Acting
Zoe Kazan
EN cinema · 29 credits
Born
9 September 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Zoe Swicord Kazan
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
Filmography
She Said
as Jodi Kantor
Causeway
Thanks
Cryptozoo
as Magdalene (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Wildlife
Executive Producer, Screenplay
The Big Sick
as Emily Gardner
The Monster
as Kathy
My Blind Brother
as Francie
Our Brand Is Crisis
as LeBlanc
The Pretty One
as Laurel / Audrey
What If
as Chantry
Showing Up
as Self
In Your Eyes
as Rebecca Porter
Some Girl(s)
as Reggie
Ruby Sparks
as Ruby, Executive Producer, Writer
Happythankyoumoreplease
as Mary Catherine
Meek's Cutoff
as Millie Gately
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Grace Lee
It's Complicated
as Gabby Adler
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Tammy Greenwood
Revolutionary Road
as Maureen Grube
Me and Orson Welles
as Gretta Alder
August
as Gal Employee
Fracture
as Mona
The Savages
as Student