Melanie Lynskey

2022 - 3 - 14

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Kiwi actress praised for 'perfect speech' at Critics Choice Awards (New Zealand Herald)

Melanie Lynskey is winning hearts across the internet for her "perfect" acceptance speech after taking home the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a ...

And she thanks her daughter before telling the audience "the most important person I think I have to thank is my nanny, Sally, I love her. Thank you, Sally, I love you so much," she concludes before looking around quickly, saying, "okay" and ducking away from the podium as the audience erupts with applause. And amid the applause she peppers her speech with light-hearted humour, thanking her agent, Rhonda Price, and sharing that "she believes in me. After heaping praise upon her co-stars, telling them they did "70 per cent of the work for me" she turns to the camera and shares that she thinks she's "going to faint. It means a lot, it's meaningful," she says, likely alluding to her recent Rolling Stones interview where she revealed she had been subjected to criticism about her weight from a member of the production team. "Um, okay, sorry, I'm going to be really bad," Lynskey tells the rapturous audience.

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Kiwi actor Melanie Lynskey wins hearts with 'sweet and charming ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The Kiwi actor's off-the-cuff speech brought laughter, tears, and won the hearts and praise of many fans after she thanked her nanny in her Critics Choice ...

Think of us as your eyes and ears. “The most important person I think I have to thank is my nanny, Sally, I love her. Of course— Teri Hart (@TeriHart) @melanielynskeyis the one to do it! Her acceptance speech was as sweet and charming as she is. It means a lot, it's meaningful.” Her remark was possibly a subtle nod to comments made earlier in the year when she said in an interview that a member of the show's production team had implied she should lose some weight. I’m over the moon for my pal— Dave Karger (@davekarger) @melanielynskeyafter her @CriticsChoiceaward win for Best Actress for Yellowjackets tonight. Thanking the NANNY is the biggest female empowerment boss movie I've ever heard in an awards speech. She’s with my child and I know my child is safe and taken care of, and she allows me to go and do my work. Tonight was very overwhelming!! She also received a round of applause and loud cheers after thanking her team for “letting me be exactly as I am. Thank you, Sally, I love you so much. Lynskey has a star-studded career.

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<i>Yellowjackets</i>' Melanie Lynskey Thanks Her Nanny in ... (HarpersBAZAAR.com)

Melanie Lynskey accepted the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in 'Yellowjackets.'

Our daughter," she said, "I love you both so much." I feel like I'm going to faint but I hope I don't." Thank you." "My husband, Jason, the love of my life. "They're the most talented group of people I've ever had the opportunity to work with," Lynskey said. I can't believe I'm mentioned alongside you."

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Melanie Lynskey thanks her 'angel' nanny at Critics Choice Awards ... (Page Six)

"Yellowjackets" star Melanie Lynskey gave a shout-out to her daughter's nanny after winning the 2022 Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama ...

“I sort of came into this industry with people telling me in explicit and subtle ways that if you are over a particular size, then this is the only kind of character you can play. “And, it’s a show about four middle-aged women and also their younger counterparts and history. She’s with my child, and my child is safe and taken care of, and she allows me to go and do my work.

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I Want What They Have: Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter (Vogue.com)

Whenever I see a bored-looking celebrity couple perfunctorily holding hands on the red carpet, I wish we were getting more like what Melanie Lynskey and ...

On that note, I’d like to introduce the courtship of Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey and Parenthood lead Jason Ritter, who began dating in 2013, got engaged in 2017, had their first child—a girl!—in 2018, and officially tied the knot in 2020. I fell even harder for Lynskey when she thanked not only Ritter, but also the couple’s “angel” nanny in her Critics Choice Award acceptance speech on Sunday night (seriously, can we make it an industry standard for famous working parents to thank the people at home who help them juggle it all? (Listen, if it were up to me, I’d be writing glowing profiles of the two cute non-famous lesbians I saw holding hands once at a coffee shop every week, but that’s not entirely journalistically sound.) When I do fall head-over-heels for a cishet pair, though, it’s usually because the male half of the couple seems particularly besotted.

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Melanie Lynskey thanks nanny during Critics Choice Awards ... (The Independent)

'She's with my child and my child is safe and taken care of and she allows me to go and do my work,' Yellowjackets star says about daughter's nanny.

She’s with my child and my child is safe and taken care of and she allows me to go and do my work.” Lynskey stars as the adult version of Shauna in Yellowjackets, a psychological drama series about a girl’s soccer team that gets stranded in the mountains after a plane crash. “The most important person I think I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Sally. I love her,” Lynskey said. Thank you for giving our little daughter the safest, most joyful, most loving childhood.” “They were asking me, ‘What do you plan to do? They’d love to help you with this,’” Lynskey said.

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Jason Ritter Celebrates Wife Melanie Lynskey amid Critics Choice ... (PEOPLE.com)

'LOOK at this human being who is also the best person I know,' Jason Ritter praised wife Melanie Lynskey amid her Critics Choice Award win on Sunday.

"Thank you, Sally. I love you so much." Lynskey took home the Critics Choice Award for best actress in a drama series on Sunday night for her role in Showtime's Yellowjackets. Amid her Critics Choice Awards win on Sunday evening, the actor shared a photo of Lynskey on the red carpet, in which she posed in a navy velvet suit, a hand on her hip.

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