name	Primetime Emmy Award
current awards	63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
description	Excellence in primetime television
presenter	ATAS
country	United States
year	1949
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The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First awarded in 1949, they were originally referred to as just the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in the 1970s, and the word "primetime" was added to disambiguate between the two.

The Primetime Emmys generally air in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season. They are currently seen in rotation among the four major networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX). Because of NBC's coverage of Sunday Night NFL Football beginning in September, when NBC has had the rotation in 2006 and again in 2010, the Emmys move to late August for those years only.

Emmys are considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music), and Tony Awards (for stage).

Award categories

Primetime Emmys are currently awarded in the following categories:

Creative Arts Primetime Emmys

The Creative Arts Emmy Award are awarded in the following categories (some of which separately recognize work based on whether a single-camera and multi-camera setup was used):

Retired awards

A number of awards have been retired throughout the years, including some that have been replaced by similar award categories in the Daytime Emmys, Sports Emmys, and other areas of recognition.

Actor of the Year

Actress of the Year

Best Kinescope Show

Best Live Show

Best New Program

Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality

Most Outstanding Live Personality

Outstanding Live Sports Special †

Outstanding Sports Personality †

Outstanding Program Achievement by Individuals in Daytime Drama ‡

Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime Drama ‡

Program of the Year

Best Sports Coverage†

Best Western Series (1958-1959 only)

Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)

:_{† Replaced by a similar category in the Sports Emmy Awards} :^{‡ Replaced by a similar category in the Daytime Emmy Awards}

Leading nominees

;Most Emmy nominations for a television program:

''Saturday Night Live'': 142 nominations

''ER'': 124 nominations

''Cheers'': 117 nominations

;Most Emmy nominations for a comedy series in a single year

''30 Rock'' (2009): 22 nominations

;Most Emmy nominations for a drama series in a single year

''NYPD Blue'' (1994): 27 nominations

;Most Emmy nominations for an animated series in a single year

''The Simpsons'' (1992): 7 nominations

;Most Emmy nominations for a miniseries:

''Roots'' (1977): 37 nominations

;Most Emmy nominations for a television movie

''Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976); ''Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years'' (1977); ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'' (2007); and ''Grey Gardens'' (2009): 17 nominations

;Most Emmy nominations for a variety series in a single year

''Saturday Night Live'' (2011): 16 nominations

;Most Emmy nominations for an individual without a win

Angela Lansbury (1983–2005): 18 nominations

Leading winners

;Most Emmy wins by an individual

Sheila Nevins: 22

;Most Emmy wins for a television program

''Frasier'': 37

;Most Emmy wins for a comedy series

''Frasier'': 37

;Most Emmy wins for a drama series ''The West Wing'': 26

''Hill Street Blues'': 26

;Most Emmy wins for a series in its first season

''The West Wing'': 9

;Most Emmy wins for a series in a single season

''The West Wing'': 9

;Most Emmy wins in the comedy series category

''Frasier'': 5

;Most Emmy wins in the drama series category

''Hill Street Blues'': 4

''L.A. Law'': 4

''The West Wing'': 4

;Most Emmy wins for an animated series

''The Simpsons'': 27

;Most Emmy wins for a miniseries

''John Adams'' (2008): 13

;Most Emmy wins for a television movie

''Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976): 11

;Most Emmy wins in a single year for a network

CBS (1974): 44

;Most performing Emmys wins

Cloris Leachman: 8

Ed Asner: 7

Mary Tyler Moore: 7

Betty White: 6

;Most Emmy wins for the same character in the same series

Don Knotts of ''The Andy Griffith Show'': 5

Candice Bergen of ''Murphy Brown'': 5

;Most Emmy wins for the same character in different series

Ed Asner of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and ''Lou Grant'': 5

Performers with the most Primetime Emmys

Carl Reiner won a total of nine Primetime Emmy Awards, five of which were for his work on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (Outstanding Comedy Series, Program Achievement, Writing in a Comedy series and Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series). He also won the award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his performance on ''Mad About You'', and two Emmys for his performance on ''Caesar's Hour''. In 1967, he won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series, for ''The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special''.

Cloris Leachman's eighth Emmy made her the "winningest" female performer in Emmy history. Previously, she had been tied with Mary Tyler Moore and Tracey Ullman (although not all of Ullman's Emmys are for performance categories).

Edward Asner won five Emmys for the same character (Lou Grant) but in two different series and genres. Asner won three in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and two more in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category for ''Lou Grant''. Asner also has two additional Emmys, making him the most awarded male performer in Emmy history with 7 wins.

Tyne Daly has won six performing Emmy Awards; four Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Mary Beth Lacey in ''Cagney & Lacey'' in 1983–1985 and 1988. Also, two wins in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for ''Christy'' in 1996 and ''Judging Amy'' in 2003.

Don Knotts and Candice Bergen share the distinction of being the only actors to have won five Emmy Awards for their respective performances on their respective series. Knotts won for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1961–1963, 1966–1967). Bergen won for her portrayal of Murphy Brown on ''Murphy Brown'' (1989–1990, 1992, 1994–1995).

Kelsey Grammer has won five Emmy Awards: four for his portrayal of Frasier Crane on ''Frasier'' (1994–1995, 1998, 2004) and one for voicing the character Sideshow Bob on the series ''The Simpsons'' (2006). He has several other nominations as Frasier on that series as well as on ''Cheers'' and ''Wings'' (for a 1992 guest appearance). This makes him the only actor to earn Emmy nominations for portraying the same character on three different programs.

John Larroquette also won five Emmy Awards; four (in a row) for his portrayal of Dan Fielding on ''Night Court'' and one for his guest role on ''The Practice''.

Carroll O'Connor of ''All in the Family'', Nancy Marchand of ''Lou Grant'', Rhea Perlman of ''Cheers'', Dennis Franz of ''NYPD Blue'', Helen Hunt of ''Mad About You'', David Hyde Pierce of ''Frasier'', Allison Janney of ''The West Wing'', and Doris Roberts of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' have all won four Emmys for playing their respective characters on their respective TV shows. Valerie Harper also has four Emmys for the same character, Rhoda, but on two different shows. Harper has three Emmys for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and one for ''Rhoda''.

