Amy Landecker

**Amy Lauren Landecker** (born September 30, 1969) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sarah Pfefferman on the Amazon comedy-drama series *Transparent* (2014–2019), as well as 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).

## 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. She attended University of Wisconsin at Madison for college, studying theater.

## 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, including but not limited to Rajiv Joseph's *All This Intimacy* in 2006, 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 divorced Jackson Lynch, with whom she has a daughter, in 2011. She began dating actor Bradley Whitford, whom she met on the set of *Transparent,* in 2015. They announced their engagement in March 2018 and married on July 17, 2019.

## References

1. ↑ "Amy Landecker". *TV Guide*. https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amy-landecker/219731/. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
2. ↑ Swartz, Tracy (January 7, 2016). "Amy Landecker Recalls Awkward Don Cheadle Sex Joke", *Chicago Tribune*. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
3. ↑ Zwecker, Bill (September 23, 2014). "Chicago Native Amy Landecker Goes *Transparent* on Us", *Chicago Sun-Times*. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
4. ↑ Moynihan, Rob (January 18, 2016). "How I Got My SAG-AFTRA Card", *TV Guide*. p. 12.
5. ↑ Carey, Ross. "Episode 36: Featuring Amy Landecker". RossCarey.com. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
6. ↑ Yuon, Jada (September 28, 2009). "A Serious Man's Amy Landecker". *New York*. https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/09/a\_serious\_mans\_amy\_landecker.html.
7. ↑ Ebert, Roger (October 7, 2009). "A Serious Man", *Chicago Sun-Times*.
8. ↑ Caro, Mark (April 27, 2011). "Landecker Stays in Focus", *Chicago Tribune*.
9. ↑ Verini, Bob (April 30, 2007). "*Bug*", *Variety*.
10. ↑ Sun, Rebecca (June 12, 2014). "'Transparent' Star Amy Landecker Signs With ICM Partners (Exclusive)". *The Hollywood Reporter*. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/transparent-star-amy-landecker-signs-711583.
11. ↑ Prudom, Laura. "Amazon's 'Transparent' to Premiere September 26 in U.S. and U.K.". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/amazon-transparent-premiere-september-26-us-uk-1201291763/.
12. ↑ Hammond, Pete (January 28, 2015). "‘Project Almanac’ Review: Hammond Touts Teen Time-Travel Tale". *Deadline Hollywood*.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Heldman, Breanne L (July 18, 2019). "Bradley Whitford and Amy Landecker Are Married", *People*.
14. ↑ Fallon, Kevin (September 27, 2019). "Amy Landecker Almost Turned Down ‘Transparent.’ Imagine.", *The Daily Beast*.
15. ↑ Weiss, Matthew Cole (November 11, 2015). "Bradley Whitford Calls Relationship with Transparent Costar Amy Landecker 'Spectacular'". *People*. http://www.people.com/article/transparent-bradley-whitford-calls-relationship-amy-landecker-spectacular.

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