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Jane Lynch
Lynch at the 2016 Willfilm Awards
Born
Jane Marie Lynch

(1960-07-14) July 14, 1960 (age 64)
Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S.
EducationIllinois State University (BA)
Cornell University (MFA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • voice actress
  • author
  • singer
  • comedian
Years active1986-present
Spouse
Lara Embry
​
​
(m. 2010; div. 2014)​
Websitejanelynchofficial.com

Jane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960)[1] is an American actress, voice actress, author, singer and comedian. She is best known for her role as Sue Sylvester in the musical television series Glee. She also gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show.[2][3][4]

A native of Dolton, Illinois, Lynch's television cameos include an appearance in the Nickelodeon situation comedy iCarly and the Showtime dark comedy series Weeds. Lynch had a recurring role in the Warner Bros. situation comedy Two and a Half Men from 2004 to 2014 and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in 2010. She has also had other notable roles in numerous mainstream comedies, such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Role Models and The Three Stooges.

On September 4, 2013, Lynch received the 2,505th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of television located at 6640 Hollywood Blvd. Lynch has lent her voice to multiple animated films, including Space Chimps, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Shrek Forever After and Wreck-It Ralph. Since 2013, she has hosted the NBC game show Hollywood Game Night, for which she has won two Emmy Awards. She has also hosted Earth Live for National Geographic.

Early life

Lynch was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois[5] and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the daughter of a banker father, Frank Lynch and a homemaker-secretary mother, Eileen (née Carney).[6][7][8] Her father was of Iris descent, his parents having come from Swinford, County Mayo,[9][10] and her mother was of Irish and Swedish ancestry.[11] She was raised in a Catholic family[12] and attended Thornridge High School.[6]

Career

Early work

Lynch spent 15 years in Chicago, acting in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and, at the time of her audition, was one of only two women picked to join The Second City comedy troupe.[6][13] She then continued to hone her comical and improvisational skills at Annoyance Theater, playing Carol Brady in the theater's The Real Live Brady Bunch. Andy Richter played Mike Brady in the New York shows. He and Lynch became very good friends.[14]

Films

Lynch got her start in films in 1988, playing a small role in the film Vice Versa. In 1993, she had a secondary role as a doctor alongside Harrison Ford in The Fugitive.[15] She also appeared, in 1993, as a reporter in Fatal Instinct.

During the 1990s, she made numerous television commercials, including one for Frosted Flakes for an adult audience, directed by Christopher Guest. A few years later, Guest would remember Lynch, as he chose actors for his 2000 dog show mockumentary, Best in Show. Lynch played Christy Cummings, a butch lesbian personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge). From there, she became a staple actress in Guest's casts, appearing in the director's A Mighty Wind (2003) as porn actress-turned-folk singer Laurie Bohner and in For Your Consideration (2006) as an entertainment reporter.

Audiences and critics took notice of Lynch for her turn in Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin. She told Fresh Air's Terry Gross that the role was originally intended for a man but also that, at the urging of Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls, was offered to Lynch instead.[16] From there, she took supporting roles in a series of films 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, Wreck-It Ralph, and Spring Breakdown.[17]

In Adventures of Power, a critically acclaimed comedy about air-drumming released in 2008, Lynch reunited with Michael McKean, her former co-star from For Your Consideration, in the role of Aunt Joanie and starring alongside Ari Gold, Adrian Grenier, Chiu Chi Ling, and Shoshannah Stern. In a role similar to that of her contributions as Sue Sylvester on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee, Lynch's role as the encouraging Aunt Joanie to Power, a young musician who plays the air drums because he never had access to musical instruments, promotes the initiative to support music education.[18]

In Julie and Julia, she portrayed Dorothy McWilliams, Julia Child's sister. Entertainment Weekly dedicated an article on its website to the possibility of her performance receiving an Academy Award nomination.[19][20] However, she was not nominated.

Television shows

Lynch has appeared in many television shows, including The X Files, L.A. Law, Judging Amy, The West Wing, 7th Heaven, Desperate Housewives, Friends, NewsRadio, Married With Children, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, Arrested Development, Lovespring International, Two and a Half Men, Veronica Mars, Weeds, Boston Legal, L Word, Criminal Minds, Help Me Help You, Gilmore Girls, New Adventures of Old Christine, Psych, Monk, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The King of Queens and Frasier. She also starred with John Hannah and William Fichtner in 2002's MDs and has appeared in the crime drama Criminal Minds as Spencer Reid's schizophrenic mother.