Kathy Baker of ''Picket Fences'', Bryan Cranston of ''Breaking Bad'', James Gandolfini of ''The Sopranos'', Brad Garrett of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', John Lithgow of ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', Jeremy Piven of ''Entourage'', Michael Richards of ''Seinfeld'', Tony Shalhoub of ''Monk'', James Spader of ''The Practice'' and ''Boston Legal'', and Patricia Wettig of ''thirtysomething'' have all won three Emmys for playing their respective characters on their respective TV shows.

Carroll O'Connor and Edie Falco are the only actors to have won the lead category in both the comedy and drama series category. O'Connor has four Emmys for his comedic turn in ''All in the Family'' and one dramatic Emmy for ''In the Heat of the Night''. Falco has three Emmys for her dramatic turn in ''The Sopranos'' and one comedic Emmy for ''Nurse Jackie''. Others have won in a variety of both the comedy and drama categories including lead, supporting, and guest performances such as Alan Alda for ''M*A*S*H'' and ''The West Wing'', Bruce Willis for ''Moonlighting'' and ''Friends'', John Lithgow for ''Amazing Stories'', ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' and ''Dexter'', Doris Roberts for ''St. Elsewhere'' and ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', Ed Asner for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and ''Lou Grant'', John Larroquette for ''Night Court'' and ''The Practice'', Christopher Lloyd for ''Taxi'' and ''Avonlea'', Cynthia Nixon for ''Sex and the City'' and ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', Elaine Stritch for ''30 Rock'' and ''Law & Order'', and Cloris Leachman for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Promised Land'' and ''Malcolm in the Middle''.

Alan Alda is the only person to have won Emmys in the comedy series categories for writing, directing, and acting in the same series, ''M*A*S*H''. Alda has a total of six wins including his most recent Emmy for supporting actor in a drama series for ''The West Wing''.

Michael J. Fox has won five Emmy awards: four for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his shows ''Family Ties'' (1986–1988) and ''Spin City'' (2000), and one for Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on ''Rescue Me'' (2009).

Betty White is the only female to have an Emmy in all female performing comedic categories including two in Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for ''Life with Elizabeth'' and ''The Golden Girls'', two in Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', and two for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for ''The John Larroquette Show'' and ''Saturday Night Live''. White also holds the record for longest gap between performing Emmy nominations - her first was in 1951 and her most recent was in 2011, a gap of 60 years. White also holds the record for the oldest recipient of a competitive, non-honorary performing Emmy, winning in 2010 at the age of 88 - as well as holding the record for the oldest nominee, nominated in 2011 at the age of 89.

See also

Emmy Award

Daytime Emmy Award

List of Primetime Emmy Award winners

List of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies

Notes

External links

Primetime Emmy Awards

Emmy Gift Bags

emmys.com - Advanced Primetime Awards Search

Emmy Awards coverage on DigitalHit.com

Emmy Awards Online with Emmy news, nominees and winners.

Mystery solved: How Emmy voting works to choose winners at GoldDerby.

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An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film) and the Grammy Awards (for music).

They are presented in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment programming, news and documentary shows, and sports programming. As such, the awards are presented in various area-specific ceremonies held annually throughout the year. The best known of these ceremonies are the Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring excellence in American primetime television programming (excluding sports), the Daytime Emmy Awards, honoring excellence in American daytime television programming and the Regional Emmy Awards which are presented for programming excellence throughout the country at various times through the year.

Three related but separate organizations present the Emmy Awards:

the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) honors national prime time entertainment excluding sports;

the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) recognizes daytime, sports, news and documentary programming, technology, business, regional, global media awards and;

the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honors all programming produced and originally aired outside the United States.

History

The Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) established the Emmy Awards as part of an image-building and public relations opportunity. The name "Emmy" was chosen as a feminization of "immy", a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early television cameras. To complement the name, the statuette was designed to depict a winged woman holding an atom, which "has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television: The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science."

The first Emmy Awards were presented on January 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club, but solely to honor shows produced and aired locally in the Los Angeles area. Shirley Dinsdale has the distinction of receiving the very first Emmy, for Most Outstanding Television Personality, during that first awards ceremony.

In the 1950s, the ATAS expanded the Emmys into a national event, presenting the awards to shows broadcast nationwide. In 1955, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) was formed in New York as a sister organization to serve members on the East Coast, and help to also supervise the Emmys. The NATAS also established regional chapters throughout the United States, with each one developing their own local Emmy awards show for local programming.

Originally there was only one Emmy Awards ceremony held per year to honor shows nationally broadcast in the United States. That changed when the Daytime Emmy Awards, a separate awards show specifically just for daytime programming, was first held in 1974. Other area-specific Emmy Awards ceremonies soon followed. Also, the International Emmy Awards, honoring television programs produced and initially aired outside the U.S., was established in the early 1970s. Meanwhile, all Emmys awarded prior to the emergence of these separate, area-specific ceremonies are listed along with the Primetime Emmy Awards in the ATAS' official records.

In 1977, due to various conflicts, the ATAS and the NATAS agreed to split ties. However, they also agreed to share ownership of the Emmy statue and trademark, with each responsible for administering a specific set of award shows.

Area-specific ceremonies

The Emmys are presented in various area-specific ceremonies held annually throughout the calendar year, ranging from honoring nationally televised shows to regionally- and locally-produced programs. Each ceremony has their own set of nominating and voting procedures, along with different rules regarding voting committees. Also, the various ceremonies each have own set of award categories, and it is not uncommon for them to have some of the same names (e.g. ''Primetime'' Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series and ''Daytime'' Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series).

Regardless of which area-specific ceremony one wins an Emmy, all winners still may be generally called an "Emmy Winner".

Primetime Emmys

The Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. Ceremonies generally are held in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season, and are currently broadcast in rotation among the ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox networks.

Some award categories presented to behind-the-scenes personnel such as art directors, costume designers, cinematographers, casting directors, and sound editors are awarded at a separate Creative Arts Emmys ceremony held a few days earlier.

Daytime Emmys

The Daytime Emmy Awards, generally are held in June, are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the primetime ceremony in 1972, but the first separate awards show made just for daytime programming was not held until 1974.

Like the Primetime Emmys, a separate Creative Arts Emmy ceremony is also held a few days earlier to honor the behind-the-scenes personnel working in daytime television.

