Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Actress Melanie Lynskey got her start in 1994's Heavenly Creatures, where she credits Kiwi mentors such as Miranda Harcourt and Jennifer Ward-Lealand for shaping her career | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1

"I was just lucky enough to have people that I worked with who looked out for me, who cared for me, who wanted to help me," Lynskey says.

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