Amy Landecker

Amy Landecker is an American film, stage, and television actor. She is known for her supporting roles in films Dan in Real Life (2007), A Serious Man (2009), and All Is Bright (2013). In 2014, Landecker began starring as Sarah Pfefferman in the Amazon Studios critically acclaimed comedy-drama Transparent.

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• "Amy Landecker." Wikipedia. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Landecker > Accessed 20 December 2016.
• Knight Jr., Richard. "Amy Landecker proud of her slow, steady career evolution." Chicago Tribune, 2 October 2014. < http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-questions-cha... > Accessed 20 December 2016.

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Amy Lauren Landecker (born September 30, 1969) is an American stage, film and television actress known for her supporting roles in films Dan in Real Life (2007), A Serious Man (2009), All Is Bright (2013), Project Almanac (2015) and Beatriz at Dinner (2017). In 2014, Landecker began starring as Sarah Pfefferman in the Amazon Studios critically acclaimed comedy-drama Transparent.

Early life

Landecker was born September 30, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of John Records Landecker, a Chicago radio personality. One of her maternal great-grandfathers was lawyer Joseph N. Welch.

Career

Landecker earned her Screen Actors Guild card doing a voiceover for a Tampax commercial. In the commercial Landecker echoes the voice of the on-camera actress, saying only the word "ballet", but made $10,000 in residuals from the commercial. Landecker recalls, "I never saw money like that in my life, and it didn't even matter what I looked like! I was hooked on [voiceover] from then on!"

Early in her career, Landecker primarily focused on stage work, and did not move to Los Angeles until she was 38. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including a supporting role as Mrs. Samsky in the Academy Award for Best Picture-nominated film A Serious Man, directed by the Coen brothers. That performance received praise from many film critics, including Roger Ebert, who wrote, "Amy Landecker, too, is perfect as Mrs. Samsky. She makes the character sexy in a strictly logical sense, but any prudent man would know on first sight to stay clear".

In 2011, Landecker was a regular cast member of The Paul Reiser Show on NBC, playing Paul Reiser's wife, Claire. On television, she has guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NCIS, Curb Your Enthusiasm (where she met and started to date Larry David), Revenge, and many more series. She has also appeared in a number of Off-Broadway theatrical productions, including Bug. In 2013, Landecker co-starred in films All Is Bright, Clear History and Enough Said. In 2014, she was cast alongside Jeffrey Tambor and Judith Light in the Amazon Studios comedy-drama series, Transparent. She co-starred in the Michael Bay-produced time travel thriller Project Almanac, which was released in January 2015.

Personal life

Landecker and her Transparent co-star Bradley Whitford began dating in early 2015. Whitford announced on the Marc Maron podcast on April 23, 2018 that he and Landecker were engaged. They married on July 17, 2019.

Filmography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Landecker#Filmography