Zoe Kazan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1983
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
She Said 2022
as Jodi Kantor
Causeway 2022
Thanks
Cryptozoo 2021
as Magdalene (voice)
The Kindness of Strangers 2019
as Clara
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Wildlife 2018
Executive Producer, Screenplay
The Big Sick 2017
as Emily Gardner
The Monster 2016
as Kathy
My Blind Brother 2016
as Francie
Our Brand Is Crisis 2015
as LeBlanc
What If 2014
as Chantry
In Your Eyes 2014
as Rebecca Porter
Showing Up 2014
as Self
The Pretty One 2014
as Laurel / Audrey
Some Girl(s) 2013
as Reggie
Ruby Sparks 2012
as Ruby, Executive Producer, Writer
Meek's Cutoff 2011
as Millie Gately
Happythankyoumoreplease 2011
as Mary Catherine
The Exploding Girl 2010
as Ivy
It's Complicated 2009
as Gabby Adler
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 2009
as Grace Lee
I Hate Valentine's Day 2009
as Tammy Greenwood
Revolutionary Road 2008
as Maureen Grube
Me and Orson Welles 2008
as Gretta Alder
August 2008
as Gal Employee
The Savages 2007
as Student
In the Valley of Elah 2007
as Angie
Fracture 2007
as Mona
- Swordswallowers and Thin Men
Swordswallowers and Thin Men 2003
as Samantha
Credits from TMDB.