Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan

Known for
Acting
Born
September 9, 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

2022
She Said poster

She Said

Movie · as Jodi Kantor

2022
The Last Movie Stars poster

The Last Movie Stars

TV · as Self, Jackie McDonald (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Cryptozoo poster

Cryptozoo

Movie · as Magdalene (voice)

2021
Clickbait poster

Clickbait

TV · as Pia Brewer · 8 eps

2020
The Plot Against America poster

The Plot Against America

TV · as Bess Finkel · 6 eps

2019
The Kindness of Strangers poster

The Kindness of Strangers

Movie · as Clara

2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Movie · as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

2017
The Big Sick poster

The Big Sick

Movie · as Emily Gardner

2017
The Deuce poster

The Deuce

TV · as Andrea Martino · 8 eps

2016
The Monster poster

The Monster

Movie · as Kathy

2016
My Blind Brother poster

My Blind Brother

Movie · as Francie

2015
Our Brand Is Crisis poster

Our Brand Is Crisis

Movie · as LeBlanc

2014
The Pretty One poster

The Pretty One

Movie · as Laurel / Audrey

2014
What If poster

What If

Movie · as Chantry

2014
Showing Up poster

Showing Up

Movie · as Self

2014
In Your Eyes poster

In Your Eyes

Movie · as Rebecca Porter

2014
Olive Kitteridge poster

Olive Kitteridge

TV · as Denise Thibodeau · 4 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Some Girl(s) poster

Some Girl(s)

Movie · as Reggie

2012
Ruby Sparks poster

Ruby Sparks

Movie · as Ruby

2011
Happythankyoumoreplease poster

Happythankyoumoreplease

Movie · as Mary Catherine

2011
Meek's Cutoff poster

Meek's Cutoff

Movie · as Millie Gately

2010
The Exploding Girl poster

The Exploding Girl

Movie · as Ivy

2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee poster

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Movie · as Grace Lee

2009
It's Complicated poster

It's Complicated

Movie · as Gabby Adler

2009
I Hate Valentine's Day poster

I Hate Valentine's Day

Movie · as Tammy Greenwood

2009
Bored to Death poster

Bored to Death

TV · as Nina · 4 eps

2008
Revolutionary Road poster

Revolutionary Road

Movie · as Maureen Grube

2008
Me and Orson Welles poster

Me and Orson Welles

Movie · as Gretta Alder

2008
August poster

August

Movie · as Gal Employee

2007
Fracture poster

Fracture

Movie · as Mona

2007
In the Valley of Elah poster

In the Valley of Elah

Movie · as Angie

2007
The Savages poster

The Savages

Movie · as Student

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Izzy · 1 ep

2004
Kulturplatz poster

Kulturplatz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Swordswallowers and Thin Men

Swordswallowers and Thin Men

Movie · as Samantha

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps