Glee: Sue Sylvester

Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester

Sue Sylvester Bio

McKinley High cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester likes to remind people that she was named Splits Magazine's Cheerleading Coach of the Decade because she does not tolerate losing, a doctrine she instills in her crack squad, the Cheerios. When Will Schuester tries to revive the past glory of glee -- possibly stealing some of the spotlight and funding from her team -- Sue goes to extreme lengths to undercut him and keep his kids in their place, even recruiting her own cheerleaders to infiltrate the club as spies. She delights in insulting Will, especially his hair, at every opportunity.

Sue arouses Will's suspicion with her improbable welcome of a disabled girl to the Cheerios, but the truth about her motivation belies her heartless public persona.


After Sue brazenly leaks the New Directions set list to their competition, Principal Figgins suspends her, albeit briefly. When Sue returns, she's more determined than ever to bring glee down. But Will plays a trick on Sue for revenge, and she retreats into a depression -- even abandoning the Cheerios -- until Will persuades Sue to come back.

With Sue serving as a judge at Regionals, Will and the club are sure that the fix is in, but it's revealed that Sue actually voted for New Directions to win. After their loss, she forces Figgins to give the team another shot but tells Will she did it to keep him around another year so she can continue to torment him.


Jane Lynch Bio

Jane Lynch cut her theatrical teeth at The Second City, Steppenwolf Theatre and in many church basements all over the greater Chicago area. This year, Lynch won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on GLEE.

Lynch's film credits include "Julie & Julia," "Shrek Forever After," "Post Grad" and "Paul and Brownie Masters." Her past film work includes Christopher Guest's "For Your Consideration," "A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show," as well as "Role Models," "The Rocker," "Spring Breakdown," "Space Chimps," "Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "The 40 Year Old Virgin," Margaret Cho's "Celeste and Bam Bam," Alan Cumming's "Suffering Man's Charity," "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," "Sleepover" and "Surviving Eden."

Her recent television credits include "Party Down," "Lovespring International," "Desperate Housewives," "Weeds" and "The L Word." Lynch has had recurring roles on "Boston Legal," "Criminal Minds," "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "Two and a Half Men," for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

Lynch's play "Oh Sister, My Sister!" had runs at the Tamarind Theatre and Bang Theater, garnering the LA Weekly Comedy Ensemble of the Year Award.

She lives in Los Angeles.