List of awards and nominations received by Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey awards and nominations
	Lynskey accepting her Special Jury Award for The Intervention (2016) at the Sundance Film Festival
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
Primetime Emmy Awards	0
Screen Actors Guild Awards	0
Satellite Awards	0
Critics Choice Association	3
Independent Spirit Awards	0
Gotham Awards	0
Totals
Wins	24
Nominations	49
	Note ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey. Since winning her first accolade (Best Actress, 1995) at the New Zealand Film Awards for her portrayal of Pauline Parker in Heavenly Creatures, Lynskey has received various awards for her work in film and on television, including three Critics' Choice Awards, a HCA Award, a Gracie, a Hollywood Film Award and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmys, three Gothams, two Satellite Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, one Golden Nymph, and one Screen Actors Guild Award.

Lynskey was nominated for the 2015 Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work on HBO's Togetherness. She won the 2022 Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for playing Shauna on Showtime's Yellowjackets, and later earned two Primetime Emmy nominations (Lead Actress in a Drama Series; 2022, 2023) for the same role. She received another Critics' Choice nomination (Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, 2023) for co-starring as Betty Gore in Candy, and a further Emmy nomination (Guest Actress in a Drama Series, 2023) for her role as Kathleen on the first season of HBO's The Last of Us.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	^[1]
2023	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	^[2]
2023	The Last of Us (Episode: "Endure and Survive")	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	^[2]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Best Actress in a Horror Series	Won	^[5]
2024	The Last of Us	Best Villain in a Series, Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie	Won	^[6]
2024	Yellowjackets	Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie	Nominated	^[7]
2025	Yellowjackets	Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie	Nominated	^[8]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2015	Togetherness	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominated	^[9]
2022	Yellowjackets	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Won	^[10]
2023	Candy	Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television	Nominated	^[11]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Best TV Performance	Won	^[13]
2023	Yellowjackets	Best TV Performance – Drama	Nominated	^[14]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series – Drama	Won	^[15]
2022	Candy	Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series	Nominated	^[16]
2023	Yellowjackets	Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series – Drama	Nominated	^[17]
2023	The Last of Us	Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	^[17]
2025	Yellowjackets	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	^[18]

Critics awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series	Won	^[4]
2022	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with the cast)	Won	^[4]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Performance by a Straight Actress in a Straight Role	Nominated	^[23]
2023	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Performance by a Straight Actress in a Straight Role	Won	^[24]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	Up in the Air	Best Cast Ensemble (shared with the cast)	Runner-up	^[25]
2012	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Best Cast Ensemble (shared with the cast)	Nominated	^[26]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Won	^[27]
2023	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	^[28]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2014	Over the Garden Wall	Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series (People's Choice) (shared with the cast)	Won	^[29]
	Over the Garden Wall	Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series (shared with the cast)	Nominated	^[29]
	Over the Garden Wall	Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical	Nominated	^[29]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2010	Up in the Air	Ensemble Cast (shared with the cast)	Nominated	^[30]
2022	Don't Look Up	Best Ensemble (shared with the cast)	Nominated	^[31]
2022	Yellowjackets	Best Actress – Drama	Nominated	^[32]
2023	Yellowjackets	Best Actress – Drama	Nominated	^[33]
2023	The Last of Us	Best Guest Actress – Drama	Nominated	^[33]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	Hello I Must Be Going	Breakthrough Actor	Nominated	^[34]
2017	I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	Best Actress	Nominated	^[35]
2022	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Performance in a New Series	Nominated	^[36]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama	Nominated	^[39]
2023	Yellowjackets	Outstanding Lead Performance – Drama	3rd place	^[40]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1995	Heavenly Creatures	Best Actress	Won	^[42]
2001	Snakeskin	Best Actress	Nominated	^[43]
2009	Show of Hands	Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film	Nominated	^[44]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Yellowjackets	Best Lead Acting in a Drama Series	Nominated	^[4]
2022	Yellowjackets	Best Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with the cast)	Nominated	^[4]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2023	Candy	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Nominated	^[47]
2024	Yellowjackets	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Nominated	^[48]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2023	Yellowjackets	Favorite Performer in a Cable or Streaming Drama Series	Nominated	^[50]
2024	Yellowjackets	Favorite Performer in a Cable or Streaming Drama Series	Nominated	^[51]