Zoe Kazan

Zoe Swicord Kazan is an American actress, screenwriter, and playwright. Her film credits include The Savages (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), It’s Complicated (2009), Happythankyoumoreplease (2010), Meek’s Cutoff (2010), What If (2013), The Big Sick (2017), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and She Said (2022). She also wrote and starred in Ruby Sparks (2012) and co-wrote Wildlife (2018) with her partner, Paul Dano.

Kazan made her Broadway debut in the 2008 revival of William Inge’s Come Back, Little Sheba. Her subsequent Broadway appearances include The Seagull (2008), A Behanding in Spokane (2010), and Doubt: A Parable (2024). As a playwright, her works include Absalom (2008), We Live Here (2011), Trudy and Max in Love (2014), and After the Blast (2017).

On television, Kazan earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for her supporting performance in HBO’s Olive Kitteridge (2014). Her other credits include Bored to Death (2010), The Deuce (2017–2019), The Plot Against America (2020), and Clickbait (2021). Her adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden premiered on Netflix in 2026 to positive reviews.