Jane Lynch

Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch will host the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards airing live from NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18, on CTV.

Best known for her breakout role as “Sue Sylvester” on the multiple-category Primetime Emmy-winning Glee, Jane Lynch cut her theatrical teeth at the Second City, Steppenwolf Theatre and in many church basements all over the greater Chicago area. In 2010, Lynch won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Glee.

In addition to her starring role on Glee, Lynch’s television credits include Party Down, Lovespring International, Desperate Housewives, Weeds and The L Word. Lynch has had recurring roles on Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, The New Adventures of Old Christine and Two and a Half Men, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

Her film credits include Julie & Julia, Shrek Forever After, Post Grad, Paul and Brownie Masters, Role Models, The Rocker, Spring Breakdown, Space Chimps, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Sleepover and Surviving Eden.

Additional film credits include Christopher Guest’s For Your Consideration, A Mighty Wind and Best in Show; Margaret Cho’s Celeste and Bam Bam; and Alan Cumming’s Suffering Man’s Charity. Lynch was recently cast in the remake of The Three Stooges, which is currently in production.

Lynch’s theater work includes Oh Sister, My Sister! at the Tamarind Theatre and Bang Theater, which garnered the LA Weekly Comedy Ensemble of the Year Award. In addition, she recently hosted the 2010 Do Something Awards, and her memoirs, Happy Accidents, will be released in September.

- courtesy of emmys.com

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