Melanie Lynskey per-episode pay revealed
The gist
Melanie Lynskey says she made $20,000 per episode on Two and a Half Men, not the rumored $200,000–$300,000.
Her disclosure follows co-star Holland Taylor's complaint about low pay on the sitcom.
How it unfolded
- 2003 -2015Melanie Lynskey played Rose, the neighbor of Charlie and Alan, on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.
- Oct 21, 2026Holland Taylor said on the Alchemy with Anthony Mason podcast that she left her Two and a Half Men contract in part because of how little she was paid for playing Evelyn.
- Oct 25, 2026Lynskey replied to an Instagram user's claim that she earned $200,000 to $300,000 per episode toward the end of the show's run, saying she made "literally one tenth of that stated number per episode."