Zoe Kazan
- Acting
- September 9, 1983 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
- East of Eden · Executive producer, Writer
- She Said · Jodi Kantor
- Causeway · Thanks
- The Last Movie Stars · Self, Jackie McDonald (Voice)
- Clickbait · Pia Brewer
- Cryptozoo · Magdalene (Voice)
- The Plot Against America · Bess Finkel
- The Kindness of Strangers · Clara
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
- Wildlife · Executive producer, Screenplay
- The Deuce · Andrea Martino
- The Big Sick · Emily Gardner
- The Monster · Kathy
- My Blind Brother · Francie
- Our Brand Is Crisis · LeBlanc
- Olive Kitteridge · Denise Thibodeau
- In Your Eyes · Rebecca Porter
- Showing Up · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Pretty One · Laurel / Audrey
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- What If · Chantry
- Some Girl(s) · Reggie
- Ruby Sparks · Ruby, Executive producer
- Meek's Cutoff · Millie Gately
- Happythankyoumoreplease · Mary Catherine
- The Exploding Girl · Ivy
- It's Complicated · Gabby Adler
- Bored to Death · Nina
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee · Grace Lee
- I Hate Valentine's Day · Tammy Greenwood
- Revolutionary Road · Maureen Grube
- Me and Orson Welles · Gretta Alder
- August · Gal Employee
- The Savages · Student
- In the Valley of Elah · Angie
- Fracture · Mona
- Medium · Izzy
- Kulturplatz · Self
- Swordswallowers and Thin Men · Samantha
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The View · Self
- Lonesome Dove · Executive producer, Creator