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Zoe Kazan is an American actor, screenwriter, and playwright born in Los Angeles, California, on September 9, 1983. She is educated at Yale University and works in film, theatre, acting, and drama. Her professional career began in 2003. She is the daughter of Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and her relatives include Elia Kazan and Molly Kazan. She has one sibling, Maya Kazan, and is the unmarried partner of Paul Dano.
Kazan has written three works, including *After the blast*, *We live here*, and *Absalom*. She writes in English, which is also her native language. She is female, has blue eyes, and blond hair. Her name in her native language is Zoe Swicord Kazan.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1983
- Works
- 3
Top works
- After the blast
- We live here
- Absalom
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- She Said — Jodi Kantor2022
- The Last Movie Stars — Self2022
- The Last Movie Stars — Jackie McDonald (voice)2022
- Cryptozoo — Magdalene (voice)2021
- Clickbait — Pia Brewer2021
- The Plot Against America — Bess Finkel2020
- The Kindness of Strangers — Clara2019
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")2018
- The Big Sick — Emily Gardner2017
- The Deuce — Andrea Martino2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Zoe Swicord Kazan , ( 1983-09-09 ) September 9, 1983 (age 42) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Yale University
- Occupations
- Actress screenwriter playwright
- Years active
- 2003–present
- Partner
- Paul Dano (2007–present)
- Parents
- Nicholas Kazan Robin Swicord
- Relatives
- Maya Kazan (sister) Elia Kazan (paternal grandfather) Molly Kazan (paternal grandmother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Zoe
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Father
- Nicholas Kazan
- Mother
- Robin Swicord
- Sibling
- Maya Kazan
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Eye colour
- blue
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Image
- MJK 331393 Zoe Kazan (The Kindness of Strangers, Berlinale 2019) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Zoe Kazan
- unmarried partner
- Paul Dano
- date of birth
- 1983-09-09
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- relative
- Molly Kazan
- social media followers
- 93959
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Zoe Swicord Kazan
- birth name
- Zoe Swicord Kazan
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Encyclopedic overview
Zoe Swicord Kazan (/kəˈzæn/ kə-ZAN; born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and writer. She has acted in films such as The Savages (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), and It's Complicated (2009). She starred in Happythankyoumoreplease (2010), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Ruby Sparks (2012), What If (2013), The Big Sick (2017), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and She Said (2022). She also wrote Ruby Sparks and co-wrote Wildlife (2018) with her partner Paul Dano.
Kazan made her Broadway debut in the revival of the William Inge play Come Back, Little Sheba (2008). She has since acted in a revival of Anton Chekov's The Seagull (2008), Martin McDonagh's A Behanding in Spokane (2010), and the revival of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt: A Parable (2024). Also a playwright, she wrote Absalom (2008), We Live Here (2011), Trudy and Max in Love (2014), and After the Blast (2017).
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