Jane Lynch

Highest Rated: 96% The Fugitive (1993)

Lowest Rated: 0% Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010)

Birthday: Jul 14, 1960

Birthplace: Not Available

Writer, actress, and comedian Jane Lynch is a slim six-feet-tall and usually wears her blonde hair cropped in a pixie cut. Born in Illinois, she went to a public university and got her M.F.A. in theater from Cornell. 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. Lynch's other stage credits include Tales of the Lost Formicans, Ennui, and Waiting for Iggy. She made her film debut in 1988 with a small role in the body-switching comedy Vice Versa. On television, she was in the Lifetime movie In the Best Interest of the Children and made numerous guest appearances on sitcoms. After some meager roles in Straight Talk, The Fugitive, and Fatal Instinct, she had the good fortune to join Christopher Guest's gang of improvisational comic actors. Her breakthrough role was butch Christy Cummings, the personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge) in the 2000 mockumentary Best in Show. Over the next two years, she played a government agent in the action movie Collateral Damage, a sarcastic nurse in the ABC medical comedy MDs, and a 1940s-style receptionist in the TNT movie The Big Time. In 2003, she reunited with the cast from Best in Show for the musical spoof A Mighty Wind. She performed her own music in the role of Laurie Bohner, the former porn star and member of the New Main Street Singers. In 2004, Lynch appeared in Sleepover, Little Black Boot, and The Californians. Over the course of the next few years, Lynch remained one of the comedy world's best kept secrets while getting steady work in film and television. But that secret wouldn't be kept for long, because in 2009, after essaying a recurring role on the hit Showtime series The L Word, Lynch made a major impression on television viewers as villainous cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on the hit musical series Glee -- a role for which she was awarded both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
88%	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Calhoun	—	2018
No Score Yet	Dropping the Soap	Olivia Vanderstein	—	2018
No Score Yet	Earth Live	Director	—	2017
20%	The Late Bloomer	Actor	—	2016
50%	Mascots	Gabby Monkhouse	—	2016
No Score Yet	After The Reality	Doctor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Jungle Master	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Birds of Paradise	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Adventure Planet	Actor	—	2014
52%	A.C.O.D.	Dr. Judith	$0.2M	2013
66%	Afternoon Delight	Dr. Lenore	$0.2M	2013
34%	Escape From Planet Earth	IO	$54.8M	2013
No Score Yet	Dino Time	Sue	—	2012
14%	Delhi Safari	Female Flamingo (English version)	—	2012
87%	Wreck-it Ralph	Sergeant Calhoun	$189.5M	2012
51%	The Three Stooges	Mother Superior	$41.9M	2012
No Score Yet	Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	Small Fry	Neptuna	—	2011
60%	Glee: The 3D Concert Movie	Sue Sylvester	$11.9M	2011
72%	Rio	Alice	$143.7M	2011
71%	Paul	Pat Stevens	$37.4M	2011
0%	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back	Dr. Poole	—	2010
58%	Shrek Forever After	Gretched	$238.4M	2010
No Score Yet	Dino Mom	Sue	—	2010
32%	Adventures of Power	Joanie	—	2009
8%	Post Grad	Carmella Malby	$6.3M	2009
77%	Julie & Julia	Dorothy McWilliams	$94.2M	2009
25%	Weather Girl	J.D.	—	2009
46%	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3)	Diatryma Mom	$124.7M	2009
No Score Yet	Mr. Troop Mom	Miss Hulka	—	2009
44%	The Toe Tactic	Honey Strumpet	—	2009
55%	Spring Breakdown	Senator Kay Bee Hartmann	—	2009
No Score Yet	Starz Inside	Actor	—	2009
77%	Role Models	Gayle Sweeny	$67.4M	2008
35%	Tru Loved	Ms. Maple	—	2008
No Score Yet	Another Cinderella Story	Dominique Blatt	—	2008
No Score Yet	Disco ormene (Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms)	Gloria (English Version)	—	2008
33%	Space Chimps	Dr. Poole	$30M	2008
41%	The Rocker	Fishman's Sister	$6.4M	2008
No Score Yet	Man Maid	Sabena	—	2008
28%	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Gail	$217.2M	2007
66%	Smiley Face	Casting Director	—	2007
No Score Yet	Bam Bam and Celeste	Darlene	—	2007
29%	Eye of the Dolphin	Glinton	—	2007
No Score Yet	The List	Dr. Davina	—	2007
No Score Yet	I Do & I Don't	Nora Stelmack	—	2007
No Score Yet	Suffering Man's Charity (Ghost Writer)	Ingrid	—	2007
52%	For Your Consideration	Cindy Martin	$5.5M	2006
71%	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Lucy Bobby	$148.3M	2006
No Score Yet	Fifty Pills	Doreen	—	2006
No Score Yet	The Californians	Sybill Platt	—	2006
85%	The 40 Year Old Virgin	Paula	$109.3M	2005
15%	Surviving Eden	Maude Silver	—	2004
15%	Sleepover	Gabby	$8.1M	2004
No Score Yet	Exposed	Julie Gross	—	2003
87%	A Mighty Wind	Laurie Bohner	$17.5M	2003
19%	Collateral Damage	Agent Russo	$40M	2002
94%	Best in Show	Christy	$16.6M	2000
42%	What Planet Are You From?	Doreen	—	2000
18%	Fatal Instinct	Prison Reporter	—	1993
96%	The Fugitive	Doctor Kathy Wahlund	—	1993
36%	Straight Talk	Gladys	—	1992
43%	Vice Versa	Ms. Lindstrom	—	1988