Sports Emmys

The Sports Emmy Awards are presented for excellence in sports programming. The awards ceremony takes place every Spring, usually sometime in the last two weeks in April or the first week in May, and is held on a Monday night in New York City.

News and Documentary Emmys

The News & Documentary Emmy Awards are presented for excellence in national news and documentary programming. The awards ceremony takes place every Fall.

Technology and Engineering Emmys

The Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards are presented to individuals, companies, or to scientific or technical organizations in recognition of significant developments and contributions to the technological and engineering aspects of television.

Regional Emmys

There are 20 total regional chapters located across the United States that each conduct regional awards to recognize excellence in all the regional television markets, including local news programs and other locally produced shows. Nineteen of the regional chapters are affiliated with the NATAS, while the Los Angeles-based ATAS acts as the regional chapter serving the Los Angeles area.

The Regional Emmys are essential in helping NATAS and ATAS honor the works of deserving individuals in local TV through a regional outreach. Like the national awards, each region goes through their own rigorous nomination and voting procedures. Committees are formed to review entries for eligibility and high standards. Once accepted, each entry goes before different review committees, and their votes are cast to determine the final nominees. The final votes are then calculated by certified accounting firms within each region. Regardless of winning on an national or regional level, all recipients are ''"Emmy Award"'' winners.

Originally, each Regional Emmy Awards ceremony primarily focused on only honoring individuals in local ''news'' programming. The regionals have since been expanded to encompass all locally-produced shows that receive less than fifty percent of the country's viewing audience. The Regional Emmy Award statuette is 11.5 inches (29 cm) tall with a base diameter of 5.5 inches (14 cm) and weight of 48 oz (1.4 kg), as opposed to that of the national Primetime Emmy, which stands tall with a base diameter of and weight of 88 oz (2.5 kg)

! Regional chapter	! States in region
	Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Most of Connecticut
	Parts of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin
	Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma; Parts of Wyoming
	Texas; Parts of New Mexico
	''Los Angeles'' only
	Parts of Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania
	Michigan
	Arkansas, Iowa, and Missouri; Parts of Illinois and Louisiana
	Delaware; Most of Pennsylvania; Parts of New Jersey and Ohio
	North Carolina, Tennessee
	Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
	New York; Parts of Connecticut and New Jersey
	Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
	Kentucky and West Virginia; Parts of Indiana and Ohio
	Most of Southern California; Parts of Nevada
	Arizona and Utah; Most of New Mexico and Wyoming; Parts of Southern California
	Northern California and Hawaii; Parts of Nevada
	Mississippi and South Carolina; Most of Alabama and Georgia
	Florida; Parts of Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia
	Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota; Parts of Nebraska and Wisconsin

===International Emmys=== The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents the International Emmy Award to the best television programs produced, and initially aired, outside the U.S. There are fourteen program categories for the International Emmy Awards: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actor; Best Performance by an Actress; Children & Young People; Comedy; Current Affairs; Documentary; Drama Series; Interactive Channel; Interactive Program; Interactive TV Service; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; and TV Movie/Mini-Series.

The awards are presented at the International Emmy Awards Gala. Held each year in November at the Hilton Hotel, New York City, the Gala attracts over 1,200 television professionals, who gather to celebrate excellence in television and network with their peers.

The three Interactive categories are awarded in a separate ceremony held during MIPTV in Cannes.

Student Emmys

High school and college students can submit productions to their region's charter and receive recognition in the categories of News, Arts & Entertainment, Documentary, Public Affairs/Community Service/Public Service, Sports, Technical Achievement and Writing.

The school or after-school program attached to the students then receives a plaque with the name of an adult advisor and the student film-makers. Up to one-hundred students are allowed to be attached to an award.

From there, a "blue-ribbon" panel judges the winners from each region and awards the National Student Television Award for Excellence.

However, in 2009, this program was suspended at a national level and competition went on only regionally. Per the NationalStudent.tv website: "Partly as a result of the recent severe downturn in the nation’s economy, corporate and personal grants and donations that provided National Student Television (NSTV) with funds to conduct our annual competition have not materialized. There is no money to continue our operations."

Other Emmys

Business and financial reporting

Public Service—for public service announcements and programming to "advance the common good"

The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award—awarded by the Academy Board of Governors

The Governors Award honors the achievements of an individual, company or organization whose works stand out with the immediacy of current achievement. It is the highest award presented by the Academy.

See also

List of Daytime Emmy Award winners

List of International Emmy Award winners

List of Primetime Emmy Award winners

Sports Emmy Awards

Academy Award

Streamy Awards

British Academy Television Awards

Gemini Award—television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.

Logie Award—television broadcasting industry awards in Australia.

References

Category:American television awards Category:Awards established in 1949

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Anna Torv (born in June 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian actress best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series ''Fringe''.

Biography

Early life

Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland. Anna's father Hans Torv is of Estonian descent, but he was born in Stirling, Scotland. She has been estranged from her father since the age of 8. She has one sibling, a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Maria Torv Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Education

Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996. She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.

Acting career

In 2004 Torv joined the cast of the Australia's acclaimed television drama ''The Secret Life Of Us'' playing Nikki. Torv appeared in the BBC series ''Mistresses''. She also played the voice of the main character Nariko in the video game ''Heavenly Sword''. Anna has appeared partially nude in the magazine ''Esquire''.

Torv plays FBI Agent Olivia Dunham in the American television series ''Fringe''. She filmed Season 2 of ''Fringe'' in Vancouver, British Columbia. She received an Australians in Film Breakthrough award in 2009. Anna appeared as Virginia Grey on HBO's mini-series ''The Pacific''. She also won the 2010 Saturn Award for the Best Television actress.