In 2008 she narrated Out & Proud in Chicago, a documentary which tells about LGBT life in Chicago from the Civil War to 2008 through the stories of 20 everyday Chicagoans, from age 30 to age 80.[21]

Jane Lynch at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards for Glee

Beginning in 2009, Lynch appeared as a regular cast member of the Fox series Glee. The role echoed previous guest appearances in The X-Files and Veronica Mars, being her third time cast as a harsh high school teacher. She won glowing reviews for her role as the aggressive cheerleading coach, Sue Sylvester. Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Lynch alone makes Glee worth watching."[22] 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, due to her work on Glee.[23]

Even in Glee's early days, Lynch continued to pursue other projects. Lynch hosted Saturday Night Live on October 9, 2010; the news of her hosting was accidentally broken to her by her Glee boss, Ryan Murphy, by text message.[24] Lynch had also guest-starred on the Nickelodeon comedy iCarly as Pam Puckett, Sam Puckett's mother, in the episode "iSam's Mom."

Beginning on July 11, 2013, Lynch hosted the NBC game show Hollywood Game Night. The show had two teams made up of members of the public (civilians) and celebrities competing in various party games, with a chance for the civilians to take home up to $25,000.[25]

Lynch was the co-host of the NBC special New Year's Eve with Carson Daly on December 31, 2013, alongside Carson Daly, host of The Voice.

In February 21, 2017, Lynch appeared on The Price Is Right as a Celebrity Charity Week contestant.

In March 2013, Lynch was announced as executive producer of comedy web series Dropping the Soap.[26] Lynch starred in the series and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.[27] The series premiered on Dekkoo and was made available on digital platforms including Amazon Video.[28]

In 2017, Lynch portrayed Janet Reno for the Discovery Channel television series, Manhunt: Unabomber.[29]

Also in 2017, Lynch guest-starred in Episode 7 of Marvelous Mrs Maisel as popular but dislikeable comic Sophie Lennon. Lynch returned in the role for two episodes at the end of the second season.[30][31]

In 2019, Lynch joined the main cast of Final Space as A.V.A., the A.I. of the Crimson Light.[32]


Other work

Lynch 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 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in 2004.[33]

She starred in Comcast's XFinity ads, mainly with two different laptops and two different colored Persian cats. She also stars in LG Corp.'s Text Ed campaign to educate drivers about the dangers of texting while driving.[34]

Lynch's first experience hosting an awards show was in 2010 when she hosted the 2010 VH1 DoSomething Awards.[35] It was announced that she will be hosting the 2011 VH1 DoSomething Awards, airing on VH1 on August 18.[36] Lynch hosted the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 18, 2011, only the third woman in Emmy history to host the awards show solo.[37] According to the edition of September 19 of The Hollywood Reporter, Lynch hosting the Emmys did not help ratings, as viewing was down 8% year over year and eight million fewer people watched the Emmys than watched Michael Vick's return to Atlanta on Sunday Night Football on NBC (21.5 million for Eagles-Falcons, 13.5 million for the Emmys).[38]

(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.

An autobiography written by Lynch, titled Happy Accidents, was published in the fall of 2011 by Hyperion Voice. Lynch was inspired to write the book after reflecting upon the successes of her past year and wishing she could have told her more anxious, younger self to not worry as much.[39] The memoir also includes detail about her years as an alcoholic and her success in battling this addiction.[40] Lynch is openly lesbian and married Lara Embry in 2010.[41] A self-proclaimed animal lover, Lynch has four rescue dogs.[42] She has recorded a PSA for PETA encouraging the adoption of shelter animals, and she sponsors an annual adoption event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.[43][44] She was the commencement speaker for Smith College's class of 2012 where she received an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts.

In March 2012, Lynch was featured with Martin Sheen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Colfer and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, '8' – a staged re-enactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage – as Maggie Gallagher.[45] The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[46][47]

Lynch made her Broadway debut as Miss Hannigan in Annie for a limited engagement lasting from May 15 to July 14, 2013. She took the place of Katie Finneran.[48]

In 2014, Lynch joined the Ban Bossy campaign as a spokesperson advocating leadership roles for girls.[49]

In 2015, Lynch debuted See Jane Sing, a cabaret show in which she sings along with Kate Flannery from The Office and Tim Davis from ABC's Boy Band, accompanied by the Tony Guerrero Quintet. The show continues to tour around the country. In 2016, Lynch released A Swingin' Little Christmas, a nostalgic Christmas album featuring the See Jane Sing ensemble and released on Lynch's own KitschTone Records label. The album received substantial airplay around the country and landed on the Billboard AC Chart's Top 10. In 2017, Lynch recorded a Christmas single with actor Dick Van Dyke. The song was composed and produced by Tony Guerrero and was released by KitschTone Records.

