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Jane Lynch
Lynch at the Glee premiere party, May 11, 2009
Born (1960-07-14) July 14, 1960 (age 64)
Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA
Occupation(s)Celebrity, Comedian, Singer
Years active1988 - present
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse
Jennifer Cheyne
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(m. 2021)​

Jane Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American comedian and actress. Since 2009, she has played Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical-comedy series Glee for which she has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She has also acted in comedy movies such as Best in Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Role Models, as well as television shows as lawyer Joyce Wischina in The L Word, Dr. Linda Freeman in Two and a Half Men and Diana Reid on Criminal Minds. She has appeared on iCarly as Sam's mother. She was also a regular on the comedy-drama series Party Down as Constance Carmell; the role got good reviews.

Early life

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Lynch was born and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the daughter of a homemaker mother and a banker father.[1] She was raised in an Irish Catholic family and went to Thornridge High School.[1] She got her bachelor's degree in theatre from Illinois State University and her MFA in theatre from Cornell University.

Career

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Lynch spent fifteen years in Chicago, acting in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and touring with The Second City comedy troupe.[1] She played Carol Brady in The Real Live Brady Bunch. She also wrote and starred in the award-winning play Oh Sister, My Sister.

Her breakthrough movie role was as Christy Cummings, the butch lesbian personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge) in director Christopher Guest's mockumentary Best in Show (2000). She also appeared in Guest's A Mighty Wind (2003) as porn actress-turned-folk singer Laurie Bohner and in For Your Consideration (2006) as an entertainment reporter.

Lynch is also a television actress. She starred with John Hannah and William Fichtner in 2002's MDs, and has made guest appearances in many television shows, including L.A. Law, Judging Amy, The West Wing, 7th Heaven, Friends, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, Arrested Development, Lovespring International, Two and a Half Men, Weeds, Boston Legal, The L Word, Criminal Minds, Help Me Help You, Gilmore Girls, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Psych, Monk and Party Down, among others.

In 2005, Lynch was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz."

Audiences and critics took notice of Lynch for her oddball role in Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin. She told Fresh Air's Terry Gross the role was originally intended for a man but, at the urging of Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls, was offered to Lynch instead.[2] Since then, she has starred in a series of movies including Role Models, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Space Chimps, The Rocker, The Hammer, Another Cinderella Story, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and Spring Breakdown.[3]

In Julie and Julia, she played the role of Dorothy McWilliams, Julia Child's sister. Entertainment Weekly dedicated an article on their website toward the possibility of her performance receiving an Academy Award nomination.[4][5]

Beginning 2009, Lynch appeared on the Fox show Glee. She won glowing reviews for her role as the aggressive cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester. Mary McNamara of the LA Times wrote, "Lynch alone makes Glee worth watching."[6] Before her work with Glee, she was a series regular on the Starz comedy Party Down. Though the series was renewed for a second season, Lynch would not be returning because of her work on Glee.[7] On December 15, 2009, Lynch received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television movie for her role on Glee. She lost to Chloë Sevigny. The series itself also received nominations in three other categories.[8] On August 29, 2010, Lynch won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series.

Lynch hosted Saturday Night Live on October 9, 2010; the news of her hosting was accidentally revealed to her by her Glee boss, Ryan Murphy, by text message.[9] Lynch also guest starred on the Nickelodeon show iCarly as Pam Puckett, Sam Puckett's mother, in the episode iSam's Mom.

Lynch appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010.[10]

In January 2011, Lynch was awarded the Golden Globe in The Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television movie Catergory. She also started appearing in Comcast's XFinity ads that are shown on both the Internet and television in the United States, mainly with two different laptops and two different colored Persian cats.

(l-r) Governor appointee Don Norte, Dr. Lara Embry, Jane Lynch, and Norte's husband, gay activist Kevin Norte, at Autum P-FLAG 2010's Charitable Event at The London Hotel, West Hollywood, California.

Personal life

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Lynch, who is openly lesbian, married clinical psychologist Dr. Lara Embry on May 31, 2010 at the Blue Heron Restaurant in Sunderland, Massachusetts.[11] On June 10, 2013, Lynch announced they were divorcing.[12] Embry herself received publicity surrounding a custody battle over two children with her former partner.[13]

Awards and nominations

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Discography

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Soundtracks
Year Title Songs
2003 A Mighty Wind  
2008 Another Cinderella Story "Hold 4 You"
2010 Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna "Vogue"
2010 Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers "Physical" (feat. Olivia Newton-John)
2010 Ohio (Glee Cast Version) "Ohio" (feat. Carol Burnett)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Berrin, Danielle (2010-01-09). "Jane Lynch: 'I'm just a goof'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  2. ↑ "The many roles of 'Glee' meanie Jane Lynch". npr.org. NPR. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  3. ↑ Williamson, Kevin (18 August 2009). "40 is the new 20 for Jane Lynch". Toronto Sun.
  4. ↑ Slezak, Michael (2009-08-14). "Jane Lynch: How 'bout an Oscar nod for her work in 'Julie & Julia'?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  5. ↑ Perry, Byron (2008-03-05). "Jane Lynch". Variety. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  6. ↑ McNamara, Mary (May 19, 2009). "'Glee' on Fox". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  7. ↑ Godwin, Jennifer (2009-07-07). "Who Could Replace Jane Lynch on Party Down?". E! Online. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "HFPA News: 67th Golden Globe Award Nominations". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Jane Lynch Found Out She's Hosting SNL by Text". Us. Us Weekly. August 11, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  10. ↑ "Jane Lynch". TVGuide.com. 2010-09-09.
  11. ↑ Schwartz, Paula (June 6, 2010). "Jane Lynch and Lara Embry". The New York Times. p. ST10. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  12. ↑ Rizzo, Monica (June 10, 2013). "Jane Lynch and Lara Embry to Divorce". People. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  13. ↑ Ruger, Todd (May 14, 2009). "Adoption by Sarasota lesbian is upheld on appeal; Florida's Supreme Court may rule on out-of-state arrangements". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Sarasota, FL: Herald-Tribune Media Group. p. A1. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2010-10-12. Ruling in favor of Lara Embry, the Second District Court of Appeal said Florida judges must recognize same-sex adoptions from other states, even though Florida law prohibits gay couples from adopting.

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