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Melanie Lynskey Returns to New Zealand for New Project

8/18/2026

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Melanie Lynskey will return to New Zealand for an undisclosed project after filming the Netflix movie *Don’t Say Good Luck*.
She plays Elizabeth Birenbaum, a New Jersey mother battling cancer, in a film that premiered this week in Los Angeles.
Lynskey says New Zealand housing is expensive, preventing her and husband Jason Ritter from buying two homes.
She praised Taika Waititi for encouraging New Zealand to accept its success.

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Melanie Lynskey will return to New Zealand for an undisclosed project after filming the Netflix movie *Don’t Say Good Luck*.
She plays Elizabeth Birenbaum, a New Jersey mother battling cancer, in a film that premiered this week in Los Angeles.
Lynskey says New Zealand housing is expensive, preventing her and husband Jason Ritter from buying two homes.
She praised Taika Waititi for encouraging New Zealand to accept its success.