In 2020, Lynch directed her first 2 TV commercials for the production company, STORY[50], and joined its roster of commercial directors.


Personal life

In 2005, Lynch was named one of Power Up's "10 Amazing Lesbian Women in Showbiz". On May 31, 2010, in Sunderland, Massachusetts, Lynch married clinical psychologist Lara Embry, whom she met a year earlier at a fundraiser in San Francisco.[51][52][53] In June 2013, Lynch announced that she and Embry were divorcing;[54] the divorce was finalized in January 2014.[55]

Lynch is deaf in her right ear. On July 19, 2013, she speculated to Craig Ferguson on The Late Late Show that the deafness was most likely caused by having had a high fever as an infant.[56]

Lynch is an atheist.[57]

Awards and nominations

Her portrayal of Sue Sylvester in Glee has won numerous awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award,[58] Golden Globe Award,[59] Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy,[60] Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film,[61] and the People's Choice Award 2011 for Favorite TV Comedy Actress.[62]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2010 Emmy Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Two and a Half Men Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Glee Won
Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
2011 Emmy Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film Won
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2012 Nominated
2013 Nominated
Emmy Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator Wildlife Specials: The Spy Collection - Penguins: Waddle All the Way Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Hollywood Game Night Won
2015 Won
2016 Nominated
2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Dropping the Soap Nominated
2018[31] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Hollywood Game Night Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Nominated
2019 Won
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won

Filmography

Film

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Taxi Killer 1988
Vice Versa Ms. Linstrom
Straight Talk 1992 Gladys Voice role
The Fugitive 1993 Dr. Kathy Wahlund
Fatal Instinct Prison Reporter
Touch Me 1997 Counselor
What Planet Are You From? 2000 Doreen
Red Lipstick Final TV Newscaster
Color Me Gay Executive / Do-Rag Lesbian Finalist at the 2nd PlanetOut.com Short Movie Awards
Best in Show Christy Cummings
Martini 2001 Dr. Jane Short film
Nice Guys Finish Last Mom
Hiding in Walls 2002 Diane Moffet
Collateral Damage Agent Russo
A Mighty Wind 2003 Laurie Bohner Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Exposed Julie Gross
Little Black Boot 2004 Grace Short film
Surviving Eden Maude Silver
Sleepover Gabby Corky
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother Blanche Monroe Short film
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Realtor Uncredited
The Aviator Amelia Earhart Scenes deleted from final cut [63]
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party 2005 Joan Hobbie / Minnie Voice role
Promtroversy Mimi Nimby (Concerned Parent) Short film
The 40-Year-Old Virgin Paula
Bam Bam and Celeste Darlene
The Californians Sybill Platt
The List 2006 Dr. Davina
Fifty Pills Doreen
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Lucy Bobby
For Your Consideration Cindy Nominated—Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
The Frank Anderson Dr. Emily Brice Short film
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes Joan Hobbie / Minnie Voice role
Eye of the Dolphin Glinton
I Do & I Don't 2007 Nora Stelmack Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Jury Award for Best Actress Comedy
Smiley Face Casting Director
Suffering Man's Charity Ingrid
Love Is Love Reverend Greeley Short film
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever Joan Hobbie / Minnie Voice role
Alvin and the Chipmunks Gail
The Hammer Woman in hardware store
The Toe Tactic 2008 Honey Strumpet
Adventures of Power Joni
Tru Loved Ms. Maple
Space Chimps Dr. Poole Voice role
The Rocker Lisa Gadman
Another Cinderella Story Dominique Blatt
Role Models Gayle Sweeney
Man Maid Sabena
Big Breaks 2009 M.J. Short film
Spring Breakdown Senator Kay Bee Hartmann
Weather Girl J.D.
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust Denise Lemon Voice role
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Diatryma Mom
Julie & Julia Dorothy Dean Cousins / McWilliams
Post Grad Carmella Malby
Shrek Forever After 2010 Gretched the Ogre Voice role
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back Dr. Poole
Rio 2011 Alice
Paul Pat Stevens
The Three Stooges 2012 Mother Superior
Wreck-It Ralph Sergeant Tamora Jean Calhoun Voice role
Dino Time Sue Fitzpatrick
Abominable Christmas Margaret Knowhow
Afternoon Delight 2013 Dr. Lenore
A.C.O.D. Dr. Judith
Escape from Planet Earth Io Voice role
Birds of Paradise 2014 Rosie
Nick and Snip 2016 Katherine Pinpowzky
Mascots Gabby Monkhouse
The Late Bloomer Caroline Chambers
Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018 Sergeant Tamora Jean Calhoun Voice role
UglyDolls 2019 Scanner, Electronic Voice Voice role

