Alternate Names: ملانی لینسکی

Physical Characteristics:

• Eye Color: brown
• Hair Color: brown hair

First Appearances:

• Heavenly Creatures (1994) as Pauline Parker

Most Important Roles:

• Heavenly Creatures (1994) as Pauline Parker
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006) as Pauline Harnois
• The Frighteners (1996) as Deputy
• But I'm a Cheerleader (2000) as Hilary
• Up in the Air (2009) as Julie Bingham
• The Informant! (2009) as Ginger Whitacre
• Coyote Ugly (2000) as Gloria
• EverAfter (1998) as Jacqueline de Ghent
• Leaves of Grass (2009) as Colleen
• Detroit Rock City (1999) as Beth Bumsteen

Career Highlights:

• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
• The Frighteners (1996)
• But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
• Up in the Air (2009)
• The Informant! (2009)
• Coyote Ugly (2000)
• EverAfter (1998)
• Leaves of Grass (2009)
• Detroit Rock City (1999)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress in a Network/Cable Television Series (2022)
• Nominated for 1 Critics Choice Award - Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (2023)
• Won Critics Choice Award - Best Actress in a Drama Series (2022)
• Nominated for 1 Acting Award - Best Actress (1999)
• Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2023)
• Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2023)
• Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2022)
• Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Drama or Genre (2024)
• Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (2023)
• Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Outstanding Performance in a New Series (2022)
• Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actress (2017)
• Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Breakthrough Actor (2012)
• Won Spotlight Award (2009)
• Nominated for 1 Independent Spirit Award - Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (2023)
• Won Precious Gem Award (2025)
• Nominated for 1 Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actress in a Long Fiction Program (2018)
• Nominated for 1 Film Award - Best Actress (2001)
• Won Film Award - Best Actress (1995)
• Won Emerging Master (2014)
• Won SDFCS Award - Best Ensemble Performance (2012)