Amy Landecker 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 "", "", "NCIS", "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (where she met and started to date Larry David),
The Larry Sanders Show most popular episodes of the season were: "Montana", in which the talk show gets back on the air after Larry discovers that life in Montana is not to his liking; "You're Having My Baby", in which a woman claims that she is having Larry's baby; "Hank's Night in the Sun", in which Hank fulfills his dream of becoming guest host; "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show", which Larry dates Sharon Stone and finds out what it means to be the less famous member of a show business couple; and the season finale "End of the Season" in which Larry gets engaged