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Jane Lynch
Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Known for playing starring and recurring roles in comedic television, her accolades include one Golden Globe, six Primetime Emmys and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2013, Lynch received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Born 14 July 1960 · Q228852
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 8,794 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.2× the usual 1,706, with 0 article edits.
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2022· 2 entries
To an expected August 14, 2022, conclusion
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Lynch was named honorary "mayor of Funner", the putative location of Harrah's Resort Southern California
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2020· 2 entries
It was reported by Vulture that Lynch would host a revival of Weakest Link on NBC
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Lynch directed her first two TV commercials for the production company STORY, and joined its roster of commercial directors
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019).
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Lynch joined the main cast of Final Space as A
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2017· 5 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for Dropping the Soap (2017).
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Lynch appeared on The Price Is Right as a Celebrity Charity Week contestant
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Lynch portrayed Janet Reno for the Discovery Channel television series, Manhunt: Unabomber
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Lynch recorded a Christmas single with actor Dick Van Dyke
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Lynch guest-starred in Episode 7 of Marvelous Mrs Maisel as popular but dislikeable comic Sophie Lennon
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “A Swingin' Little Christmas”.
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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
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2015· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program for Hollywood Game Night (2015).
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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
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Lynch guest-starred in the television series Girl Meets World in the episode "Girl Meets Farkle's Choice"
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program for Hollywood Game Night (2014).
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Lynch joined the Ban Bossy campaign as a spokesperson advocating leadership roles for girls
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2013· 4 entries
Alongside Carson Daly, host of The Voice
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Lynch hosted the NBC game show Hollywood Game Night
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Lynch received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2011· 1 entry
Only the third woman in Emmy history to host the awards show solo
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Glee (2010).
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“t easy for her when she told her parents she was gay.”
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When she hosted the 2010 VH1 DoSomething Awards
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2009· 1 entry
Lynch appeared as a regular cast member of the Fox series Glee
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2008· 1 entry
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
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1998· 1 entry
The play kicked off the Lesbians in Theater program at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in 2004
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1993· 1 entry
Had a secondary role, as the doctor Kathy Wahlund, alongside Harrison Ford in The Fugitive
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1988· 1 entry
Playing a small role in the film Vice Versa
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1982· 1 entry
With a theater degree, and earned a master of fine arts degree from Cornell University in 1984
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1960· 2 entries
In Evergreen Park, Illinois, and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the daughter of a banker father, Frank Joseph Lynch, and a homemaker-secretary mother, Eileen Lynch (née Carney)
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Born 1960-07-14.
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