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 In the Best Interest of the Children Gwen Hatcher Television film; as Jany Lynch
1993 Bakersfield P.D. Michelle Hathaway Episode: "Bakersfield Madam"
Empty Nest Tammy Episode: "The Girl Who Cried Baby"
1994 Married... with Children Greta Episode: "Valentine's Day Massacre"
Party of Five Dr. Pennant Episode: "Much Ado"
The John Larroquette Show Evaluator Episode: "The Tutor"
1995 In The House Ruth Episode: "Female Trouble"
NewsRadio Carol Episode: "The Cane"
1996 Cybill Mrs. Sweeney Episode: "Educating Zoey"
3rd Rock from the Sun Mrs. Koppel Episode: "Dick, Smoker"
Frasier Cynthia Episode: "A Lilith Thanksgiving"
1996 & 1998 Caroline in the City Hostess 2 episodes
1999 Dharma & Greg Sheryl Episode: "Play Lady Play"
1999–2000 Judging Amy ASA Perkins 3 episodes
2000 JAG Sandy's Friend Episode: "The Witches of Gulfport"
Gilmore Girls Nurse Episode: "Forgiveness and Stuff"
2000–2001 The West Wing Reporter 2 episodes
2001 Dawson's Creek Mrs. Witter Episode: "The Te of Pacey"
Cursed Carla Episode: "...And Then Jack Had Two Dates"
Popular Susie Klein Episode: "I Know What You Did Last Spring Break"
The Division Episode: "The First Hit's Free, Baby"
Arli$$ Episode: "Giving Something Back"
Boston Public Jane Morrell Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Four"
Family Law Cheryl Bowman Episode: "No Options"
The X-Files Mrs. Anne T. Lokensgard Episode: "Lord of the Flies"
The King of Queens Dr. Foreman Episode: "Ovary Action"
Family Guy Dotty Campbell Voice role; 2 episodes
7th Heaven Nurse 4 episodes
2002 Titus Prosecutor Episode: "The Trial"
Felicity Professor Carnes 2 episodes
MDs Aileen Poole, RN, PhD Series regular
The Big Time Miss Rush Television film
2003 Watching Ellie Roman Episode: "TV"
The Dead Zone Flo McMurtry Episode: "The Storm"
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Oscorp Executive Voice role; episode: "Heroes and Villains"
According to Jim Janice Episode: "The Lemonade Stand"
2004 NYPD Blue Susanna Howe Episode: "You Da Bomb"
Monk Dr. Julie Waterford Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Married"
Las Vegas Helen Putasca Episode: "You Can't Take It With You"
Arrested Development Cindi Lightballoon 3 episodes
Friends Ellen Episode: "The One Where Estelle Dies"
Veronica Mars Mrs. Donaldson Episode: "Return of the Kane"
2004–2014 Two and a Half Men Dr. Linda Freeman Recurring role; 14 episodes
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2010)
2004–2005 Father of the Pride Lily Voice; recurring role
2005 Unscripted Jane 2 episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Ranger Episode: "Unbearable"
Blind Justice Dr. Taylor 2 episodes
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Madame Rothchild Voice role; episode: "Magic Takes a Holiday"
Weeds The Candyman Episode: "Fashion of the Christ"
Illeanarama Illeana Douglas project
2005–2006 Rodney Amy O'Brien 2 episodes
2005–2009 The L Word Joyce Wischnia Recurring role; 15 episodes (Seasons 2–6)
2006 Desperate Housewives Maxine Bennett Episode: "Silly People"
Night Stalker Scientist Episode: "Into Night", uncredited
Lovespring International Victoria Ratchford Series regular; 13 episodes
Help Me Help You Raquel Janes Recurring role; 5 episodes
Separated at Worth Jennifer Television film
2006–2020 Criminal Minds Diana Reid 10 episodes
2006–2008 Boston Legal Joanna Monroe 4 episodes
2006–2012 Handy Manny Jackie Greenway Voice role; recurring role
2007 Campus Ladies Professor Episode: "Psych 101"
The New Adventures of Old Christine Ms. Hammond 2 episodes
American Dad! Various Voice role; 2 episodes
2008 My Name Is Earl Sissy Episode: "I Won't Die With a Little Help From My Friends"
Out & Proud in Chicago Narrator TV documentary, 1 episode
Psych Barbara Dunlap Episode: "There Might Be Blood"
2009 The Spectacular Spider-Man Joan Jameson Voice role; episode: "Gangland"
Mr. Troop Mom Ms. Hulka Television film
Reno 911! Counselor Episode: "Wiegel's Couple's Therapy"
2009–2010 Party Down Constance Carmell Series regular; 9 episodes
2009–2015 Glee Sue Sylvester Series regular; 121 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2010)