Personal life

In December 2008 Anna Torv married her ''Fringe'' co-star Mark Valley. They separated after a year of marriage.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2002	''White Collar Blue''	Neighbour	TV series
2002		Irena Nedov	13 episodes
2003	''Travelling Light''	Debra Fowler
2004	''McLeod's Daughters''	Jasmine McLeod	Episode: "McLeod's Daughters (season 4)#Episodes
2004–2005	''''	Nikki Martel	20 episodes
2006	''''	Bridget
2007	''[[Heavenly Sword''	Nariko	Video game
2007		ITU Nurse	TV movie
2008		Alex	5 episodes
2008–present		Olivia Dunham	Main role (65 episodes)
2010	''''	Virginia Grey	TV mini-series

Notable awards and nominations

2008: Nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her role in ''Fringe''

2009: Won an Australians in Film Breakthrough Award

2010: Won a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her role in ''Fringe''

2010: Nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi for her role in ''Fringe''

2011: Won a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her role in ''Fringe''

2011: Won a Fantasy Horror Award for Best Actress for her role in "Fringe"

2011: Nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in "Fringe"

References

External links

Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Australian voice actors Category:Australian television actors Category:Actors from Melbourne Category:People educated at the National Institute of Dramatic Art Category:Australian people of Estonian descent Category:Australian expatriate actors in the United States

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birth date	July 14, 1960
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birth name	Jane Marie Lynch
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Jane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American comedian, actress and singer. Since 2009, she has played the role of Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical-comedy series ''Glee'' for which she has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She has also played roles in comedies such as ''Best in Show'', ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' and ''Role Models'', and is also known for her recurring roles as lawyer Joyce Wischina in ''The L Word'', Dr. Linda Freeman, Charlie's sarcastic therapist on ''Two and a Half Men'' and as Spencer Reid's mother, Dr. Diana Reid on ''Criminal Minds''. She has appeared on ''iCarly'' as Sam's mother.

Early life

Lynch was born and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the daughter of a homemaker-secretary mother, Eileen, and a banker father, Frank Lynch. Her father was of Irish descent and her mother was of Irish and Swedish ancestry. She was raised in a Catholic family and attended Thornridge High School. She received her bachelor's degree in theatre from Illinois State University and her MFA in theatre from Cornell University.

Career

Lynch spent fifteen years in Chicago, acting in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and, at the time of her audition, was one of only two women picked to join The Second City comedy troupe. She then continued to hone her comical and improvisational skills at Annoyance Theater, playing Carol Brady in the theater's ''The Real Live Brady Bunch'.'

Lynch got her start in films in 1988, playing a small role in the film ''Vice Versa''. In 1993 she had secondary role as a doctor alongside Harrison Ford in ''The Fugitive'' in 1993. Nearly a decade of television roles followed, including ''L.A. Law'', ''Judging Amy'', ''The West Wing'', ''7th Heaven'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Friends'', Dawson's Creek (as Pacey's mother), ''Felicity'', ''Arrested Development'', the cult hit Lovespring International, ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Weeds'', ''Boston Legal'', ''The L Word'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Help Me Help You'', ''Gilmore Girls'', ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'', ''Psych'', ''Monk'' and ''Party Down'' among others. She also starred with John Hannah and William Fichtner in 2002's ''MDs'' and has appeared in the crime drama ''Criminal Minds'' as Spencer Reid's schizophrenic mother.

During this time, she also made numerous television commercials, including one for children's cereal "Frosted Flakes," directed by Christopher Guest. A few years later, Guest would remember Lynch as he cast actors for his dog show mockumentary, ''Best in Show'' (2000). As Christy Cummings, Lynch played a butch lesbian personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge). Since then, she has been a staple part of Guest's casts, appearing in the director's ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003) as porn actress-turned-folk singer Laurie Bohner and in ''For Your Consideration'' (2006) as an entertainment reporter.

Around this time, Lynch also wrote and starred in the award-winning play ''Oh Sister, My Sister''. Originally produced in 1998, the play kicked off the ''Lesbians in Theater'' program at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in 2004.

Audiences and critics took notice of Lynch for her oddball turn in Judd Apatow's ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''. She told ''Fresh Air'''s Terry Gross the role was originally intended for a man but, at the urging of Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls, was offered to Lynch instead. Since then, she has starred in a series of films including ''Role Models'', ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'', ''Alvin & the Chipmunks'', ''Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story'', ''Space Chimps'', ''The Rocker'', ''The Hammer'', ''Another Cinderella Story'', ''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', and ''Spring Breakdown''.

In ''Julie and Julia'', she played the role of Dorothy McWilliams, Julia Child's sister. ''Entertainment Weekly'' dedicated an article on their website toward the possibility of her performance receiving an Academy Award nomination.

Beginning 2009, Lynch appeared on the Fox series ''Glee''. She won glowing reviews for her role as the aggressive cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester. Mary McNamara of the LA Times wrote, "Lynch alone makes Glee worth watching." Before her work with ''Glee'', she was a series regular on the Starz comedy ''Party Down''. Though the series was renewed for a second season, Lynch would not be returning due to her work on ''Glee''.

Lynch has garnered numerous accolades and awards throughout her career, particularly for her role as Sue Sylvester. In 2005, for example, Lynch was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz." On December 15, 2009, Lynch received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film for her role on ''Glee''. She was the favorite to win in her category but lost in an upset to Chloë Sevigny. The series itself also received nominations in three other categories. On August 29, 2010, Lynch won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series. And in January 2011, Lynch was awarded the Golden Globe in The Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film Catergory.

In addition to her current work on "Glee", Lynch continues to pursue other projects. Lynch hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' on October 9, 2010; the news of her hosting was accidentally broken to her by her ''Glee'' boss, Ryan Murphy, by text message. Lynch also guest starred on the Nickelodeon show ''iCarly'' as Pam Puckett, Sam Puckett's mother, in the episode ''iSam's Mom''.

She starred in Comcast's XFinity ads that are prevalent in both the Internet and television in the United States, mainly with two different laptops and two different colored Persian cats. She also stars in LG Corp.'s Text Ed campaign to educate drivers about the dangers of texting while driving.

Lynch's first experience hosting an awards show was in 2010 when she hosted the 2010 VH1 DoSomething Awards.

Personal life

Lynch married clinical psychologist Dr. Lara Embry on May 31, 2010 at the Blue Heron Restaurant in Sunderland, Massachusetts. Embry herself received publicity surrounding a custody battle over two children with her former partner.

Both Lynch and Embry are active within the LGBT community. The couple met at a gala for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and together recorded a video message to gay teens as part of Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project.

Lynch currently is working on her memoir, ''Happy Accidents'', to be released Fall 2011 by Hyperion Voice. She was inspired to write the book after reflecting upon the successes of her past year and wishing she could have told her more anxious, younger self to not worry as much.

