Amy Lauren Landecker (born September , ) is an American actress. She
is known for her role as Sarah Pfefferman on the Amazon comedy-drama
series Transparent (â€"), as well as her supporting roles in films Dan
in Real Life (), A Serious Man (), All Is Bright (), Project Almanac
() and Beatriz at Dinner ().Landecker was born September , 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. Her paternal grandfather was a
German-Jewish refugee.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 $, 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 , and
did not move to Los Angeles until she was . 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".
is known for her role as Sarah Pfefferman on the Amazon comedy-drama
series Transparent (â€"), as well as her supporting roles in films Dan
in Real Life (), A Serious Man (), All Is Bright (), Project Almanac
() and Beatriz at Dinner ().Landecker was born September , 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. Her paternal grandfather was a
German-Jewish refugee.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 $, 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 , and
did not move to Los Angeles until she was . 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".
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