In 2000, Gertz took up a recurring role on the Fox hit "Ally McBeal" as Kimmy Bishop, John Cage's love interest. Gertz was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. She returned to this role in one more episode as a guest star in the show's final season in 2002. Also in 2002, she portrayed comedian Gilda Radner in the television movie "Gilda Radner: It's Always Something". Gertz's character on "Still Standing", Judy Miller, is named after a character Radner portrayed on "Saturday Night Live". "Still Standing", a television sitcom in which Gertz co-starred with Mark Addy and which originally aired from 2002 to 2006, was her longest-running and most successful television show to date.