Audiences and critics took notice of Lynch for her oddball role 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 movies including "Role Models", "", "Alvin & the Chipmunks", "", "Space Chimps", "The Rocker", "The Hammer", "Another Cinderella Story", "", and "Spring Breakdown".