Zoe Kazan
Acting
1983-09-09 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
East of Eden
2026 · Series
She Said
2022 · Movie
Causeway
2022 · Movie
The Last Movie Stars
2022 · Series
Clickbait
2021 · Series
Cryptozoo
2021 · Movie
The Plot Against America
2020 · Series
The Kindness of Strangers
2019 · Movie
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Movie
Wildlife
2018 · Movie
The Deuce
2017 · Series
The Big Sick
2017 · Movie
The Monster
2016 · Movie
My Blind Brother
2016 · Movie
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015 · Movie
Olive Kitteridge
2014 · Series
In Your Eyes
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Showing Up
2014 · Movie
The Pretty One
2014 · Movie
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
What If
2013 · Movie
Some Girl(s)
2013 · Movie
Ruby Sparks
2012 · Movie
Meek's Cutoff
2011 · Movie
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011 · Movie
The Exploding Girl
2010 · Movie
It's Complicated
2009 · Movie
Bored to Death
2009 · Series
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · Movie
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009 · Movie
Revolutionary Road
2008 · Movie
Me and Orson Welles
2008 · Movie
August
2008 · Movie
The Savages
2007 · Movie
In the Valley of Elah
2007 · Movie
Fracture
2007 · Movie
Medium
2005 · Series
Kulturplatz
2004 · Series
Swordswallowers and Thin Men
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
Lonesome Dove
Series