Friday, June 27, 2008

Out in Film: Jane Lynch

Idol worship: Jane Lynch, actress.

- She began her career onstage, touring with the famed Second City comedy troupe and playing Carol Brady in The Real Live Brady Bunch.

- Her breakthrough role was in the Christopher Guest mockumentary Best in Show. She has since co-starred in Guest's A Mighty Wind (wherein she did all her own singing and guitar playing) and For Your Consideration.

- Other films include The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bam Bam and Celeste, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

- She has made many many television appearances, everything from Judging Amy and 7th Heaven to Felicity and The L Word.

- Upcoming movies include the gay-themed Tru Loved, the animated comedy Space Chimps and Julie & Julia, in which she'll play the sister of Meryl Streep's Julia Child.

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