Zoe Kazan

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1983-09-09 (41 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Zoe Swicord Kazan, 조 카잔, 조이 카잔, Ζόι Καζάν, ゾーイ・カザン

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

Actor

2022
She Said

as Jodi Kantor

2022
The Last Movie Stars

as Jackie McDonald (voice)

2021
Cryptozoo

as Magdalene (voice)

2021
Clickbait

as Pia Brewer

2020
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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

2017
The Big Sick

as Emily Gardner

2017
The Deuce

as Andrea Martino

2016
The Monster

as Kathy

2016
My Blind Brother

as Francie

2015
2014
In Your Eyes

as Rebecca Porter

2014
Showing Up

as Self

2014
The Pretty One

as Laurel / Audrey

2014
Olive Kitteridge

as Denise Thibodeau

2013
What If

as Chantry

2013
Some Girl(s)

as Reggie

2012
Ruby Sparks

as Ruby

2011
Meek's Cutoff

as Millie Gately

2011
Happythankyoumoreplease

as Mary Catherine

2009
It's Complicated

as Gabby Adler

2009
I Hate Valentine's Day

as Tammy Greenwood

2009
2008
Revolutionary Road

as Maureen Grube

2008
Me and Orson Welles

as Gretta Alder

2008
August

as Gal Employee

2007
The Savages

as Student

2007
Fracture

as Mona

2005
Medium

as Izzy

2004
Kulturplatz

as Self

1997
The View

as Self - Guest

Writer

East of Eden

as Writer

2018
Wildlife

as Screenplay

2012
Ruby Sparks

as Screenplay

Producer

East of Eden

as Executive Producer

2018
Wildlife

as Executive Producer

2012
Ruby Sparks

as Executive Producer

Creator

East of Eden

as Creator