- Daughter of director David Lynch and painter Peggy Reavey. Her parents divorced when she was 6.
- Wrote "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer", a best-selling Twin Peaks (1990) tie-in book. (1990)
- Lynch made history at the New York City Horror Film Festival when she became the first female to win the Best Director award in the festival's history in 2008.
- Became close friends with Sherilyn Fenn while working together in Boxing Helena (1993).
- Moved to Los Angeles as age 19 in order to work for her father.
- (April 16, 2013) Together with Sherilyn Fenn, held a master class at the 2013 International Film Festival of Panama.
- Had three consecutive spinal surgeries for an injury sustained in a car accident.
- Served as a speaker at the Kurtzman Institute in 2012. Robert Kurtzman created the special effects for her film Hisss (2010).
- Has a daughter, Sydney Row Lynch, who was born September 22, 1995. Sydney's father is Andrew J. Peterson (also known as Andrew "Skip" Peterson).
- A documentary about the many difficulties she faced making Hisss (2010) was released in 2012 under the title Despite the Gods (2012).
- One of only three women to have won the Razzie Award for Worst Director. (The other two being Elaine May for Ishtar (1987) and 'Elizabeth Banks', who was one of several directors of Movie 43 (2013). Lynch won the 1994 award for Boxing Helena (1993).
- Attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan.
- Half-sister of Austin Jack Lynch and Riley Lynch.
- Attended the 2010 Twin Peaks Festival. (August 2010)
- Is engaged to artist and screenwriter Jim Robbins.
- In North Bend, Washington, attending the 18th annual Twin Peaks Festival. (August 2010)
- Was a judge at the 2010 International Surrealist Film Festival.
- Has Chinese characters that mean 'live for today' tattooed on her forearm.
- Filming Boxing Helena (1993). (June 1992)
- In Canada, filming Surveillance (2008). (April 2007)
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