
Zoe Kazan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1983-09-09 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Acting
(2022)
She Said
as Jodi Kantor
(2021)
Cryptozoo
as Magdalene (voice)
(2019)
The Kindness of Strangers
as Clara
(2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
(2017)
The Big Sick
as Emily Gardner
(2016)
The Monster
as Kathy
(2016)
My Blind Brother
as Francie
(2015)
Our Brand Is Crisis
as LeBlanc
(2014)
In Your Eyes
as Rebecca Porter
(2014)
The Pretty One
as Laurel / Audrey
(2014)
Showing Up
as Self
(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
(2010)
The Exploding Girl
as Ivy
(2009)
It's Complicated
as Gabby Adler
(2009)
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Grace Lee
(2009)
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Tammy Greenwood
(2008)
Revolutionary Road
as Maureen Grube
(2008)
Me and Orson Welles
as Gretta Alder
(2008)
August
as Gal Employee
(2007)
Fracture
as Mona
(2007)
In the Valley of Elah
as Angie
(2007)
The Savages
as Student
(2003)
Swordswallowers and Thin Men
as Samantha
Crew
(2018)
Wildlife
Executive Producer, Screenplay
(2012)
Ruby Sparks
Screenplay, Executive Producer