Zoe Kazan
Known for Acting
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
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Revolutionary Road
2008
as Maureen Grube
Fracture
2007
as Mona
The Big Sick
2017
as Emily Gardner
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
as LeBlanc
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Angie
Ruby Sparks
2012
as Ruby
It's Complicated
2009
as Gabby Adler
She Said
2022
as Jodi Kantor
What If
2013
as Chantry
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011
as Mary Catherine
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Grace Lee
Me and Orson Welles
2008
as Gretta Alder
The Monster
2016
as Kathy
In Your Eyes
2014
as Rebecca Porter
Meek's Cutoff
2011
as Millie Gately
The Pretty One
2014
as Laurel / Audrey
The Savages
2007
as Student
Showing Up
2014
as Self
The Kindness of Strangers
2019
as Clara