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
14 Nominations
5 Emmys
Outstanding Host For A Game Show - 2024
Jane Lynch, Host
NBC
BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2022
Jane Lynch, as Sazz Pataki
Double Time
Hulu
20th Television
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2019
Jane Lynch, as Sophie Lennon
Vote For Kennedy, Vote For Kennedy
Prime Video
Amazon Studios
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2018
Jane Lynch, as Sophie Lennon
Put That On Your Plate!
Prime Video
Amazon Studios
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2018
Jane Lynch, Host
NBC
Universal Television with Hazy Mills and Mission Control Media
Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series - 2017
Jane Lynch, as Olivia Vanderstein
Amazon
Huge NoHo Productions
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2016
Jane Lynch, Host
NBC
Universal Television with Hazy Mills and Mission Control Media
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2015
Jane Lynch, Host
NBC
Universal Television with Hazy Mills and Mission Control Media
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013
Jane Lynch, as Sue Sylvester
FOX
Ryan Murphy Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - 2011
Jane Lynch, as Sue Sylvester
FOX
Ryan Murphy Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2010
Jane Lynch, as Dr. Linda Freeman
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CBS
Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc., The Tannenbaum Company in association with Warner Bros. Television
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - 2010
Jane Lynch, as Sue Sylvester
FOX
Ryan Murphy Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
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