Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 9, 1983
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Zoe Kazan
Biography
Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. She made her acting debut in Swordswallowers and Thin Men (2003) and later appeared in films such as The Savages (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), and It's Complicated (2009). She starred in Happy. Thank You. More. Please. (2010), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Ruby Sparks (2012), and What If (2013). In 2014 she appeared in the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, for which she received an Emmy nomination. She portrayed Emily Gardner in the film The Big Sick (2017), and in 2018 appeared in the Coen Brothers film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in the episode "The Gal Who Got Rattled".
She has appeared in several Broadway productions. She also wrote Ruby Sparks and co-wrote Wildlife (2018) with her partner, Paul Dano (who directed Wildlife and co-starred with Kazan in Ruby Sparks). In 2020, she co-starred in the HBO miniseries The Plot Against America.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | She Said | Jodi Kantor |
| 2021 | Cryptozoo | Magdalene (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kindness of Strangers | Clara |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Emily Gardner |
| 2016 | The Monster | Kathy |
| 2016 | My Blind Brother | Francie |
| 2015 | Our Brand Is Crisis | LeBlanc |
| 2014 | The Pretty One | Laurel / Audrey |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Self |
| 2014 | In Your Eyes | Rebecca Porter |
| 2013 | Some Girl(s) | Reggie |
| 2013 | What If | Chantry |
| 2012 | Ruby Sparks | Ruby |
| 2011 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Mary Catherine |
| 2011 | Meek's Cutoff | Millie Gately |
| 2010 | The Exploding Girl | Ivy |
| 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Grace Lee |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | Gabby Adler |
| 2009 | I Hate Valentine's Day | Tammy Greenwood |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Maureen Grube |
| 2008 | Me and Orson Welles | Gretta Alder |
| 2008 | August | Gal Employee |
| 2007 | Fracture | Mona |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Angie |
| 2007 | The Savages | Student |
| 2003 | Swordswallowers and Thin Men | Samantha |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Self |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Jackie McDonald (voice) |
| 2021 | Clickbait | Pia Brewer |
| 2020 | The Plot Against America | Bess Finkel |
| 2017 | The Deuce | Andrea Martino |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Denise Thibodeau |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self |
| 2009 | Bored to Death | Nina |
| 2005 | Medium | Izzy |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |