Zoe Kazan

Born: 1983-09-09

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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Revolutionary Road

as Maureen Grube
Released: 2008-12-19

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms...

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Released: 2018-11-09

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the...

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Fracture

as Mona
Released: 2007-04-19

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut...

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The Big Sick

as Emily Gardner
Released: 2017-03-30

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle...

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She Said

as Jodi Kantor
Released: 2022-11-17

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in...

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It's Complicated

as Gabby Adler
Released: 2009-12-23

Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and...

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Ruby Sparks

as Ruby
Released: 2012-07-25

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now...

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In Your Eyes

as Rebecca Porter
Released: 2014-04-20

Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic...

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In the Valley of Elah

as Angie
Released: 2007-09-14

A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their...

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Happythankyoumoreplease

as Mary Catherine
Released: 2011-03-04

Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their...

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What If

as Chantry
Released: 2013-09-07

Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while...

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The Monster

as Kathy
Released: 2016-11-11

A mother and her 10-year old daughter are trapped in a forest. There is something in this...

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I Hate Valentine's Day

as Tammy Greenwood
Released: 2009-06-27

A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any...

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The Kindness of Strangers

as Clara
Released: 2019-12-12

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan...

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Our Brand Is Crisis

as LeBlanc
Released: 2015-09-11

Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American...

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

as Grace Lee
Released: 2009-07-07

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages...

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My Blind Brother

as Francie
Released: 2016-09-19

Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother...

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Meek's Cutoff

as Millie Gately
Released: 2011-04-08

Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along...

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Me and Orson Welles

as Gretta Alder
Released: 2008-09-05

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes...

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The Pretty One

as Laurel / Audrey
Released: 2014-02-07

When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place....

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Some Girl(s)

as Reggie
Released: 2013-06-28

On the eve of his wedding, a successful writer travels around the country to meet up with...

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Cryptozoo

as Magdalene (voice)
Released: 2021-08-20

Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start...

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The Savages

as Student
Released: 2007-11-28

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for...

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August

as Gal Employee
Released: 2008-05-16

Two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs, attempt to keep their company afloat as the stock...

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Showing Up

as Self
Released: 2014-02-25

An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable...

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The Exploding Girl

as Ivy
Released: 2010-03-12

On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings...

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Seven Friends: George Miller’s Justice League

as Self
Released:

Documentary chronicling director George Miller's unmade 2008 superhero movie Justice League Mortal.

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-01-26

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and...

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Medium

as Izzy
First aired: 2005-01-03

Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people...

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Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-06

Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and...

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The Deuce

as Andrea Martino
First aired: 2017-09-10

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times...

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The Deuce

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-09-10

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times...

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The Plot Against America

as Bess Finkel
First aired: 2020-03-16

An alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New...

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The Last Movie Stars

as Jackie McDonald (voice)
First aired: 2022-07-21

A celebration of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership....

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The Last Movie Stars

as Self
First aired: 2022-07-21

A celebration of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership....

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The View

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Bored to Death

as Nina
First aired: 2009-09-20

Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful...

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Clickbait

as Pia Brewer
First aired: 2021-08-25

When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest...

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Olive Kitteridge

as Denise Thibodeau
First aired: 2014-11-02

A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs,...

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