Zazie Beetz

German-American actress

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Born: 1991-00-00

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Acting · Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Zazie Olivia Beetz (born June 1, 1991) is a German-American actress. She has received various accolades, most notably an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Atlanta in 2018. Additionally, she has been nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Movie Awards for her participation in high-profile film and television…

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The Dutchman — Kaya2026
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die — Janet2026
They Will Kill You — Asia Reaves2026
The Bad Guys 2 — Diane Foxington (voice)2025
Joker: Folie à Deux — Sophie Dumond2024
Full Circle — Inspector Melody Harmony2023
History of the World: Part II — Mary Magdalene2023
The Bad Guys — Diane Foxington (voice)2022
Bullet Train — The Hornet2022
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' — Self2022

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Zazie Olivia Beetz (/zəˈsiː ˈbeɪts/ zə-SEE BAYTS; German: [zaˈsiː ˈbeːts]; born June 1, 1991) is a German-American actress. She is known for her role as Van in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She starred in the Netflix anthology series Easy (2016–2019) and has voiced Amber Bennett in the adult animated superhero series Invincible since 2021.

In film, Beetz appeared in the disaster film Geostorm (2017) and portrayed the Marvel Comics character Domino in the superhero film Deadpool 2 (2018), with the latter landing her a nomination for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Actress. She portrayed the title character's neighbor in the psychological thriller Joker (2019) and its sequel Joker: Folie à Deux (2024); the former landing her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. Beetz has also voiced Diane Foxington (a.k.a. the Crimson Paw) in the DreamWorks Animation heist comedy film The Bad Guys (2022) and its sequel The Bad Guys 2 (2025); the former of which landed her a nomination for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Voice Performance.