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2010)
People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress (2011)
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2010)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2010)
TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2010)
Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2011)
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2009)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2011, 2013)
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2011)
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (2010–2011)
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2011)
Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress (2012)
2010–2011 The Cleveland Show Ms. Eck / Sue Sylvester Episode: "Love Rollercoaster"/"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?"
2010 Neighbors from Hell Alex Episode: "Screw the EPA"
iCarly Pam Puckett Episode: "iSam's Mom"
VH1 Do Something Awards Herself Host; TV special
Saturday Night Live Host; episode: "Jane Lynch/Bruno Mars"
The Super Hero Squad Show Nebula Voice role; episodes: "When Strikes the Surfer!" and "Double Negation at the World's End!"
2011-2013 Phineas and Ferb Mrs. Johnson Voice role; 5 episodes
2011 Web Therapy Claire Dudek Episode: "Public Relations"
63rd Primetime Emmy Awards Herself Host; TV special
2011 & 2018 The Simpsons Roz Davis Voice role; episodes: "Replaceable You" & "Tis the 30th Season"
2012 The Annoying Orange Jane the Peanut / Cobb Voice role
WordGirl Miss Power Voice role; episode: "The Rise of Miss Power"
Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Herself Host; TV special
2013 MasterChef Episode: "Top 14 Compete"
New Year's Eve with Carson Daly Co-host; TV special
2013–present Hollywood Game Night Host; 46 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program (2014, 2015)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program (2016)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program (2018)
2015 Girl Meets World Episode: "Girl Meets Farkle's Choice"
Portlandia Barbecue Planner Episode: "4th of July"
2016 The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show Bernadette Steele Voice role; episode: "Show on the Road/Catherine the Great"
Angel from Hell Amy Lead role; 13 episodes
Tween Fest Sophia Sharp Recurring role; 3 episodes
The Real O'Neals Herself Episode: "The Real Thang"; uncredited
2016–2019 The Stinky & Dirty Show Dumper Voice role; 13 episodes
2017 Dropping the Soap Olivia Vanderstein 8 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
NatGeo Wild's Earth Live Co-host TV special
The Adventures of Puss in Boots Sally Voice role; episode: "Before They Hatch"
Manhunt: Unabomber Janet Reno 3 episodes
Will & Grace Roberta Episode: "Grandpa Jack"
Goldie & Bear Mrs. Locks Voice role; 3 episodes
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Sophie Lennon 3 episodes
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2018)
2017–2018 The Good Fight Madeline Starkey 3 episodes
2018 We Bare Bears Susan Tankitha "Tank" Jackson Voice role; episode: "Mom App"
Dallas & Robo Carol Voice role; 4 episodes
2019 The Loud House Coach Hutch Voice role; Episode: "Driving Ambition"
Big Hero 6: The Series Supersonic Sue Voice role; Episode: "Supersonic Sue"
Fairy Tale Forest TBA Television Movie
Tuca & Bertie Coach Meredith Voice role; Episode: "The Jelly Lakes"
Arthur Patty Ratburn Voice role; Episode: “Mr. Ratburn & The Special Someone”
2019–present Final Space A.V.A. Voice role; Main cast, season 2 onwards
2020 Bubble Guppies Genie Voice role; Episode: "Genie in a Bubble!"

Video games

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust 2009 Denise Lemon Voice role [64]
Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet 2010 Nebula [65]
Wreck-It Ralph 2012 Sergeant Calhoun [66]

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Notes
2013 Annie Miss Hannigan Broadway Broadway debut; Limited engagement, replacing Katie Finneran.

List of works

Main article: List of Jane Lynch performances

Soundtracks

Albums

  • 2016: A Swingin' Little Christmas

References

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