Jane Lynch

Jane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, and author. Lynch is known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical comedy series Glee (2009–2015), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. She also gained recognition for her roles in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films, such as Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). Lynch had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2004–2014), for which she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as recurring roles in the Showtime drama series The L Word (2005–2009), the CBS police drama series Criminal Minds (2006–2020), the CBS All Access drama series The Good Fight (2017–present), and the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–present), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. Since 2013, she has hosted the NBC game show Hollywood Game Night, which has earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards. Lynch has had roles in numerous mainstream comedy films, such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Role Models (2008), Paul (2011), and The Three Stooges (2012). She has lent her voice to numerous animated films, including Space Chimps (2008), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Shrek Forever After (2010), Rio (2011), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). In 2013, Lynch received the 2,505th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the television category, located at 6640 Hollywood Blvd. Among her numerous accolades, Lynch has received five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

Known For: Acting

Born: Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA, 1960-07-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	The Fugitive	Kathy Wahlund	75
2	1993	Fatal Instinct	Prison Reporter	54
3	2000	Colour Me Gay		10
4	2000	Best in Show	Christy Cummings	69
5	2003	A Mighty Wind	Laurie Bohner	67
6	2003	Exposed	Julie Gross	50
7	2004	Little Black Boot	Grace	44
8	2004	Sleepover	Gabby Corky	60
9	2005	The 40 Year Old Virgin	Paula	64
10	2005	Bam Bam and Celeste	Darlene	41
11	2005	The Californians	Sybill Platt	48
12	2006	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Lucy Bobby	64
13	2006	For Your Consideration	Cindy	58
14	2007	Suffering Man's Charity	Ingrid Sorensen	48
15	2007	The List	Dr. Davina	35
16	2007	Eye of the Dolphin	Glinton	61
17	2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party	Joan Hobbie / Minnie (voice)	0
18	2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever	Joan Hobbie / Minnie (voice)	100
19	2007	Smiley Face	Casting Director	60
20	2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Gail	58
21	2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Gail the Television Reporter	66
22	2008	I Do & I Don't	Nora Stelmack	47
23	2008	Adventures of Power	Joni	51
24	2008	The Rocker	Lisa	60
25	2008	Another Cinderella Story	Dominique Blatt	71
26	2008	Role Models	Gayle Sweeny	65
27	2008	Big Breaks	M.J.	40
28	2009	The Toe Tactic	Honey Strumpet	40
29	2009	Spring Breakdown	Senator Hartmann	54
30	2009	The Face is Familiar		20
31	2009	Mr. Troop Mom	Miss Hulka	55
32	2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Diatryma Mom (voice)	68
33	2009	Weather Girl	J.D.	56
34	2009	Julie & Julia	Dorothy McWilliams	67
35	2009	Post Grad	Carmella Malby	50
36	2009	Man Maid	Sabena	45
37	2010	Shrek Forever After	Gretched (voice)	64
38	2010	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back	Dr. Poole (voice)	44
39	2011	Paul	Pat Stevenson	67
40	2011	Rio	Alice / Goose (voice)	67
41	2012	The Three Stooges	Mother Superior	58
42	2012	Abominable Christmas	Margaret Knowhow (voice)	74
43	2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Sergeant Calhoun (voice)	73
44	2012	Dino Time	Sue Fitzpatrick (voice)	58
45	2013	Escape from Planet Earth	Io (voice)	57
46	2013	Afternoon Delight	Lenore	58
47	2013	A.C.O.D.	Dr. Judith	55
48	2022	Ivy + Bean: The Ghost That Had to Go	Mrs. Noble	69
49	2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love	Self - Guest	84
50	2023	The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart	Bobbi St. Simone (voice)	73
51		The Rise of Miss Power	Miss Power	100
52		Nice Guys Finish Last	Mom	0
53	1988	Taxi Killer		43
