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Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan

Birthday: 1983-09-09 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Cryptozoo

as    Magdalene (voice)

2021
Clickbait

as    Pia Brewer

2020
The Plot Against America

as    Bess Finkel

2020
The Kindness of Strangers

as    Clara

2017
The Big Sick

as    Emily Gardner

2016
My Blind Brother

as    Francie

2016
The Monster

as    Kathy

2015
Our Brand Is Crisis

as    LeBlanc

2014
What If

as    Chantry

2014
Olive Kitteridge

as    Denise Thibodeau

2014
Olive Kitteridge

as    Denise Thibodeau

2014
The Pretty One

as    Laurel / Audrey

2014
In Your Eyes

as    Rebecca Porter

2013
Some Girl(s)

as    Reggie

2012
Ruby Sparks

as    Ruby

2011
Happythankyoumoreplease

as    Mary Catherine

2011
Meek's Cutoff

as    Millie Gately

2010
The Exploding Girl

as    Ivy

2009
It's Complicated

as    Gabby Adler

2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

as    Grace Lee

2009
Me and Orson Welles

as    Gretta Alder

2009
I Hate Valentine's Day

as    Tammy Greenwood

2008
Revolutionary Road

as    Maureen Grube