Jane Lynch, who has been nominated several times and won a 2010 Primetime Emmy as Glee's Sue Sylvester, began her career with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre and Second City companies. She's appeared on the hit comedy seriesTwo and a Half Men, where she earned a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress, and in films like Julie & Julia with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, 40-Year Old Virgin with Steve Carell and Talladega Nights with Will Farrell, and as Mother Superior in The Three Stooges. Lynch hosted the 63rd Primetime Emmys, joining Ellen DeGeneres and Angela Lansbury as the third woman to ever host the show.
Jane Lynch
July 14
Dalton, Illinois
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![Jane Lynch of Only Murders In The Building backstage at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/ca-n2-2022-0071C.jpg/222945b9c3c86b94e7f7af39b0e475c8/ca-n2-2022-0071C.jpg)
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![Jane Lynch onstage at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/ca-n2-2022-0018.jpg/4d1b514252218069e0d2de2859ec4336/ca-n2-2022-0018.jpg)
![Luke Kirby and Jane Lynch present an award at the 71st Emmy Awards.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-pte-2019-0181.jpg/b36b0062ae337eef30568dcb26b2069c/g-pte-2019-0181.jpg)
![Jane Lynch accepts an award at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-ca2-2019-0138.jpg/efc71c9d325154ed941b19a21e960180/g-ca2-2019-0138.jpg)
![Jane Lynch on the Red Carpet at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-ca2-2019-0054.jpg/769a527756cfe7a1e675cc1f3480d44d/g-ca2-2019-0054.jpg)
![2018 Casting Directors Nominee Reception](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/Jeanie-Jane-900x600.jpg/d1528f3e94c37d83151463a17082d7dc/Jeanie-Jane-900x600.jpg)
![Jane Lynch, The Riverside Community College "RCC" Cheerleaders](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-ca70-20180270.jpg/744e3350f799e0d5c3e284461fad0dac/g-ca70-20180270.jpg)
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![Jane Lynch accepts her award at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-ca69-2017-0257.jpg/90693cc9fb2ff70c34a54a8c5bcb96da/g-ca69-2017-0257.jpg)
![John Michael Higgins and Jane Lynch on stage at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-ca69-2017-0253.jpg/9d37cb7d45725b1ad32ff870effa5041/g-ca69-2017-0253.jpg)
![Paul Witten and Jane Lynch on the red carpet at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-ca69-2017-0167.jpg/7ef63a124230e5908161553170c7d08c/g-ca69-2017-0167.jpg)
![RuPaul Charles and Jane Lynch at the 2016 Creative Arts Ball.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-ca68-2016-0330.jpg/7410e6e320ff4e3e9f901621c0ac6251/g-ca68-2016-0330.jpg)
14 Nominations
5 Emmys
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Outstanding Host For A Game Show - 2024
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