54	1992	In the Best Interest of the Children	Gwen Hatcher	50
55	1992	Straight Talk	Gladys (voice)	59
56	1997	Touch Me	Counselor	42
57	2000	Red Lipstick		10
58	2000	What Planet Are You From?	Doreen	55
59	2002	Collateral Damage	Agent Russo	58
60	2002	The Big Time	Miss Rush	35
61	2004	Surviving Eden	Maude Silver	0
62	2004	Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother	Blanche Monroe	10
63	2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Realtor (uncredited)	68
64	2005	PROM-troversy	Mimi Nimby (Concerned Parent)	30
65	2006	Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema	Self	57
66	2006	Fifty Pills	Doreen	48
67	2006	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes	Joan Hobbie / Minnie (voice)	0
68	2007	Area 57	Irene Maloof	67
69	2007	The Hammer	Knowledgable Shopper (uncredited)	62
70	2008	Tru Loved	Ms. Maple	49
71	2008	Space Chimps	Dr. Poole (voice)	49
72	2008	Alex's Halloween	Mother	100
73	2009	Annul Victory	Self	0
74	2010	Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular	Gretched (voice)	58
75	2011	The Lady with 700 Cats	narrator	0
76	2011	Glee: The Concert Movie	Sue Sylvester (scenes deleted)	73
77	2011	Small Fry	Queen Neptuna (voice)	69
78	2012	WordGirl: The Rise of Ms. Power		0
79	2012	8	Maggie Gallagher	55
80	2012	Glee: Keep on Believin'	Self	100
81	2012	Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne	Self	65
82	2014	To Russia with Love	Self - Narrator (voice)	44
83	2015	Back to the Jurassic	Sue	60
84	2016	Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows	Self	41
85	2016	After the Reality	Doctor	56
86	2016	The Late Bloomer	Caroline	55
87	2016	Mascots	Gabby Monkhouse	54
88	2016	Writer's Block	Jane	0
89	2017	Dropping The Soap	Olivia Vanderstein	60
90	2018	A Play	Betty	45
91	2019	UglyDolls	Scanner / Electronic Female Voice (voice)	66
92	2022	Her War, Her Story: World War II	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
93	2024	Dolly Parton's Pet Gala		50
94		Rock Stars		0
95		Flower of the Dawn	Sinistra (voice)	0
96	2017	Earth Live	Herself - Co-Host	49
97	2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Calhoun (voice)	72
98	2018	A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy	Self	73
99	2019	Prime Day Concert 2019	Self	64
100	2019	#NoJoke	Self	62
101	2020	100% Wolf	The Commander (voice)	61
102	2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	KJ Dillard	54
103	2024	The Little Pageant That Could	Self (archive footage)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	79
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
3	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
4	1987	Married... with Children	Greta	77
5	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
6	1989	The Simpsons	Jeanie (voice)	80
7	1989	The Simpsons	Roz Davis (voice)	80
8	1993	The John Larroquette Show	Mary Travers	67
9	1993	The X-Files	Mrs. Anne T. Lokensgard	84
10	1993	Bakersfield P.D.	Michelle Hathaway	80
11	1993	Frasier	Cynthia	77
12	1993	NYPD Blue	Susanna Howe	70
13	1994	Party of Five		70
14	1994	Friends	Ellen	84
15	1995	Cybill		58
16	1995	NewsRadio	Carol	73
17	1995	Caroline in the City	Hostess	64
18	1995	JAG	Sandy's Friend	73
19	1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Ms. Koppel	75
20	1996	7th Heaven	Nurse	64
21	1996	Arthur	Patty Ratburn (voice)	70
22	1997	The View	Self - Guest Co-Host	45
23	1997	Dharma & Greg	Sheryl	64
24	1998	Dawson's Creek	Mrs. Witter	73
25	1998	The King of Queens	Dr. Foreman	71
26	1998	Felicity	Professor Carnes	66
27	1999	Family Guy	Dotty Campbell / English Mother at airport (voice)	74
28	1999	Family Guy	(voice)	74
29	1999	Family Guy	Dotty Campbell (voice)	74
30	1999	Family Guy	French Teacher (voice)	74
31	1999	Judging Amy	ASA Perkins	75
32	1999	Family Law	Cheryl Bowman	82
33	1999	The West Wing	Reporter	83
34	1999	Popular		67
35	2000	Titus		70
36	2000	Gilmore Girls	Nurse	79
37	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ranger	76
38	2000	Boston Public	Jane Morrell	76
39	2000	The Weber Show	Carla	78
40	2001	The Division		70
41	2001	According to Jim	Janice	65
42	2002	Watching Ellie		50
43	2002	The Dead Zone	Flo McMurtry	72
44	2002	Monk	Dr. Julie Waterford	79
45	2002	MDs	Aileen Poole	75
46	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
47	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Herself	60
