Not every talented actress manages to achieve recognition, and even more so to get the main roles. Some of them manage to shine, playing minor characters. Among such actresses, who have become famous all over the world thanks to secondary roles, are American Jane Lynch, films with whose participation, no doubt, everyone has ever seen. Her incredible talent helps her to create non-trivial and memorable characters for many years, many of which are loved by viewers around the world.
Childhood and youth
Jane Lynch, originally from Dalton, Illinois, is from a typical American family in which her father earned a living working in one of the local banks, and his mother did housework and raised her children. After graduating from school, Lynch decided to devote herself to the theatrical art and entered the University of Illinois.
After graduating, the actress received a bachelor's degree in theater. Deciding to continue her studies, Jane Lynch moved to New York and entered Cornell University at the Faculty of Arts.
The beginning of an acting career
The actress began her professional career in a comedic role, becoming one of the regular participants of The Second City. However, the indefatigable creative character of Jane Lynch required self-expression, and soon on the stages of many theaters, the play “Oh Sister, My Sister” was successfully staged according to the script of Jane herself, as well as with her in the main role. This play was not unusual, out of the ordinary, however, both the audience and the theater critics liked the plot and acting.
Inspired by her first success, Jane Lynch decided to try herself not only on stage, but also in the movies. Possessing a pleasant and expressive American appearance and a rather athletic figure, Jane Lynch (the actress's height is 183 centimeters) easily embodied completely different characters on the screen, each of which was unique. Thanks to this versatility, Jane was able to participate in almost all the most striking series of the nineties, as well as some films, however, on secondary roles. Since the late eighties, Jane Lynch has played in films and television about a hundred and thirty roles. Among the projects in which she participated, the series The X-Files, Friends, Girls Gilmore, Desperate Housewives, and many others.
Participation in the project “Two and a half people”
Despite the incredible demand, a major breakthrough in her career with Jane Lynch did not occur until 2004, when she got a role in the television series "Two and a Half Men." Her character - a psychiatrist Dr. Linda, really liked the audience, and the actress became a permanent member of the sitcom. In 2010, she was even nominated for an Emmy for this role, but she did not get the award in this nomination, but she received it for participating in another television series, Chorus.
The series "Chorus"
Having well established herself in the project “Two and a Half Men, ” the Actress began to appear in parallel in other series. So, she successfully passed the test for the role of Joyce in the television series "Word L" (the original name - "The L word") - about the life of lesbians. But the real success for the actress was the role of the inexorable and stubborn Sue Sylvester from the television series "Chorus".
It was this role that brought Jane the ardent love of the audience, worldwide popularity, Golden Globe, Emmy and many other prestigious awards.
Fans of the actress very often identify her with the character Sue, although the actress herself often stated that in real life it doesn’t hurt her.
It is noteworthy that after the success on television, the actress began to be filmed much more often in films, however, in secondary roles. In many famous paintings of past years, you can see Jane Lynch. The films Gender: Secret Material, School for Alumni Survival, Julie and Julia: Cooking Prescription Happiness, Another Story about Cinderella and others today are hard to imagine without her participation, and although her roles are small, they are all unforgettable and impressive.
Jane Lynch: personal life
Speaking about this actress, it is difficult to get around the topic of her sexual orientation, since the actress is a lesbian and does not hide it. However, in her confession, this was not always the case. In her youth, Jane Lynch tried to fight the feelings overwhelming her and was ashamed of them. Because of this, she even turned her back on her friend, who was homosexual. Now that the actress has figured out herself and accepted her essence, she regrets such an act.
Interestingly, sometimes Jane Lynch has to play lesbians on the screen. So, in the film “Sex: Secret Material”, she played a waitress trying to seduce a girlfriend of one of the main characters.
She also played a lesbian in the television project "Word in the letter L".
Jane Lynch and Lara Embry: A Love Story with a Sad Finale
2009 brought the actress not only participation in the Chorus project, but also a meeting with Dr. Lara Embry. At that time, the actress was already 49 years old, and her passion was only 41. The fleeting romance quickly turned into a serious relationship, and a year later, on Memorial Day, the women in love went to Massachusetts and got married there (in other states at that time it was impossible to arrange gay marriage).
Unfortunately, a happy marriage lasted only four years, after which Jane Lynch wanted to divorce. At the same time, her enterprising wife tried to seize a decent part of her property from the actress, as well as force Jane to pay the services of her lawyer and pay her ninety-three thousand dollars a month for four years. However, the actress managed to not only save her property from encroachment, but also reduce the amount of monthly payments to forty thousand.
