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  • Lynch grateful for permanent Glee role - 14 April 2010
    -Actress Jane Lynch is grateful to have been hired as a full-time castmember in hit U.S. show Glee - because she's finally working on a project long enough to personalise her dressing room.- -The 49 year old started her career in theatre before moving on to TV and f

Jane Lynch - what members say


  • Role Models
  • Role Models review by Selfy from Newcastle upon Tyne
    Rated - 4.0 stars 2009's first notable comedy 12 January 2009
    ...ery funny. Chemistry from the two male leads is brilliant and easy, and having Jane Lynch as the head of the Sturdy Wings group certainly doesn't hurt. Paul Rudd shou...   Read customer review
  • Julie and Julia
  • Julie and Julia review by ISB from London
    Rated - 3.5 stars Get it down your pie-hole 31 August 2010
    ... watchable and believable (although her friends are totally the opposite!). Jane Lynch gives a nice little cameo too....   Read customer review

Jane Lynch - filmography


  • Glee - Season 3 - Complete (2012)
    Starring: Jane Lynch,  Jayma Mays,  Cory Montieth
    Director: Eric Stoltz,  Bradley Buecker
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in the fictitious William McKilney High School in Lima Ohio, the show centres on the adventures, rivalries and romances springing around the institute's 'New Directions' Glee club. Revolving around the singing association between the assortment of twelve characters, the multiple interweaving ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7 members
    Not available for rental
  • Glee Encore (2011)
    Starring: Dianna Agron,  Chris Colfer,  Jessalyn Gilsig
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    GLEE ENCORE brings over 30 sensational musical numbers onto this full length disc from series 1 of the hit show GLEE. Including Queen's Somebody To Love, Journey's Don't Stop Believing and Madonna's Express Yourself.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 18 members
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  • Glee - The Concert Movie (2011)
    Starring: Dianna Agron,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Lea Michele
    Director: Kevin Tancharoen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Here's your front-row seat to a thrilling concert performed by the phenomenally talented cast of Glee. See your favourite stars from the hit TV show as they sing the songs you love and dance up a storm on stage. Get swept up in the energy of "Glee Live" - including performances not seen in cinemas, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 60 members
    Not available for rental
  • Glee - A Very Glee Christmas (2010)
    Starring: Jane Lynch,  Harry Shum
    Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    GLEE, A VERY GLEE CHRSITMAS is the tenth episode of the second series of GLEE. Set in the fictitious William McKilney High School in Lima Ohio, the show centres on the adventures, rivalries and romances springing around the institute's 'New Directions' Glee club. Revolving around the singing ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 14 members
    Not available for rental
  • Paul (2010)
    Starring: Seth Rogen,  Simon Pegg,  Nick Frost
    Director: Greg Mottola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,881 member
    Not available for rental
  • Party Down - Series 1 (2010)
    Starring: Martin Starr,  Adam Scott,  Ken Marino
    Director: Fred Savage,  Bryan Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This release from the sitcom PARTY DOWN includes all ten episodes of the show's first season on two discs, following a group of struggling performers living in L.A. who pay the bills by working for a catering company called Party Down as they wait for their respective big breaks.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 21 members
    Due for release on 1st October 2012
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  • Paul - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Seth Rogen,  Simon Pegg,  Nick Frost
    Director: Greg Mottola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 490 members
    Not available for rental
  • Julie and Julia - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Meryl Streep,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Nora Ephron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,283 members
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  • Julie and Julia on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Meryl Streep,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Nora Ephron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 28,699 members
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  • Weather Girl (2009)
    Starring: Tricia O'Kelley,  Mark Harmon,  Jon Cryer
    Director: Blayne Weaver
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After learning her boyfriend cheated on her with his co-host, a Seattle morning show weather girl freaks out on-air and is fired. Forced to move in with her little brother and deal with his best friend, she has to learn to cope with being 35, single, unemployed, and unfortunately famous for being ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 28 members
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  • Tru Loved (2008)
    Starring: Najarra Townsend,  Jake Abel,  Matthew Thompson
    Director: Stewart Wade
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Sixteen-year-old Tru is uprooted by her lesbian moms from her comfortable gay-friendly home in San Francisco and moved to a conservative, suburban community in Southern California. Tru's only friend is a closeted football player, and even that friendship is jeopardized when she starts the school's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 5 members
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  • Another Cinderella Story on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Selena Gomez,  Andrew Seeley,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Damon Santostefano
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A guy (Seeley) who danced with what could be the girl (Gomez) of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,795 members
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  • Adventures of Power on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jenny Barbosa,  Nick Kroll,  Steven Williams
    Director: Ari Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £3.49
    When hard times hit a small copper town, mineworker Power only wishes one thing -- that he'd learned to play drums. But his father could never afford to buy him a drum set, so Power has embraced the next best thing -- air drumming. Tired of the constant ridicule from his father and the other mine ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 14 members
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  • The Rocker on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Rainn Wilson,  Christina Applegate,  Teddy Geiger
    Director: Peter Cattaneo
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    "The Rocker," aka Robert "Fish" Fishman, was the drummer for an '80s hair band. He was living the rock 'n' roll dream until he was kicked out of the group. Twenty years later, the desperate rocker joins his nephew's band, "A.D.D.," finally reclaiming the rock-god throne he's always thought he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,783 members
