montgomery killed her friend Betty Gore with an axe. Candy claimed that she struck Betty with that axe forty-one times in self-defense. Forty-two years later, we have dueling Candy Montgomery limited series...

Season 3 of the Showtime survival thriller series Yellowjackets will begin filming in May, aiming for a 2025 premiere

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Yellowjackets season 2: Showtime orders more of survival drama series

Posted 4 years ago

Five episodes into airing season 1 of the survival drama series Yellowjackets, and a month before the season finale will be reaching the airwaves, Showtime has already ordered another season of the show. Calling Yellowjackets “an unadulterated sensation” and “a...

A new trailer has been released for Showtime's survival drama series Yellowjackets, starring Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis.

TV Trailers

Yellowjackets: new trailer released for Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis TV series

Posted 5 years ago

A teaser trailer and a full trailer were released for the Showtime survival drama series Yellowjackets this past summer, and now that the show’s November 14th premiere date is just a couple weeks away a new trailer has arrived online. You...

Showtime's survival drama series Yellowjackets, starring Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis, debuts in November. New trailer online

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Yellowjackets trailer: Christina Ricci series premieres in November

Posted 5 years ago

Just a few weeks after the release of the teaser trailer for the Showtime survival drama series Yellowjackets, a full trailer for the show has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above. With this trailer, Showtime has...

Yellowjackets trailer: Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis lead Showtime series

Posted 5 years ago

Showtime hasn't announced a premiere date for the survival drama series Yellowjackets, they have only said that the show will start airing sometime this fall, but while we wait to hear a specific date the network has gone ahead and...

Coyote Ugly: Tyra Banks has had meetings about a reboot or TV series

Posted 6 years ago

COYOTE UGLY celebrated twenty years back in August and with its anniversary, came talks about a sequel to the hit 2000 film. Tyra Banks, who played Zoe in the film, seemed to be spearheading getting a sequel made but a lot...

As Coyote Ugly turns 20, the stars say they’re ready for a sequel

Posted 6 years ago

COYOTE UGLY turned 20 yesterday and the film, which was a huge hit at the time of its release on top of selling a multi-platinum selling soundtrack, has never generated a sequel. Now that two decades have passed since the...

Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci star in cannibal survival epic Yellowjackets

Posted 7 years ago

JENNIFER'S BODY director Karyn Kusama is set to helm the pilot episode of a potential series called Yellowjackets for Showtime, and she has assembled an awesome cast for this show, with Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci signed on to star...

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