Zoe Kazan
Born: 1983-09-09 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- She Said as Jodi Kantor
- Causeway ... (Thanks)
- The Last Movie Stars as Self
2020
- The Plot Against America as Bess Finkel
2019
- The Kindness of Strangers as Clara
2018
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
- Wildlife ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- The Deuce as Andrea Martino
- The Big Sick as Emily Gardner
2016
- The Monster as Kathy
- My Blind Brother as Francie
2015
- Our Brand Is Crisis as LeBlanc
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Olive Kitteridge as Denise Thibodeau
- In Your Eyes as Rebecca Porter
- Showing Up as Self
- The Pretty One as Laurel / Audrey
2013
- Some Girl(s) as Reggie
- What If as Chantry
2012
- Ruby Sparks as Ruby
2011
- Happythankyoumoreplease as Mary Catherine
- Meek's Cutoff as Millie Gately
2010
- The Exploding Girl as Ivy
2009
- Bored to Death as Nina
- It's Complicated as Gabby Adler
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Grace Lee
- I Hate Valentine's Day as Tammy Greenwood
2008
- Revolutionary Road as Maureen Grube
- August as Gal Employee
- Me and Orson Welles as Gretta Alder
2007
- Fracture as Mona
- The Savages as Student
- In the Valley of Elah as Angie
2005
- Medium as Izzy
2004
- Kulturplatz as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Swordswallowers and Thin Men as Samantha
1997
- The View as Self - Guest