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  • Role Models on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Seann William Scott,  Paul Rudd,  Christopher Mintz-Plasse
    Director: David Wain
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star in Role Models as Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 36,333 members
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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jason Lee,  Ross Bagdasarian Jr.,  Janice Karman
    Director: Tim Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The tiny trio makes their live action debut in this family comedy about the pint-sized pop stars. With the help of CGI, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore come to life, causing mischief for their human guardian, Dave Seville (Jason Lee, MY NAME IS EARL).
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20,299 members
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  • Smiley Face on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Steve Golin,  Anna Faris,  Danny Trejo
    Director: Gregg Araki
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jane F, an unsuccessful slacker actress, is having a bad day. And it's getting more outrageous and comically surreal by the minute. Jane's misadventures begin when she treats herself to a batch of cupcakes left unattended by her psycho roommate that prove not as innocent as they appear, Soon, she ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 1,458 member
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  • Ghost Writer on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Alan Cumming,  David Boreanaz,  Anne Heche
    Director: Alan Cumming
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Jonathan Vandermark, is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a penny to his name. When one man, Sebastian enters his life and takes advantage of John's charity, his life and afterlife will be changed forever.
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 2,288 members
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  • 50 Pills on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci,  Kristen Bell,  John Hensley
    Director: Theo Avgerinos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Darren Giles (Lou Taylor Pucci, Southland Tales) has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams, and doesn't have the cash to stay in college another semester. Unless he can survive a teenage dominatrix and New York's biggest drug mogul, convince his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 126 members
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  • Eye of the Dolphin on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Carly Schroeder,  Adrian Dunbar,  George Harris
    Director: Michael D. Sellers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Following her mother's death, 14-year-old Alyssa (Carly Schroeder) travels to the Bahamas to meet her estranged father, Hawk (Adrian Dunbar), in this heart-warming family film. It turns out, dad's a dolphin researcher. Soon, Alyssa discovers she shares her father's gift for communicating with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 68 members
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  • 40 Year Old Virgin - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Catherine Keener,  Paul Rudd
    Director: Judd Apatow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) rides his bike to his stockperson job at Smart Tech, has a nice apartment filled with collectable toys (in their original packages), and plays videogames every night before bed. He's also a 40-year-old virgin. During a poker game with his coworkers David (Paul Rudd), Jay ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 3,419 members
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  • The 40 Year-Old Virgin on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Catherine Keener,  Paul Rudd
    Director: Judd Apatow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) rides his bike to his stockperson job at Smart Tech, has a nice apartment filled with collectable toys (in their original packages), and plays videogames every night before bed. He's also a 40-year-old virgin. During a poker game with his coworkers David (Paul Rudd), Jay ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 74,105 members
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  • 40 Year Old Virgin - HD (2005)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Catherine Keener,  Paul Rudd
    Director: Judd Apatow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) rides his bike to his stockperson job at Smart Tech, has a nice apartment filled with collectable toys (in their original packages), and plays videogames every night before bed. He's also a 40-year-old virgin. During a poker game with his coworkers David (Paul Rudd), Jay ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 596 members
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  • Sleepover on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Alexa Vega,  Mika Boorem,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Joe Nussbaum
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Four best friends, desperate to improve their social status, enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 5,434 members
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  • Best in Show on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Christopher Guest,  Eugene Levy,  Catherine O'Hara
    Director: Christopher Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    The tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them). Meet the contestants - a fly-fishing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 13,511 members
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Jane Lynch facts

5 most recent films

Glee - Season 3 - Complete - 3.5 stars
Glee - Season 3 - Complete - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Three Stooges - 4.0 stars
The Three Stooges - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Glee Encore - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Glee - Season 1 - Volume 2 - Road To Regionals - 4.5 stars
Glee - Season 1 - Volume 1 - Road To Sectionals - 4.0 stars
Glee - Season 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Glee - Season 2 Volume 1 - 4.0 stars
40 Year Old Virgin - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Three Stooges - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Adventures of Power - 2.5 stars
Glee - The Concert Movie - 3D Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Tru Loved - 2.5 stars
Glee Encore - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lea Michele - 19 times - show films
Dianna Agron - 19 times - show films
Chris Colfer - 19 times - show films
Matthew Morrison - 17 times - show films
Jessalyn Gilsig - 17 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ryan Murphy - 13 times - show films
John Scott - 13 times - show films
Brad Falchuk - 12 times - show films
Judd Apatow - 3 times - show films
Paris Barclay - 3 times - show films