Zoe Kazan
Date of birth: 1983-09-09
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Zoe Swicord Kazan, 조 카잔, 조이 카잔, Ζόι Καζάν, ゾーイ・カザン , زویی کازان
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.
Movie Credits
Revolutionary Road
2008-12-19
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with th
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009-07-07
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in
It's Complicated
2009-12-23
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unex
Fracture
2007-04-19
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case f
In the Valley of Elah
2007-09-14
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's d
Me and Orson Welles
2008-09-05
New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attrac
August
2008-05-16
Two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs, attempt to keep their company afloat as the stock mar
The Exploding Girl
2010-03-12
On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings for
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011-03-04
Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their refle
Meek's Cutoff
2011-04-08
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in har
Ruby Sparks
2012-07-25
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling
Some Girl(s)
2013-06-28
On the eve of his wedding, a successful writer travels around the country to meet up with ex-lovers
The Pretty One
2014-02-07
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But,
What If
2013-09-07
Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone ar
Showing Up
2014-02-25
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists in
In Your Eyes
2014-04-20
Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond t
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009-06-27
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man f
The Monster
2016-11-11
A mother and her 10-year old daughter are trapped in a forest. There is something in this forest. So
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015-09-11
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American politica
My Blind Brother
2016-09-19
Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who
The Big Sick
2017-03-30
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as t
The Savages
2007-11-28
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their a
Swordswallowers and Thin Men
2003-09-26
Zak is a smart, good-looking nice guy whose heretofore charmed life starts coming apart as his longt
The Kindness of Strangers
2019-12-12
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to s
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018-11-09
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil Wa
Cryptozoo
2021-08-20
Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wonderin
She Said
2022-11-17
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a g