Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born September 9, 1983
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.
MovieShe Said
2022
as Jodi Kantor
TVThe Last Movie Stars
2022
as Jackie McDonald (voice)
TVClickbait
2021
as Pia Brewer
MovieCryptozoo
2021
as Magdalene (voice)
TVThe Plot Against America
2020
as Bess Finkel
MovieThe Kindness of Strangers
2019
as Clara
MovieThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
TVThe Deuce
2017
as Andrea Martino
MovieThe Big Sick
2017
as Emily Gardner
MovieThe Monster
2016
as Kathy
MovieMy Blind Brother
2016
as Francie
MovieOur Brand Is Crisis
2015
as LeBlanc
TVOlive Kitteridge
2014
as Denise Thibodeau
MovieIn Your Eyes
2014
as Rebecca Porter
MovieShowing Up
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Pretty One
2014
as Laurel / Audrey
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieWhat If
2013
as Chantry
MovieSome Girl(s)
2013
as Reggie
MovieRuby Sparks
2012
as Ruby
MovieMeek's Cutoff
2011
as Millie Gately
MovieHappythankyoumoreplease
2011
as Mary Catherine
MovieThe Exploding Girl
2010
as Ivy
MovieIt's Complicated
2009
as Gabby Adler
TVBored to Death
2009
as Nina
MovieThe Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Grace Lee
MovieI Hate Valentine's Day
2009
as Tammy Greenwood
MovieRevolutionary Road
2008
as Maureen Grube
MovieMe and Orson Welles
2008
as Gretta Alder
MovieAugust
2008
as Gal Employee
MovieThe Savages
2007
as Student
MovieIn the Valley of Elah
2007
as Angie
MovieFracture
2007
as Mona
TVMedium
2005
as Izzy
TVKulturplatz
2004
as Self
Swordswallowers and Thin Men
2003
as Samantha
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TVThe View
1997
as Self - Guest
