Jane Lynch, who is best known for her role as Sue Sylvester in the hit TV series “Glee,” was born on July 14, 1960 in Evergreen Park. Lynch, who was raised in Dolton, found her love for acting early in life while playing the important role of a candle in her 3rd-grade school play. Her love for acting would follow her through high school and on to college.

Lynch studied at Illinois State University before attending Cornell University’s graduate program for acting. After school, Lynch spent time in New York before moving to Chicago, where she embedded herself in the theater scene.

Lynch’s big success began with her early role in “Vice Versa.” She would go on to do voice-over work, commercials and many other films. In 2000, she got her next big break playing the part of Christy Cummings in “Best in Show,” a film about the dog-show world. It wasn’t until 2009 that Lynch began her most notable role as Sue Sylvester in “Glee.”

In 2005, Lynch was named one of Power Up’s “10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz.”

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