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Amy Landecker

Amy Landecker

Actor, also director, producer and writer · Born September 30, 1969 (57) · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Actress known for appearing on TV shows like The Paul Reiser Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as Off-Broadway productions. In 2014, she began playing Sarah Pfefferman on the Amazon comedy-drama series Transparent.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 30, 1969 (57)
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor, also director, producer and writer
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 69 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 28% in 30 days

What are Amy Landecker's films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
39%
Bonds
27%
Morality
15%
Society
8%
Survival
6%
Power
5%
Family bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 13 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles
Shapeshifter
1 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Shadow
1 of 6
Mentor
1 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6
Hero
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Warm
9
Hopeful
6
Melancholic
6
Absurd
6
Other
25

How their films linger

Hopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet15
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Amy Landecker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Amy Landecker's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

69 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Misty Green(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Testaments(2026)

    Show 1 episode · as Tabitha MacKenzie

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • For Worse(2025)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Lauren

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • I Wish You All the Best(2024)

    as Brenda de Backer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Shell(2024)

    as Detective Flores

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • #1 Happy Family USA(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Donna (voice)

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • In the Know(2024)

    Show as Caller 2

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Missing(2023)

    as Heather

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • I Love My Dad(2022)

    as Diane

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Chivalry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mia

  • Minx(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · as Bridget Westbury

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Three Months(2022)

    as Edith

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • We Baby Bears(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Gail (voice)

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • The Croods: Family Tree(2021)

    Show 52 episodes · as Ugga (voice)

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Premise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Trish

  • Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two(2021)

    as Barbara Gordon / Carla Viti (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans(2021)

    as Barbara (voice)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One(2021)

    as Barbara Gordon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Your Honor(2020)

    Show 15 episodes · as Nancy Costello

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Accidental Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · as Cast

  • Shithouse(2020)

    as Mom

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Project Power(2020)

    as Gardner

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Little Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Vanessa Savage

  • Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 30 episodes · as Dr. Emilia (voice)

  • Bombshell(2019)

    as Dianne Brandi

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Transparent: Musicale Finale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Sarah Pfefferman

  • 3 Days with Dad(2019)

    as Velma

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Father Figurine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Patricia Venson

  • The Twilight Zone(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Snatchers(2019)

    as Nurse Cheryl

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Girls Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Mia

  • A Kid Like Jake(2018)

    as Sandra

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Alone Together(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Camille

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • LA to Vegas(2018)

    Show as Patricia

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Room 104(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Joan

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Beatriz at Dinner(2017)

    as Jeana

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Hunter's Prayer(2017)

    as Banks

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Handmaid's Tale(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mrs. MacKenzie

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia(2016)

    Show 37 episodes · as Barbara Lake (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Strange(2016)

    as Dr. Bruner

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Dreamland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Olivia

  • The Meddler(2015)

    as Diane

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Babysitter(2015)

    as Janine

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Sneaky Pete(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · as Lorraine Sheffield

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Project Almanac(2015)

    as Kathy Raskin

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Transparent(2014)

    Show 41 episodes · as Sarah Pfefferman

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Enough Said(2013)

    as Debbie

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • All Is Bright(2013)

    as Therese Girard

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Clear History(2013)

    as Nathan's Wife

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • House of Lies(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Janelle Winter

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Revenge(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dr. Michelle Banks

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Happily Divorced(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Audrey

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • The Paul Reiser Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Claire

  • Louie(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Louie's Mom · as Louie's Mother · as Sandra

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • A Serious Man(2009)

    as Mrs. Samsky

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Dan in Real Life(2007)

    as Cindy Lamson

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Private Practice(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Melissa

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Mad Men(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Petra Colson

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Conviction(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Donna Thatcher

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Morgan

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Medium(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Lindsay Burke

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • House(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Darrien McCurdy

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • NCIS(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Ellen Gracey

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Wendy Stahl

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Jane

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Jamie Callahan · as Katharine Vernon · as Stephanie Grayson

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Temporary Girl(1998)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Early Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Susan Schwartz

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Ms. Parrish

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

Missing (2023)

$49M worldwide

Highest rated

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Shell (2024)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19902026

Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 67: 66 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thDirecting1 of 67: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 67: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 67: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s11 · acting2010s29 · acting2020s23 · 23 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 22 roles
0717

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2016, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Amy Landecker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic5
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

Temporary Girl (1998)

90th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)

Midcredits 98th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Amy Landecker's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles26–82 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles11–57 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles40–70 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles24–71 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles15–69 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Amy Landecker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Amy Landecker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dan Hageman shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers