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.

Filmography

• East of Eden — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• 2022Causeway — Thanks
• 2022She Said — Jodi Kantor
• The Last Movie Stars — Self, Jackie McDonald (voice)
• Clickbait — Pia Brewer
• 2021Cryptozoo — Magdalene (voice)
• The Plot Against America — Bess Finkel
• 2019The Kindness of Strangers — Clara
• 2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• 2018Wildlife — Executive Producer, Screenplay
• 2017The Big Sick — Emily Gardner
• The Deuce — Andrea Martino
• 2016My Blind Brother — Francie
• 2016The Monster — Kathy
• 2015Our Brand Is Crisis — LeBlanc
• 2014In Your Eyes — Rebecca Porter
• Olive Kitteridge — Denise Thibodeau
• 2014The Pretty One — Laurel / Audrey
• 2013Some Girl(s) — Reggie
• 2013What If — Chantry
• 2012Ruby Sparks — Ruby, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2011Happythankyoumoreplease — Mary Catherine
• 2011Meek's Cutoff — Millie Gately
• 2010The Exploding Girl — Ivy
• Bored to Death — Nina
• 2009I Hate Valentine's Day — Tammy Greenwood
• 2009It's Complicated — Gabby Adler
• 2009The Private Lives of Pippa Lee — Grace Lee
• 2008August — Gal Employee
• 2008Me and Orson Welles — Gretta Alder
• 2008Revolutionary Road — Maureen Grube
• 2007Fracture — Mona
• 2007In the Valley of Elah — Angie
• 2007The Savages — Student
• Medium — Izzy
• 2003Swordswallowers and Thin Men — Samantha
• Lonesome Dove — Executive Producer, Creator

Appearances as themselves (6)

• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014Showing Up — Self
• Kulturplatz — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The View — Self - Guest