
Zoe 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.
Acting (26 movies)

Revolutionary Road
2008

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009

It's Complicated
2009

Fracture
2007

In the Valley of Elah
2007

Me and Orson Welles
2008

August
2008

The Exploding Girl
2010

Happythankyoumoreplease
2011

Meek's Cutoff
2011

Ruby Sparks
2012

Some Girl(s)
2013

The Pretty One
2014

What If
2013

Showing Up
2014

In Your Eyes
2014

I Hate Valentine's Day
2009

The Monster
2016

Our Brand Is Crisis
2015

My Blind Brother
2016

The Big Sick
2017

The Savages
2007

The Kindness of Strangers
2019

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018

Cryptozoo
2021

She Said
2022
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby Sparks | 2012 | Screenplay |
| Ruby Sparks | 2012 | Executive Producer |
| Wildlife | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Wildlife | 2018 | Screenplay |