48	2003	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series	Oscorp Executive (voice)	72
49	2003	Reno 911!	Therapist	72
50	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
51	2003	Las Vegas		70
52	2003	Two and a Half Men	Dr. Linda Freeman	75
53	2003	Arrested Development	Cindi Lightballoon	79
54	2004	The L Word	Joyce Wischnia	76
55	2004	The Soup		61
56	2004	Father of the Pride	Lily (voice)	48
57	2004	Father of the Pride	Gift Store Clerk (voice)	48
58	2004	Rodney	Amy O'Brien	85
59	2004	Veronica Mars	Mrs. Donaldson	78
60	2004	Desperate Housewives	Maxine Bennett	79
61	2004	Boston Legal	Joanna Monroe	79
62	2004	Miley's New Year's Eve Party	Self - Host	72
63	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
64	2005	Unscripted	Self	87
65	2005	American Dad!	Mother (voice)	70
66	2005	American Dad!	Chief of Police (voice)	70
67	2005	American Dad!	Timmy's Mom (voice)	70
68	2005	American Dad!	Doctor (voice)	70
69	2005	American Dad!	Al (voice)	70
70	2005	American Dad!	Mother (Farmer's Wife) (voice)	70
71	2005	Robot Chicken	Miss Grundy (voice)	76
72	2005	Blind Justice	Dr. Taylor	63
73	2005	The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	Madame Rothchild (voice)	54
74	2005	Weeds	The Candyman	75
75	2005	My Name Is Earl	Sissy	77
76	2005	Criminal Minds	Diana Reid	83
77	2005	The Reichen Show	Self	48
78	2006	Holly Hobbie & Friends	Joan Hobbie (voice)	100
79	2006	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Ms. Hammond	70
80	2006	Lovespring International	Victoria Ratchford	0
81	2006	Psych	Commander Barbara Dunlap	79
82	2006	Help Me Help You		45
83	2007	Thank God You're Here	Self	0
84	2007	Phineas and Ferb	Mrs. Johnson (voice)	79
85	2007	iCarly	Pam Puckett	80
86	2008	Easy to Assemble		50
87	2008	Web Therapy	Claire Dudek	77
88	2009	Party Down	Constance Carmell	75
89	2009	Glee	Sue Sylvester	68
90	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
91	2009	The Cleveland Show		59
92	2010	MasterChef	Self	71
93	2010	Conan	Self	71
94	2011	Bob's Burgers	Carol (voice)	78
95	2011	Portlandia	Barbecue Planner	69
96	2011	Bubble Guppies	The Genie (voice)	76
97	2011	The Glee Project	Self	69
98	2011	Web Therapy	Claire Dudek	71
99	2012	Inside Comedy	Self	65
100	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
101	2013	Hollywood Game Night	Self - Host	65
102	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
103	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
104	2014	Girl Meets World	Self	83
105	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
106	2015	We Bare Bears	Tank / Additional Voices (voice)	77
107	2015	The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show	Bernadette Steel (voice)	61
108	2016	Angel from Hell	Amy	59
109	2016	Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	Self	59
110	2016	The Real O'Neals	Jane Lynch	73
111	2016	The Stinky & Dirty Show	Dumper (voice)	54
112	2017	The Good Fight	Madeline Starkey	76
113	2017	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Sophie Lennon	81
114	2017	Talking with Chris Hardwick	Self	87
115	2017	Manhunt	Janet Reno	76
116	2017	Will & Grace	Roberta	75
117	2017	Big Hero 6 The Series	Supersonic Sue (voice)	76
118	2018	Final Space	AVA (voice)	84
119	2018	Dallas & Robo	Carol	60
120	2018	Blark and Son	Frankie	74
121	2018	Summer Camp Island	Skadi's Mom (voice)	78
122	2018	25 Words or Less		67
123	2019	Middle School Moguls	Mogul Victoria (voice)	74
124	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
125	2019	Tamron Hall		51
126	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
127	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0
128	2020	Solar Opposites	Kabronius (voice)	78
129	2020	Space Force	Admiral Maywheather	65
130	2020	Close Enough	Barb (voice)	80
131	2020	Weakest Link	Self - Host	71
132	2020	Meet the Chimps	Narrator	75
133	2021	The Great North	Aunt Dirt (voice)	69
134	2021	Money, Explained	Self - Narrator	73
135	2021	Only Murders in the Building	Sazz Pataki	85
136	2021	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Ms. Roop (voice)	80
137	2021	Harriet the Spy	Ole Golly (voice)	72
138	2022	El Deafo	Mrs. Sinklemann (voice)	57
139	2022	Oddballs	Grandma (voice)	75
140	2023	Velma	Donna (voice)	34
141	2023	Digman!	(voice)	59
142	2023	Krapopolis	Brenda the Sphinx (voice)	75

Jane Lynch

Film

Television