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.

Known For

Medium

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The View

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Deuce

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Kulturplatz

Bored to Death

All Movies (27)

• She Said2022 · as Jodi Kantor
• Cryptozoo2021 · as Magdalene (voice)
• The Kindness of Strangers2019 · as Clara
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018 · as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• The Big Sick2017 · as Emily Gardner
• The Monster2016 · as Kathy
• My Blind Brother2016 · as Francie
• Our Brand Is Crisis2015 · as LeBlanc
• In Your Eyes2014 · as Rebecca Porter
• Showing Up2014 · as Self
• The Pretty One2014 · as Laurel / Audrey
• What If2013 · as Chantry
• Some Girl(s)2013 · as Reggie
• Ruby Sparks2012 · as Ruby
• Meek's Cutoff2011 · as Millie Gately
• Happythankyoumoreplease2011 · as Mary Catherine
• The Exploding Girl2010 · as Ivy
• It's Complicated2009 · as Gabby Adler
• The Private Lives of Pippa Lee2009 · as Grace Lee
• I Hate Valentine's Day2009 · as Tammy Greenwood
• Revolutionary Road2008 · as Maureen Grube
• Me and Orson Welles2008 · as Gretta Alder
• August2008 · as Gal Employee
• The Savages2007 · as Student
• In the Valley of Elah2007 · as Angie
• Fracture2007 · as Mona
• Swordswallowers and Thin Men2003 · as Samantha

All TV Shows (13)

• The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Jackie McDonald (voice)
• The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Self
• Clickbait2021 · as Pia Brewer
• The Plot Against America2020 · as Bess Finkel
• The Deuce2017 · as Andrea Martino
• Olive Kitteridge2014 · as Denise Thibodeau
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Bored to Death2009 · as Nina
• Medium2005 · as Izzy
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest