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 p...
Known For
Complete Filmography
She Said
2022
as Jodi Kantor
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo ...
Cryptozoo
2021
as Magdalene (voice)
Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them...
The Kindness of Strangers
2019
as Clara
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, t...
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songste...
Wildlife
2018
Executive Producer, Screenplay
14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled fores...
The Big Sick
2017
as Emily Gardner
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a myster...
The Monster
2016
as Kathy
A mother and her 10-year old daughter are trapped in a forest. There is something in this forest. Something unlike anything they have heard before. So...
My Blind Brother
2016
as Francie
Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way.
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
as LeBlanc
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
In Your Eyes
2014
as Rebecca Porter
Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's ...
Showing Up
2014
as Self
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe ...
The Pretty One
2014
as Laurel / Audrey
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, ...
What If
2013
as Chantry
Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan, seems to b...
Some Girl(s)
2013
as Reggie
On the eve of his wedding, a successful writer travels around the country to meet up with ex-lovers in an attempt to make amends for his wrongdoings.
Ruby Sparks
2012
as Ruby
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. ...
Ruby Sparks
2012
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. ...
Meek's Cutoff
2011
as Millie Gately
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Happythankyoumoreplease
2011
as Mary Catherine
Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling t...
The Exploding Girl
2010
as Ivy
On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashe...
It's Complicated
2009
as Gabby Adler
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is mar...
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Grace Lee
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading t...
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009
as Tammy Greenwood
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateu...
Revolutionary Road
2008
as Maureen Grube
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their ...
Me and Orson Welles
2008
as Gretta Alder
New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
August
2008
as Gal Employee
Two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs, attempt to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001, one month p...
The Savages
2007
as Student
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Angie
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of d...
Fracture
2007
as Mona
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put h...
Swordswallowers and Thin Men
2003
as Samantha
Zak is a smart, good-looking nice guy whose heretofore charmed life starts coming apart as his longtime romance with Samantha, a painter whom he finds...