TV

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	Hollywood Game Night 2013	Host	2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
85%	The Simpsons 1989	Voice	2018 2011
93%	Manhunt 2017	Janet Reno	2017
No Score Yet	Talking With Chris Hardwick 2017	Guest	2017
96%	The Good Fight 2017		2017
No Score Yet	Today 2017	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015	Guest	2017 2016 2015
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2017 2016 2013 2011
No Score Yet	Criminal Minds 2005	Diana Reid	2017 2008 2006 2005
41%	Angel From Hell 2016	Amy	2016
41%	Chelsea 2016-2017	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter 2015	Panelist	2016
No Score Yet	FABLife 2015-2016	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	Tavis Smiley 2013-2018	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	The Chew 2011	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2016
67%	The Real O'Neals 2016-2017	Herself	2016
No Score Yet	Rachael Ray 2015	Guest	2016 2015
No Score Yet	CBS This Morning 2012	Guest	2016 2012
No Score Yet	Girl Meets World 2014-2017		2015
93%	Portlandia 2011-2018		2015
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson 2005-2014	Guest	2015 2013
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2015 2014 2013
71%	Glee 2009-2015	Sue Sylvester	2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
No Score Yet	Sunday Morning 2011-2018	Appearing	2014
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2014 2013 2012
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2014 2012 2011 2010
No Score Yet	Chelsea Lately 2007-2014	Guest	2014 2012 2011 2009 2008
63%	Two and a Half Men 2003-2015	Dr. Linda Freeman Dr. Freeman	2014 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2004
No Score Yet	MasterChef 2010	Judge	2013
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2013 2010
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2013 2012 2011 2010
No Score Yet	Inside Comedy 2012-2015	Guest	2012
No Score Yet	Inside the Actors Studio 1994-2018	Host Guest	2012
No Score Yet	Phineas and Ferb 2007-2015	Voice	2011
No Score Yet	Real Time With Bill Maher 2003	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	The Cleveland Show 2009-2013	Voice	2011 2010
No Score Yet	iCarly 2007-2012	Sam's Mom	2010
No Score Yet	Neighbors From Hell 2010	Voice	2010
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host	2010
93%	Party Down 2009-2010	Constance Carmell Constance	2010 2009
87%	Reno 911! 2003-2009	Therapist	2009
No Score Yet	American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data) 2005	Voice	2009 2006
54%	The L Word 2004-2009	Guest Joyce Joyce Wischnia	2009 2008 2007 2005
92%	Psych 2006-2014		2008
87%	Boston Legal 2004-2008	Joanna Monroe	2008 2007 2006
No Score Yet	The New Adventures of Old Christine 2006-2010	Ms. Hammond	2007
66%	Desperate Housewives 2004-2012	Maxine Bennett	2006
No Score Yet	Help Me Help You 2006	Raquel Raquel Janes Raquel James	2006
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Ranger	2005
No Score Yet	Rodney 2004-2006	Amy O'Brien	2005
70%	Weeds 2005-2012	The Candyman	2005
75%	Arrested Development 2003	Cindi Lightballoon Cindi	2004
No Score Yet	Las Vegas 2003-2008	Helen Pulaski	2004
90%	Monk 2002-2009	Dr. Waterford	2004
No Score Yet	According to Jim 2001-2009		2003
No Score Yet	The Dead Zone 2002-2007	Flo McMurtry	2003
No Score Yet	Watching Ellie 2002-2003	Roman	2003 2002
No Score Yet	Felicity 1998-2002	Professor Carnes	2002
70%	Family Guy 1999	Voice	2002 2000
No Score Yet	Boston Public 2000-2005	Jane Morrell	2001
75%	The X-Files 1993-2018	Mrs. Anne T. Lokensgard	2001
No Score Yet	Judging Amy 1999-2005	ASA Perkins Ms. Perkins	2000
No Score Yet	Dharma & Greg 1997-2002	Sheryl	1999
94%	Frasier 1993-2004	Guest	1996
95%	NewsRadio 1995-1999	Carol	1995
No Score Yet	Party of Five 1994-2000	Dr. Pennant	1995 1994
No Score Yet	Married...With Children 1987-1997	Greta	1994
No Score Yet	Empty Nest 1988-1995	Tammy	1993
No Score Yet	Murder Police	Voice
No Score Yet	Spoilers With Kevin Smith 2012	Guest

QUOTES FROM Jane Lynch CHARACTERS

Paula	Hey Andy, take a look at your pal.
Andy Stitzer	Oh my God.
Paula	Yeah, he's performing a public colonoscopy.

Fix-It Felix Jr.	You are one dynamite gal!
Sergeant Calhoun	Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Sergeant Calhoun

Bull roar!

