How much is Jane Lynch worth?
Net Worth: | $18 Million |
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Profession: | Professional Actress |
Date of Birth: | July 14, 1960 |
Country: | United States of America |
Height: | 1.83 m |
About Jane Lynch
Before being flirty in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and donning her go-to track suit as Sue Sylvester, the cheerleading coach in Glee, she was our favorite dog handler in Best in Show. Jane Lynch is hilarious whether she’s wearing a tracksuit or walking around with a show dog. Before she became well-known, she was well into her 40s, but now that Hollywood has made room for her, it appears as though she will remain.
Tell me more, please.
Jane was raised idolizing the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies. She was born in Dolton, Illinois, a poor neighborhood in the south side of Chicago. The young, aspiring actress adored the notion of fusing musical theater and movies and also had a great crush on Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta from Grease. Jane pursued her childhood goal by studying theater at Illinois State University before enrolling at Cornell University, where she later received her master degree in acting.
Like many Hollywood luminaries, Jane began her career performing in plays with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the renowned comedic troupe Second City, which is credited with producing future SNL cast members.
The comedienne, however, was unsuccessful in landing a spot on Saturday Night Live and went on to reprise the famed role of Carol Brady in “The Real Live Brady Bunch,” a traveling troupe that performed live renditions of the sitcom’s biggest episodes.
The 40-Year-Old Starlet
After more than a year of touring with the Brady Brunch cast, Jane decided to leave and move to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career as an actress. Instead, she received roles on programs like JAG, Dharma and Greg, and Party of Five. But Jane met the renowned filmmaker Christopher Guest when she was chosen to be in a Frosted Flakes commercial, which helped advance her career.
She scored a prominent part as a lesbian dog trainer with her trophy lover Jennifer Coolidge in Christopher Guest’s funny Best in Show. After learning that Jane was a skilled improviser during the shoot, Guest cast her in his subsequent picture, A Mighty Wind (2003). She then returned to television, appearing in Monk and Arrested Development, before landing a part in her first big-budget success, The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005).
Full of Glee
When FOX’s mega-hit Glee debuted in 2009, every teen boy and girl in the country first learned Jane’s name. Jane portrayed Sue Sylvester, a no-nonsense high school cheerleading coach who would stop at nothing to destroy her adversary’s “pathetic” glee club, in the television musical. Jane won a well-earned Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy after almost stealing the show for a year (and recreating a real Madonna music video). However, 2009 brought Jane more than just Glee; it also brought her love. At a function, the openly homosexual actress ran into his future wife, Lara Embry. They got hitched in Massachusetts in May 2010.
When the market was filled with small, doe-eyed starlets, Jane Lynch seemed to be the last lady to break through. However, her career is still going strong and shows no signs of slowing down.
“This is going to make my parents sound terr-i-ble, but all through high school, we were the drinking house. We’d sit around the kitchen table with my parents and drink beer.”