Lynch and Embry own 2 dogs, a Lhasa Apso named Olivia (named after Olivia Newton John) and a Wheaten Terrier named Georgie as well as a grey tabby named Greta Marie and an Orange Tabby named Riley.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1988	''Taxi Killer''
1988		Ms. Linstrom
	''In the Best Interest of the Children''	Gwen Hatcher	TV Movie, as Jany Lynch
''Straight Talk''	Gladys
	''''	Dr. Kathy Wahlund
''Fatal Instinct''	Prison Reporter
1997	''Touch Me''	Counselor
	''What Planet Are You From?''	Doreen
''Red Lipstick''	Final TV Newscaster
''Color Me Gay''	Executive / Do-Rag Lesbian	Finalist at the 2nd PlanetOut.com Short Movie Awards
	Christy Cummings
	''Nice Guys Finish Last''	Mom	Comedy short
''Martini''	Dr. Jane
	''Hiding in Walls''	Diane Moffet	Comedy short
	Agent Russo
''''	Miss Rush	TV Movie
	''''	Laurie Bohner	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best CastNominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	Julie Gross
	''Little Black Boot''	Grace	Comedy short
''Surviving Eden''	Maude Silver
	Gabby Corky
''Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother''	Blanche Monroe	Comedy short
''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events''	Realtor	Uncredited role
''''	Amelia Earhart	Scenes deleted from final cut
	''Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party''	Joan Hobbie / Minnie	Animated, voice actor
''Promtroversy''	Mimi Nimby (Concerned Parent)	Comedy short
''''	Paula
''Bam Bam and Celeste''	Darlene
''''	Sybill Platt
	''''	Dr. Davina
''Separated at Worth''	Jennifer	TV Movie
''Fifty Pills''	Doreen
''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby''	Lucy Bobby
	Cindy
''''	Dr. Emily Brice	Comedy short
''Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes''	Joan Hobbie / Minnie	Animated, voice actor
''Eye of the Dolphin''	Glinton	Lovespring International
	''I Do & I Don't''	Nora Stelmack
	Casting Director
''Suffering Man's Charity''	Ingrid
''Love is Love''	Reverend Greeley	Comedy short
''Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever''	Joan Hobbie / Minnie	Animated, voice actor
	Gail
''Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story''	News Interviewer	Uncredited role
	''''	Honey Strumpet
''''	Woman in hardware store
''Adventures of Power''	Joni
''Tru Loved''	Ms. Maple
''Space Chimps''	Dr. Poole	voice actor
''''	Lisa
''Another Cinderella Story''	Dominique Blatt	Direct-to-DVD
''Role Models''	Gayle Sweeny
''Man Maid''	Sabena
	''Big Breaks	M.J.	Short
''Spring Breakdown''	Senator Kay Bee Hartmann
''Weather Girl''	J.D.
''Mr. Troop Mom''	Ms. Hulka
''Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust''		Video Game/Voice Work
''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs''	Diatryma Mom	Voice Work
''Julie & Julia''	Dorothy McWilliams
''Post Grad''	Carmella Malby
2010	''Shrek Forever After''	Gretchen
		Yo/Alice
	Pat Stevenson
2012		Mother Superior	filming
2012	''Wreck-It Ralph''	Sergeant Calhoun	voice

+ Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1993	''Bakersfield P.D.''	Michelle Hathaway	Episode: "Bakersfield Madam"
1993		Tammy	Episode: "The Girl Who Cried Baby"
1994	''Married... with Children''	Greta	Episode: "Valentine's Day Massacre"
1994	''Party of Five''	Dr. Pennant	Episode: "Much Ado"
1994	''''	Evaluator	Episode: "The Tutor"
1995		Ruth	Episode: "Female Trouble"
1995	''NewsRadio''	Carol	Episode: "The Cane"
1996	''Cybill''	Mrs. Sweeney	Episode: "Educating Zoey"
1996	''3rd Rock from the Sun''	Mrs. Koppel	Episode: "Dick, Smoker"
1996, 1998	''Caroline in the City''	Hostess	2 Episodes: "Caroline and the Bad Date" and "Caroline and the First Date"
1996	''Frasier''	Cynthia	Episode: "A Lilith Thanksgiving"
1999	''Dharma & Greg''	Sheryl	Episode: "Play Lady Play"
1999–2000	''Judging Amy''	ASA Perkins	3 Episodes: "Pilot", "Drawing the Line" & "Waterworld"
2000			Episode: "The Witches of Gulfport"
2000	''Gilmore Girls''	Nurse	Episode: "Forgiveness and Stuff"
2000–2001	''''	Reporter	2 Episodes: "In The Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 1" & "Two Cathedrals"
2001	''Dawson's Creek''	Mrs. Witter	Episode: "The Te of Pacey"
2001		Carla	Episode: "...And Then Jack Had Two Dates"
2001		Susie Klein	Episode: "I Know What You Did Last Spring Break"
2001	''''		Episode: "The First Hit's Free, Baby"
2001			Episode: "Giving Something Back"
2001	''Boston Public''	Jane Morrell	Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Four"
2001		Cheryl Bowman	Episode: "No Options"
2001	''''	Mrs. Anne T. Lokensgard	Episode: "Lord of the Flies"
2001	''''	Dr. Foreman	Episode: "Ovary Action"
2001–2002	''Family Guy''	Dotty Campbell, the nudist	Voice actor, 4 Episodes
2001–2002	''7th Heaven''	Nurse	4 Episodes
2002		Prosecutor	Episode: "The Trial"
2002		Professor Carnes	2 Episodes: "Ben Don't Leave" & "The Paper Chase"
2002	''MDs''		Series regular
2003	''Watching Ellie''	Roman	Episode: "TV"
2003	''''	Flo McMurtry	Episode: "The Storm"
2003	''Spider-Man: The New Animated Series''	Oscorp Executive	Voice actor, Episode: "Heroes and Villains"
2003	''According to Jim''	Janice	Episode: "The Lemonade Stand"
2004	''NYPD Blue''	Susanna Howe	Episode: "You Da Bomb"
2004		Dr. Julie Waterford	Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Married"
2004		Helen Putasca	Episode: "You Can't Take It With You"
2004		Cindi Lightballoon	3 Episodes: "Altar Egos", "Shock and Aww" & "Justice is Blind"
2004	''Friends''	Ellen the realtor	Episode: "The One Where Estelle Dies"
2004	''Veronica Mars''	Mrs. Donaldson	Episode: "Return of the Kane"
2005	''Unscripted''	Jane	2 Episodes: "Episode #1.6" & "Episode #1.7"
2005	''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''	Ranger	Episode: "Unbearable"
2005		Dr. Taylor	2 Episodes: "Four Feet Under" & "Rub a Tub Tub"
2005	''''	Madame Rothchild	Voice actor, Episode: "Magic Takes a Holiday"
2005		The Candyman	Episode: "Fashion of the Christ"
2005	''Illeanarama''		Illeana Douglas project
2005–2006		Amy O'Brien	2 Episodes: "Rodney Moonlights" & "Rodney Gets a Leg Up"
2006	''Desperate Housewives''	Maxine Bennett	Episode: "Silly People"
2006		Scientist	Episode: "Into Night", uncredited
2006	''Lovespring International''	Victoria Ratchford	Series regular
2006	''Help Me Help You''	Raquel Janes	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2006–2008	''Criminal Minds''	Diana Reid	5 Episodes: "The Fisher King: Part 1", "The Fisher King: Part 2", "Revelations", "The Instincts" & "Memoriam"
2006–2008	''Boston Legal''	Joanna Monroe	4 Episodes: "Can't We All Get A Lung?", "Dances with Wolves", "The Good Lawyer" & "The Verdict"
2007	''Untitled Christine Taylor Project''
2007	''Campus Ladies''	Professor	Episode: "Psych 101"
2007	''''	Ms. Hammond	2 Episodes: "The Real Thing" & "Friends"
2007	''American Dad!''	Various	Voice actor, 2 Episodes: "Surro-Gate" & "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever"
2004–present	''Two and a Half Men''	Dr. Linda Freeman	Recurring minor roleNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series (2010)
2007–present	'' Handy Manny ''	Jackie Greenway	Recurring role/voice work
2005–2009	''''	Joyce Wischnia	Recurring role
2008	''My Name Is Earl''	Sissy	Episode: "I Won't Die With a Little Help From My Friends"
2008	''Psych''	Barbara Dunlap	Episode: "There Might Be Blood"
2009	''''	Joan Jameson	Voice actor, Episode: "Gangland"
2009	''Party Down''	Constance Carmell	Series regular
2009	''Reno 911 ''	Counselor	Episode: "Wiegel's Couple's Therapy"
2009–present		Sue Sylvester	Series regularSatellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television FilmScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2010)Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2009)Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (2010)
2010–2011	''''	Ms. Eck/Sue Sylvester
2010	''Neighbors from Hell''	Alex	Episode: "Screw the EPA"
2010	''iCarly''	Pam Puckett	Season Four, Episode 2 (Episode 72) "iSam's Mom"
2010	''VH1 Do Something Awards''	Herself	Host
2010	''Saturday Night Live''	Herself	Host
2011	''Phineas and Ferb''	Mrs. Johnson	Episodes: "Run, Canadace, Run", "Canderemy" and "Bad Hair Day"
2011		Claire Dudek	Episode: "Public Relations"

Discography

; Soundtracks

2003: ''A Mighty Wind''

2008: ''Another Cinderella Story''

2010: ''Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna

2010: ''Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers

2010: '' Ohio [Glee Cast Version] (Featuring Carol Burnett) – Single

References

External links

PlanetOut interview

AfterEllen.com interview with Jane Lynch

Panel discussion with Jane Lynch at Outfest 2010

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name	Rob Lowe
birth date	March 17, 1964
birth place	Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
birth name	Robert Hepler Lowe
occupation	Actor
years active	1979–present
spouse	Sheryl Berkoff (1991–present; 2 children) }}

Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe (; born March 17, 1964) is an American actor. Lowe came to prominence after appearing in films such as ''The Outsiders'', ''Oxford Blues'', ''About Last Night...'', ''St. Elmo's Fire'', and ''Wayne's World''. On television, Lowe is known for his role as Sam Seaborn on ''The West Wing'' and his role as Senator Robert McCallister on ''Brothers & Sisters''. He is currently a main cast member of ''Parks and Recreation'', playing the role of Chris Traeger. Early in his career Lowe gained notoriety as a life-in-the-fast-lane playboy, ending up in the spotlight for various personal indiscretions and tabloid scandals, including one of the first "sex tape" scandals to hit Hollywood.

Early life

Lowe was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, the son of Barbara K. (née Hepler), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer; his parents divorced when Lowe was young. He has a brother, actor Chad Lowe, and two half brothers. Because of a virus during infancy, he is deaf in his right ear (he later played a deaf character in Stephen King's ''The Stand''). Lowe was baptized into the Episcopal church, though his maternal grandparents were Methodists. He was raised in a "traditional midwestern setting" in Dayton, Ohio, attending Oakwood Junior High School, before moving to the Westside of Los Angeles with his mother and brother. He attended Santa Monica High School, the same high school as fellow actors Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and Robert Downey, Jr.

Early career

One of Lowe's earliest roles came in the 1983 TV movie ''Thursday's Child'', for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination for "Best Actor in a TV Movie/Miniseries". Lowe made his film debut in ''Schoolboy Father'', followed by ''Class.'' with Andrew McCarthy. His breakthrough came in 1983, when he and Emilio Estevez were cast in Francis Ford Coppola's ''The Outsiders''. Lowe played the role of Sodapop Curtis, the brother of the main character Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) and Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze). Lowe and Estevez reunited in ''St. Elmo's Fire'', making them the two more prominent actors from the group known as the Brat Pack. ''About Last Night...'' followed, with Demi Moore (who had starred with Lowe in ''St. Elmo's Fire''). He then received his second Golden Globe nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role as the mentally disabled Rory in ''Square Dance'' (1987).

Later work

Lowe is also known for playing Sam Seaborn in the television series ''The West Wing'' from 1999 to 2003. His performance in the show garnered Lowe an Emmy and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series. When the show premiered, Seaborn was considered the lead, and the pilot centered on the character. But the acclaimed cast of the show—including Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen (whose President Bartlet was initially scripted as a small role) and Stockard Channing (whose First Lady was initially scripted as a guest role)—meant that Sam Seaborn could no longer be considered the lead character.

