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.
Filmography
She Said
2022
as Jodi Kantor
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")
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
In Your Eyes
2014
as Rebecca Porter
Showing Up
2014
as Self
The Pretty One
2014
as Laurel / Audrey
What If
2013
as Chantry
Some Girl(s)
2013
as Reggie
Ruby Sparks
2012
as Ruby
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