Famous People with Name Melanie

Melanie Jayne Lynskey            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Melanie Jayne Lynskey: an actress best known for starring in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures and for playing Rose on Two and a Half Men.In 1992, at 15, Lynskey was cast alongside Kate Winslet in Heavenly Creatures, despite never having acted professionally. Directed by Peter Jackson, the film - based on the notorious Parker-Hulme murder case - received worldwide acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Melanie Klein            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Melanie Klein: was an Austrian-born British psychoanalyst who devised novel therapeutic techniques for children that had a significant impact on child psychology and contemporary psychoanalysis. She was a leading innovator in theorizing object relations theory.After the arrival of Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalyst daughter, Anna, in London in 1938, Klein’s ideas came into conflict with those of Continental analysts who were immigrating to Britain. Following protracted debates between the followers of Klein and the followers of Anna Freud during the 1940s, the British Psychoanalytical Society split into three separate training divisions: (1) Kleinian, (2) Anna Freudian, and (3) independent. This division remains to the current time.

Melanie Shanahan            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Melanie Shanahan: was an Australian world folk singer and songwriter. She was a member of the groups Arramaieda and Akasa, whose hits included "Tell Me Now", "She Will Not Lose", "Walk With Me", and "Human Zoo". She also collaborated with Coco's Lunch and Safara.

Melanie Edwards            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Melanie Edwards: is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Edwards made her Football Ferns début in a 15-0 World Cup qualifier win over Samoa on 7 April 2003, and made just one further appearance, in a 5-0 win over Papua New G

Melanie Jones            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Melanie Jones: is a former Australian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, she played 5 Test matches for Australia between 1998 and 2003, scoring 251 runs, highlighted by a 131 on debut against England in August 1998. She has also played 61 One Day Internationals for Australia, scoring 1028 runs with an average in the low-twenties.