Melanie Lynskey Shares Rare Photo of Her Daughter as She Celebrates Her 6th Birthday with Touching Tribute: 'Honour of My Life'

Mar. 15, 2025

Melanie Lynskey and daughter.Photo:Kayla Oaddams/WireImage; Melanie Lynskey/Instagram

Kayla Oaddams/WireImage; Melanie Lynskey/Instagram

Melanie Lynskeyis sharing her love for her little one as she turns 6 years old.On Saturday, Dec. 14, the actress, 47, opened up about how it felt becoming a mother as she celebrated her and her husbandJason Ritter’s daughter’s birthday. In asentimental Instagram post, theYellowjacketsstar shared a picture of the birthday girl playing on a playground in a purple dress and braided pigtails.“Six years ago, at the end of a 28 hour labour and a few really scary moments, you were born,” the proud mom of one began in her caption. “The moment I saw you it was like every question I ever had was answered.“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 celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.She continued sweetly, “Every choice I’d ever made, every mistake, every wonderful thing and terrible thing that had ever happened to me had to happen to lead to the moment that I got to become your mother. That is the honour of my life, my honey.“Lynskey raved over her daughter, calling her the “kindest, most deeply feeling little person.” She added, “You are so genuinely funny. Your beautiful little face is 80% Ritter, 20% Lynskey and 100% you.““Every single day we will ask each other what our ‘ah, bliss!’ moment was (shoutout First Cat In Space!) and every single day my ‘ah, bliss!’ moment is going to be the same,” Lynskey wrote. “It’s cuddling you and hearing every story you want to tell me.“The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey.Kayla Oaddams/WireImage"I love you so much, my smooshy. Momo is so proud of you. Thank you for the absolute joy you bring me,” she concluded.In April, Lynskey opened up to PEOPLE about her relationship with her daughter, calling her a “little angel person” and sharinghow she keeps their relationship strong even when away.“She loves to write notes and receive notes, like little cards that say, ‘I love you so much,’ or if she gets upset about something, she’ll write out an apology card,” Lynskey told PEOPLE. “It says, ‘I’m sorry for getting upset that I wasn’t allowed a lollipop,’ or whatever. So we have stacks and stacks of cards that we’ve written each other.“Before a then-recent trip to London, “I cut little heart shapes out and left her little surprise notes, which she found within 24 hours. She went on a mission, she got so excited,” the actress continued. “So she’s like, ‘Where are the rest of my notes?’ I’m like, well you found them, you found 12 notes, but one was in her lunchbox and one was under her pillow and stuff like that. So that’s her favorite thing.”

Melanie Lynskeyis sharing her love for her little one as she turns 6 years old.

On Saturday, Dec. 14, the actress, 47, opened up about how it felt becoming a mother as she celebrated her and her husbandJason Ritter’s daughter’s birthday. In asentimental Instagram post, theYellowjacketsstar shared a picture of the birthday girl playing on a playground in a purple dress and braided pigtails.

“Six years ago, at the end of a 28 hour labour and a few really scary moments, you were born,” the proud mom of one began in her caption. “The moment I saw you it was like every question I ever had was answered.”

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She continued sweetly, “Every choice I’d ever made, every mistake, every wonderful thing and terrible thing that had ever happened to me had to happen to lead to the moment that I got to become your mother. That is the honour of my life, my honey.”

Lynskey raved over her daughter, calling her the “kindest, most deeply feeling little person.” She added, “You are so genuinely funny. Your beautiful little face is 80% Ritter, 20% Lynskey and 100% you.”

“Every single day we will ask each other what our ‘ah, bliss!’ moment was (shoutout First Cat In Space!) and every single day my ‘ah, bliss!’ moment is going to be the same,” Lynskey wrote. “It’s cuddling you and hearing every story you want to tell me.”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey.Kayla Oaddams/WireImage

Kayla Oaddams/WireImage

“I love you so much, my smooshy. Momo is so proud of you. Thank you for the absolute joy you bring me,” she concluded.

In April, Lynskey opened up to PEOPLE about her relationship with her daughter, calling her a “little angel person” and sharinghow she keeps their relationship strong even when away.

“She loves to write notes and receive notes, like little cards that say, ‘I love you so much,’ or if she gets upset about something, she’ll write out an apology card,” Lynskey told PEOPLE. “It says, ‘I’m sorry for getting upset that I wasn’t allowed a lollipop,’ or whatever. So we have stacks and stacks of cards that we’ve written each other.”

Before a then-recent trip to London, “I cut little heart shapes out and left her little surprise notes, which she found within 24 hours. She went on a mission, she got so excited,” the actress continued. “So she’s like, ‘Where are the rest of my notes?’ I’m like, well you found them, you found 12 notes, but one was in her lunchbox and one was under her pillow and stuff like that. So that’s her favorite thing.”

source: people.com