Jane Lynch
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| Jane Lynch | |
| Born | July 14, 1960 (age 46) Dolton, Illinois, USA |
Jane Lynch (born on July 14, 1960, in Dolton, Illinois) is an American writer, actress and comedian.
Raised in Illinois, she received her bachelor's degree in theater from Illinois State University and her MFA from Cornell University, also in theater. Her extensive theater background involved touring with The Second City comedy troupe and playing Carol Brady in The Real Live Brady Bunch. She also wrote and starred in the award-winning play Oh Sister, My Sister. Originally produced in 1998, the play kicked off the Lesbians in Theater program at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center in 2004.
Her breakthrough film role was as Christy Cummings, the butch personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge) in the director Christopher Guest's 2000 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 seasoned television performer. She starred with John Hannah and William Fichtner in 2002's MDs, and has made guest appearances in numerous television series, including Married...With Children, Frasier, Judging Amy, The West Wing, Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven, The X-Files, Family Guy, Felicity, Monk, Friends, Veronica Mars, Arrested Development, Two and a Half Men, Boston Legal, Weeds, The L Word, Criminal Minds and Help Me Help You.
[edit] Selected filmography
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- Lovespring International (2006)
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- The Aviator (2004) (scenes deleted)
- Sleepover (2004)
- A Mighty Wind (2003)
- Collateral Damage (2002)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Fatal Instinct (1993)
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Vice Versa (1988)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Jane Lynch at the Internet Movie Database
- PlanetOut interview http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/interview.html?sernum=997
- AfterEllen.com interview with Jane Lynch
Categories: 1960 births | Living people | American character actors | American comedians | American film actors | American stage actors | American television actors | American voice actors | Cornell University alumni | Dawson's Creek cast members | Gilmore Girls cast members | Judging Amy cast members | Lesbian actors | LGBT people from the United States | People from Illinois | The West Wing cast members
