Jane Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American writer, actress, comedian, and singer best known for her roles in Christopher Guest comedies such as Best in Show and Judd Apatow comedies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin. She is currently starring in the Fox comedy Glee.
Lynch was born and raised in Dolton, Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree in theater from Illinois State University and her MFA from Cornell University, also in theater.
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Jane Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American writer, actress, comedian, and singer best known for her roles in Christopher Guest comedies such as Best in Show and Judd Apatow comedies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin. She is currently starring in the Fox comedy Glee.
Lynch was born and raised in Dolton, Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree in theater from Illinois State University and her MFA from Cornell University, also in theater.
Lynch's 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 lesbian personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge) in director Christopher Guest's mockumentary Best in Show (2000). She...
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