Zazie Beetz
Biography
Zazie Olivia Beetz (born June 1, 1991) is a German-American actress. She has received various accolades, most notably an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Atlanta in 2018. Additionally, she has been nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Movie Awards for her participation in high-profile film and television productions. She began her career appearing in short films before landing her first significant role in the movie Applesauce (2015). Her breakthrough came in 2016 when she was cast as Vanessa "Van" Keefer in the acclaimed FX series Atlanta, created by Donald Glover. Thanks to her naturalistic and charismatic performance, she captured the attention of international critics and audiences, opening doors to major Hollywood productions. Since 2018, she has consolidated her career with prominent roles in blockbusters and auteur cinema. She played the mutant Domino in the superhero film Deadpool 2 (2018) and Sophie Dumond in the psychological drama Joker (2019), one of the greatest commercial successes of her career. She has also been part of the cast in films such as High Flying Bird (2019), The Harder They Fall (2021), and Bullet Train (2022). In addition to her on-screen work, she is an advocate for sustainability and uses her platforms to promote environmentally conscious lifestyles.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Black Mirror
INVINCIBLE
The Late Late Show with James Corden
They Will Kill You
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Robot Chicken
All Movies (36)
- They Will Kill You2026 · as Asia Reaves
- Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die2026 · as Janet
- The Dutchman2026 · as Kaya
- The Bad Guys 22025 · as Diane Foxington (voice)
- Joker: Folie à Deux2024 · as Sophie Dumond
- Bullet Train2022 · as The Hornet
- Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'2022 · as Self
- The Bad Guys2022 · as Diane Foxington (voice)
- The Harder They Fall2021 · as Stagecoach Mary
- Nine Days2021 · as Emma
- Extinct2021 · as Dottie (voice)
- Still Here2020 · as Keysha
- Seberg2019 · as Dorothy Jamal
- Joker2019 · as Sophie Dumond
- Lucy in the Sky2019 · as Erin Eccles
- The Undiscovered Country2019 · as Darla
- High Flying Bird2019 · as Sam
- Wounds2019 · as Alicia
- Once Upon a Deadpool2018 · as Domino
- Slice2018 · as Astrid
- Deadpool 22018 · as Domino
- That's Harassment2018 · as Employee
- Dead Pigs2018 · as Angie
- Sollers Point2017 · as Courtney
- Houseplants2017 · as Alma
- Geostorm2017 · as Dana
- Alcor & Mizar2017
- Wolves2016 · as Victoria
- Applesauce2015 · as Rain
- James White2015 · as Girl #1
- Double Bind2015 · as bailey
- 5th & Palisade2015 · as Detective McBride
- Double Booked—
- This Blue Is Mine— · as Connie
- Kockroach—
- The Bad Guys 3— · as Diane Foxington (voice)
All TV Shows (20)
- Full Circle2023 · as Inspector Melody Harmony
- History of the World: Part II2023 · as Mary Magdalene
- INVINCIBLE2021 · as Amber (voice)
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as Princess Buttercup
- Acting for a Cause2020 · as Natalie Keener
- The Twilight Zone2019 · as Sophie Gelson
- Easy2016 · as Noelle
- Atlanta2016 · as Vanessa 'Van' Keefer
- Margot vs. Lily2016 · as Allie
- The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- Black Mirror2011 · as Bo
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- Robot Chicken2005 · as Gertrude's Best Friend (voice)
- Robot Chicken2005 · as Princess Tiana / Sara's Friend (voice)
- Robot Chicken2005 · as Sasha / Man-E-Faces' Robot Wife (voice)
- MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Parallax— · as FBI Agent Saga Bauer