Zoe Kazan
Actor
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
Fracture
as Mona 2007
Revolutionary Road
as Maureen Grube 2008
The Big Sick
as Emily Gardner 2017
What If
as Chantry 2013
Ruby Sparks
as Ruby 2012
It's Complicated
as Gabby Adler 2009
In the Valley of Elah
as Angie 2007
In Your Eyes
as Rebecca Porter 2014
She Said
as Jodi Kantor 2022
The Monster
as Kathy 2016
Our Brand Is Crisis
as LeBlanc 2015
The Savages
as Student 2007
Happythankyoumoreplease
as Mary Catherine 2011
Meek's Cutoff
as Millie Gately 2011
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Tammy Greenwood 2009
The Pretty One
as Laurel / Audrey 2014