While he reluctantly accepted his demotion, Lowe and series creator Aaron Sorkin soon found themselves at odds over the network's meddling with the show, most notably the network demanding changes in the Sam Seaborn character. Eventually, Lowe left the series, not long before Sorkin and director/executive producer Thomas Schlamme unceremoniously quit over a dispute with NBC. During the final season of ''The West Wing'', Lowe returned to his role of Sam Seaborn, appearing in two of the final four episodes. In 2011, Lowe appeared on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' and stated that he left the show because he did not feel he was being respected, when the other lead characters received a raise and he did not.

After leaving the show, Lowe was star and executive producer of a failed NBC drama, ''The Lyon's Den'' (2003). In 2004, he tried again in a series entitled ''Dr. Vegas'', but it also was quickly canceled. In 2005, he starred as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in a London West End production of Sorkin's play ''A Few Good Men'', the first time the two had worked together since ''The West Wing''. Although Lowe had expressed unhappiness about his decreased role on that show at the time of his departure, he has now repeatedly said that any animosity between them is over and that he was pleased to be working once more with Sorkin, whose talents as a writer Lowe highly regards. Lowe passed on the role of Dr. Derek Shepherd of ''Grey's Anatomy'', which eventually went to Patrick Dempsey.

Television

Despite his two canceled TV series and flops like ''View From the Top'' and the made-for-TV movie ''Perfect Strangers'' during his post–''West Wing'' run, Lowe found success in the TV miniseries genre. 2004 marked his return to this genre; he had appeared in 1994's ''The Stand'', based on Stephen King's book of the same name. In 2004, Lowe starred in the TNT remake of the Stephen King miniseries ''Salem's Lot'' which was the highest rated cable program of that summer and the highest ratings TNT original programming had at the time. In 2005, Lowe starred in the miniseries ''Beach Girls'' on the Lifetime network, based on the Luanne Rice novel of the same name. The series premiere received the highest ratings for a movie premiere in Lifetime history. In that same year, Lowe filmed his critically acclaimed role as super movie agent in the 2006 independent film ''Thank You for Smoking''. In 2006, he filmed ''The Perfect Day'' for TNT, in which he took a pay cut to film in New Orleans in order to help the hurricane ravaged area. That same year, Lowe filmed ''Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming'', the "sequel" to the 1999 Kevin Bacon thriller ''Stir of Echoes''.

In 2006, it was announced that Lowe would join the cast of ''Brothers & Sisters'' for a guest run of several episodes. In January 2007, ABC announced that Lowe would be staying on ''Brothers and Sisters'' as a "special guest star" for the rest of season 1 after Lowe's initial appearance on the show in November 2006 brought the best ratings and demographic showing for the show since its premiere. Soon after ABC announced an early season 2 renewal for ''Brother & Sisters'' in March 2007, Lowe announced he would be returning for the show's second season. He continued to appear in the series until the end of the 2009–2010 season. Unhappy with the stories and his lack of screen time in the fourth season, Lowe announced he would leave. In an episode broadcast on May 16, 2010, his character was part of a multi-vehicle crash involving a large truck and was put into a coma, the storyline was wrapped up in the first episode of the fifth season; Lowe did not appear in the episode.

In June 2006, he was the guest host for an episode in the third series of ''The Friday Night Project'' for Britain's Channel 4.

Lowe has also appeared in a televised advertisement for 'Visit California', along with other celebrities including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Lowe had a supporting role in the 2009 movie ''The Invention of Lying'' and a leading role in ''Too Late to Say Goodbye''.

In 2010, he appeared in the biography of the Brat Packers called: ''Brat Pack: Where Are They Now?'' He also appeared on ''The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien.''

Lowe is currently teaming up with 44 Blue to produce a reality series entitled ''Potomac Fever'' about young adults living in Washington, DC.

In July 2010, it was announced that Lowe would be providing the voice for the superhero Captain Marvel in the upcoming animated series, ''Young Justice''. It was also announced in July 2010 that Lowe would become a series regular on the series ''Parks and Recreation''.

In 2011, Lowe guest starred in a recurring role on ''Showtime'''s comedy ''Californication''. Lowe featured as the troubled but in-demand actor Eddie Nero - a character based upon "about ten people", according to Lowe but somewhat contradicted by sources at Showtime itself - employed to portray Hank in a film version his book, ''Fucking and Punching''.

Other work

In 2011, Lowe wrote a memoir titled ''Stories I Only Tell My Friends'', which was released in May 2011. During Lowe’s promotional tour for ''Stories I Only Tell My Friends,'' Lowe told Australian radio show ''The Kyle & Jackie O Show'' that during his 5-day press visit to Australia in 1990, he was so badly affected by the overuse of pain-killers that the only two things he remembers from the trip was being at the ''Sydney Zoo'' and getting a tattoo.

Personal life

Rob Lowe is a fan of the NFL football team the Indianapolis Colts.

Family and relationships

Lowe, a little-known actor at the time, and ''Little House on the Prairie'' actress Melissa Gilbert briefly met at age 14 in 1978 in the halls of the CBS Television Studios. In 1981, when both were 17, she spotted Lowe stopped at the red light next to her car and the two began dating. The relationship was rocky and fraught with infidelity. During the filming of 1984's ''The Hotel New Hampshire'', Lowe began an affair with Nastassja Kinski. In Gilbert's 2009 autobiography, ''Prairie Tale: A Memoir'', she talks about sleeping with Lowe's then-best friend, John Cusack, while Lowe was away filming. According to Gilbert, she caught Lowe in Kinski's hotel room and then slept with Cusack out of revenge. Lowe broke up with Gilbert in 1986 when he began dating Princess Stéphanie, but when the relationship with the princess ended, Gilbert and Lowe reunited. The two quickly got engaged and were to be married in the summer of 1987. But when Gilbert informed Lowe that she was pregnant, he broke up with her for good. She miscarried only days later.

Lowe married makeup artist Sheryl Berkoff in July 1991; they have two sons: Matthew Edward Lowe (b. Sept 24, 1993), and John Owen Lowe (b. Nov 6, 1995). They live in Santa Barbara, California.

Sex tape controversy

In 1988, Lowe was involved in a sex scandal over a videotape of him having sex with two women, one of whom was 16. She was filmed with Lowe during the night before the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. Lowe has asserted that he did not know that the second girl was underage, and it was confirmed that the two had met at a bar. At the time, Lowe was campaigning for Michael Dukakis.

Another part of the same tape was leaked at the time, showing Lowe and his friend Justin Moritt, later the line producer, both having sexual intercourse and oral sex with a young American model named Jennifer, in a hotel room in Paris. This part of the original tape was sold as one of the first commercially available celebrity sex tapes, damaging his public image. Eventually, his career rebounded and Lowe mocked his own behavior during two post-scandal appearances as host of ''Saturday Night Live''.

Nanny lawsuit cases

In April 2008, Lowe filed separate lawsuits against three former employees accusing them of breach of contract, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Lowe accuses an ex-nanny of engaging in a scheme to hurt the couple by spreading "malicious lies". Another ex-nanny is accused of falsely claiming to have had a personal and intimate relationship with Lowe, and also repeatedly expressing romantic interest in Rob, claiming that Lowe sexually harassed her and that Sheryl Lowe was an abusive employer. Lowe claims a former chef engaged in sex on their bed with third parties when the family was out of town, stole prescription drugs from the Lowes, broke several security cameras, overcharged them for food, and allegedly made statements to various people that Sheryl was heartless, cold and unclean.

Jessica Gibson, 24-year-old former nanny for Lowe, made 12 allegations against Lowe involving sexual harassment claims and labor-code violations. On June 19, 2008, Santa Barbara, California, Superior Court Judge Denise de Bellefeuille dismissed two allegations regarding labor-code violations due to lack of legal basis.

The legal battle ended in May 2009, the press reported that court records showed that lawsuits filed by both nannies and Lowe have been dismissed in Santa Barbara. Attorneys for both women and Lowe sought the dismissals.

Charity work

Lowe was the first male spokesperson for the 2000 Lee National Denim Day fundraiser, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education. His grandmother and great-grandmother both suffered from breast cancer, and his mother died of the disease in late 2003.

Lowe is a founder of the Homeowner's Defense Fund, a Santa Barbara County non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to local control of land-use planning and transparency in government. The average price of tract homes in Santa Barbara in early 2006 was $1,100,000, which motivated some to propose denser housing on existing lots. While in favor of increasing housing density, he has sought to build a mansion for himself in Montecito, California. Lowe's protest over the appearance of the address of the empty lot in the Santa Barbara News-Press precipitated a mass resignation of senior employees at that newspaper on July 6, 2006, and was a proximate cause of the Santa Barbara News-Press controversy.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
		Sodapop Curtis
	Franklin 'Skip' Burroughs IV
		John Berry
''Oxford Blues''	Nick De Angelo
	''Go-Go's: Prime Time''	Hunk at the dance ("Turn to You")
	Billy Hixx	"Razzie Award" – Worst Supporting Actor
		Dean Youngblood
''About Last Night...''	Danny Martin
1987		Rory	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
		Tim Whalen
''Illegally Yours''	Richard Dice	Limited release
	''If the Shoe Fits''	Francesco Salvitore
	Alex
	''The Finest Hour''	Lawrence Hammer
''The Dark Backward''	Dirk Delta	Limited release
1992		Benjamin Kane
1993	''Fox Hunt''	Edison Pettibone
1994	''Frank & Jesse''	Jesse James	Limited release
1995	''Tommy Boy''	Paul Barish	(uncredited)
	''For Hire''	Mitch Lawrence	''Straight-to-video''
''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery''	Decapitated Henchman's Friend
''Living in Peril''	Walter Woods
	Richard Rank
''Hostile Intent''	Cleary
	''One Hell of a Guy''	Nick	Released in Australian cinemas
''Crazy Six''	Billie, a.k.a. Crazy Six
	''Dead Silent''	Kevin Finney	Limited release
''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''	Young Number Two
2000		The Weevil/Tony	Limited release
2001	''Proximity''	William Conroy	Released in Spanish cinemas, ''Straight-to-DVD''
2002	''Austin Powers in Goldmember''	Middle Number Two
2002
2003	''View from the Top''	Co-Pilot Steve Bench
2004	''Perfect strangers''	Lloyd Rockwell
2005	''Thank You for Smoking''	Jeff Megall
	''Majesty''	Himself
''The Invention of Lying''	Brad Kessler
		Jonathan	''Post-production''
	Coach Dan Winters	''Filming''

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	''A New Kind of Family''	Tony Flannagan	11 episodes, TV series
1980–1981	''ABC Afterschool Special''	Charles Elderberry/Jeff Bartlett	2 episodes; "Schoolboy father", "A Matter of Time"
1983		Sam Alden	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1993	''Suddenly, Last Summer''	Doctor Cukrowicz	TV film
1994		Nick Andros	TV miniseries
1995	''Midnight Man''	Sean Dillon	TV film
	''On Dangerous Ground''	Sean Dillon	TV film
''First Degree''	Det. Rick Mallory	TV film
	''Outrage''	Tom Casey	TV film
''Stories from My Childhood''	Voice	1 episode
	''Atomic Train''	John Seger	TV film
''Winding Roads''	Partygoer	TV film
1999–2006	''The West Wing''	Sam Seaborn
2000	''Under pressure'' (aka ''The Cruel Deep'')	John Spencer	TV film
2001	''Jane Doe''	David Doe	TV film
	''Framed''	Mike Santini	TV film
	Robert Layton	TV film
2003	''The Lyon's Den''	Jack Turner	13 episodes
		Ben Mears	TV miniseries
	Lloyd Rockwell	TV film
2004–2006	''Dr. Vegas''	Dr. Billy Grant	10 episodes
		Jack Kilvert	Miniseries; 6 episodes
''The Christmas Blessing''	Robert Layton	TV film
2006	''A Perfect Day''	Rob Harlan	TV film
2006–2010			78 episodes
2007, 2009	''Family Guy''	Stanford Cordray, Self	2 episodes
2007	''Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming''	Ted Cogan	TV film
2010 – present	''Parks and Recreation''	Chris Traeger	Recurring role season 2, starring role beginning season 3
2011			Recurring role season 1
2011		Eddie Nero	Recurring role season 4

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Category:1964 births Category:Actors from Ohio Category:American Episcopalians Category:American film actors Category:American stage actors Category:American television actors Category:American voice actors Category:Living people Category:Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:People from Charlottesville, Virginia Category:People from Dayton, Ohio

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