Melanie Lynskey Praises Husband Jason Ritter for Doing 'So Much' for Their Family: 'A True Feminist' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

(L) Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey.Photo:Kayla Oaddams/WireImage

Kayla Oaddams/WireImage

Melanie Lynskeyhas nothing but love and respect for her husbandJason Ritter!While exclusively speaking to PEOPLE at the Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 22, theYellowjacketsstar, 47, admitted that balancing work and family has “been tricky” but expressed her gratitude for Ritter — and the fact that his showMatlockis filmed in Los Angeles.“It’s so wonderful that his job is in Los Angeles so our daughter has someone consistent to be home with her,” Lysnkey shared. “We’re very fortunate to both be working. It’s a really difficult time in our industry, so many of our friends are not working. So I think we’re really lucky to be in the position that we’re in."(L) Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for WarnerMediaShe also noted how she and Ritter were “very lucky” to have a “great nanny” in both Los Angeles and Canada where they both work.“We’re able to have help, which is like a huge, huge privilege. And so we definitely have a support team,” she said, before adding, “And then I have a great husband who really is, like a true feminist. He does so much.“When it comes to their careers, Lynskey said “there’s always going to besome kind of sacrifice” because of the responsibilities that come with sharingtheir daughter.“We try to make it so that one of us is always going to be at home with her, because now she’s at school and she can’t travel,” she explained. “It means you can’t take every job that comes, which, you know, sometimes there are tough decisions to be made, but we do the best we can."(L-R) Skye P. Marshall, Kathy Bates and Jason Ritter on ‘Matlock’.CBSBefore her conversation with the PEOPLE, Lynskey celebratedMatlockbeing renewed for a second season and gave Ritter props for his role as Julian in the new legal drama.“So proud of my husband!” shewrote on X. “This show is SO GOOD, Jason is amazing on it, andKathy Batescontinues to be the pinnacle of greatness and everything I hope to be as an actor. Skye P Marshall is a superstar.“Lynskey quipped, “I would watch this even if it wasn’t my marital obligation.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Matlockairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.Yellowjacketsis available to stream on Paramount+.

Melanie Lynskeyhas nothing but love and respect for her husbandJason Ritter!

While exclusively speaking to PEOPLE at the Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 22, theYellowjacketsstar, 47, admitted that balancing work and family has “been tricky” but expressed her gratitude for Ritter — and the fact that his showMatlockis filmed in Los Angeles.

“It’s so wonderful that his job is in Los Angeles so our daughter has someone consistent to be home with her,” Lysnkey shared. “We’re very fortunate to both be working. It’s a really difficult time in our industry, so many of our friends are not working. So I think we’re really lucky to be in the position that we’re in.”

(L) Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for WarnerMedia

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for WarnerMedia

She also noted how she and Ritter were “very lucky” to have a “great nanny” in both Los Angeles and Canada where they both work.

“We’re able to have help, which is like a huge, huge privilege. And so we definitely have a support team,” she said, before adding, “And then I have a great husband who really is, like a true feminist. He does so much.”

When it comes to their careers, Lynskey said “there’s always going to besome kind of sacrifice” because of the responsibilities that come with sharingtheir daughter.“We try to make it so that one of us is always going to be at home with her, because now she’s at school and she can’t travel,” she explained. “It means you can’t take every job that comes, which, you know, sometimes there are tough decisions to be made, but we do the best we can.”

(L-R) Skye P. Marshall, Kathy Bates and Jason Ritter on ‘Matlock’.CBS

CBS

Before her conversation with the PEOPLE, Lynskey celebratedMatlockbeing renewed for a second season and gave Ritter props for his role as Julian in the new legal drama.

“So proud of my husband!” shewrote on X. “This show is SO GOOD, Jason is amazing on it, andKathy Batescontinues to be the pinnacle of greatness and everything I hope to be as an actor. Skye P Marshall is a superstar.”

Lynskey quipped, “I would watch this even if it wasn’t my marital obligation.”

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Matlockairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.Yellowjacketsis available to stream on Paramount+.

source: people.com