Vanellope von Schweetz	Whoever was mean to me will be... executed!
Sergeant Calhoun	This place is starting to get interesting.

Sergeant Calhoun	I hope you're happy, junk pile! This game is going down & it's all your fault!
Sergeant Calhoun	I hope you're happy, junk pile! This game is going down and it's all your fault!

Sergeant Calhoun	Doomsday & Armageddon just had a baby & it is ugly!
Sergeant Calhoun	Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby and it is ugly!

Sergeant Calhoun	Your face is red, you might want to hit it with your hammer.
Fix-It Felix	Oh, that's not blood force trauma, ma'am. That's just the honey glow in my cheeks.

Sergeant Calhoun

Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby, and it is ugly!

Fix-It Felix Jr.	Is he in there?
Sergeant Calhoun	Nope, lucky for him, otherwise i would have slapped his corpse
Sergeant Calhoun	Nope, lucky for him, otherwise I would have slapped his corpse

Sergeant Calhoun

Your face is still red, you might want to hit it again with your hammer.

Fix-It Felix Jr.	You came back!
Sergeant Calhoun	Can it, Fix-It!

Sergeant Calhoun	Do you even know what a Cybug is?
Fix-It Felix Jr.	Can't say that I do ma'am.

Sergeant Calhoun

O.K, stop it with the goo-goo eyes.

Vanellope von Schweetz	Of everyone who was ever mean to me, shall be...executed.
Vanellope von Schweetz	Of everyone who was ever mean to me, shall be executed.
Taffyta Muttonfudge	What? No!
Fix-It Felix Jr.	Oh Lord...
Fix-It Felix Jr.	Oh Lord.
Sergeant Calhoun	This game just got interesting...
Sergeant Calhoun	This game just got interesting.

Sergeant Calhoun	Get out.
Fix-It Felix Jr.	I only said that you're one Dynamite Gal.
Sergeant Calhoun	I said GET OUT!

Fix-It Felix Jr.	I'm going with you
Sergeant Calhoun	Like fun you are, short stack!

Sergeant Calhoun	Sugar Rush... Cy-bugs will chew up that game faster than a chicken hawk in a coop of crippled roosters...
Fix-It Felix Jr.	What was that now?

Sergeant Calhoun	It's make your momas proud time.
Wreck-It Ralph	I love my momma!

Sergeant Calhoun

Flattery don't charge these batteries, civilian.

Sergeant Calhoun	"Fear" is a four-letter word, ladies! You wanna go peepee in your big-boy slacks, keep it to yourself!
Sergeant Calhoun	'Fear' is a four-letter word, ladies! You wanna go peepee in your big-boy slacks, keep it to yourself!

Sergeant Calhoun	Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby and it... is... ugly!
Sergeant Calhoun	It looks like Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby. And it is ugly.

Sergeant Calhoun	Markowski!
Wreck-It Ralph	Who...? [Realizes that he's in Markowski's armor] Oh, yeah, uh, me. I'm-I'm Markowski.
Sergeant Calhoun	[Cracks Ralph in the head with her helmet] What's the first rule of "Hero's Duty"?
Sergeant Calhoun	[Cracks Ralph in the head with her helmet] What's the first rule of 'Hero's Duty'?
Wreck-It Ralph	No cuts, no buts, no coconuts?
Sergeant Calhoun	[Cracks Ralph again] Never interfere with the first person shooter!

Vanellope von Schweetz	As your wonderful princess I hereby decree that everyone who was ever mean to me shall be... executed.
Taffyta Muttonfudge	[And the other racers] WHAT!?! No, no, no, please, please!
Fix-It Felix	[Along with Ralph staring in shock] Oh, my lands!
Sergeant Calhoun	Oh, this place just got interesting.

Sergeant Calhoun	"flattery doesnt charge these batteries"
Sergeant Calhoun	Flattery won't charge these batteries.

Sergeant Calhoun

Fear is a four letter word ladies!

Sergeant Calhoun	Alright ladies, the kitten whisperers and tickle fights stop now!
Sergeant Calhoun	All right, ladies, the kitten whispers and tickle fights stop now!

Sergeant Calhoun	It's make your mama's proud time!
Wreck-It Ralph	I love my mama!

Fix-It Felix	You're one dynamite gal!
Sergeant Calhoun	flashback sequence
Sergeant Calhoun	[flashback sequence]

Dorothy McWilliams	Dad, would have been happy if we had stayed in Pasadena, married Republican's & bred like rabbits !
Dorothy McWilliams	Dad, would have been happy if we had stayed in Pasadena, married Republican's & bred like rabbits!
Julia Child	And .....Why didn't we ?
Julia Child	And why didn't we?
Dorothy McWilliams	Too tall !
Dorothy McWilliams	Too tall!

Gayle Sweeny	and your standing over there, and your standing over there, and I don't which way is up.
Gayle Sweeny	You're standing over there, and you're standing over there, and I don't know which way is up!

Sue Sylvester

[from trailer] Concert films can kill you.

Sue Sylvester

They haven't even done anything yet!

Gayle Sweeny

I'm not here to service you, I'm here to service these young boys.