Where You Recognize Yellowjackets Star Melanie Lynskey From
Warning! SPOILERS for Yellowjackets.
Showtime’s Yellowjackets is primarily led by New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey, who has a long career in popular movies and TV shows. Yellowjackets follows the story of a high school girls’ soccer team, the Yellowjackets, whose plane crashes in the Canadian Rockies on the way to their championship game in 1996. The series largely focuses on two timelines: in 1996, when the girls learn to survive in the wilderness, and in 2021 when the adult survivors are revisited by their traumatic, secretive past. While Yellowjackets’ teenage cast of characters primarily consists of up-and-coming actors, the adult cast is supported by the performances of celebrated female actresses like Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Tawny Cypress, and Melanie Lynskey.
Melanie Lynskey portrays the adult version of one of Yellowjackets’ protagonists, Shauna, who survived the soccer team’s 19-month time in the wilderness. Shauna as an adult is a complex character, who's shown dealing with the aftermath of the trauma she experienced in the wilderness, such as being pregnant for the first few months, as well as eventually resorting to cannibalism. In the present timeline, Melanie Lynskey portrays Shauna’s guilt about her once best-friend Jackie, her unfaithful marriage to Yellowjackets' Jeff, and blackmail to her and her fellow Yellowjackets survivors. As the truth of her past in the wilderness is uncovered, Shauna is tasked with even more grueling mysteries in the present.
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While Yellowjackets is finally giving Lynskey the dramatic TV critical acclaim she deserves, the actress is particularly recognizable for her previous comedy roles. Melanie
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