
Cast
Zoe Kazan
Acting
Cast
Zoe Kazan
Known for
Acting
Born
1983-09-09
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Zoe Swicord Kazan
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.

Fracture
as Mona

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Revolutionary Road
as Maureen Grube

It's Complicated
as Gabby Adler

The Big Sick
as Emily Gardner

Ruby Sparks
as Ruby

What If
as Chantry

Cryptozoo
as Magdalene (voice)

Our Brand Is Crisis
as LeBlanc

She Said
as Jodi Kantor

In the Valley of Elah
as Angie

The Savages
as Student

The Monster
as Kathy

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Grace Lee

Showing Up
as Self

In Your Eyes
as Rebecca Porter

The Kindness of Strangers
as Clara

Meek's Cutoff
as Millie Gately

August
as Gal Employee

Me and Orson Welles
as Gretta Alder

Happythankyoumoreplease
as Mary Catherine

I Hate Valentine's Day
as Tammy Greenwood

The Pretty One
as Laurel / Audrey

My Blind Brother
as Francie

Some Girl(s)
as Reggie

The Exploding Girl
as Ivy

Swordswallowers and Thin Men
as Samantha