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Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan

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 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.

CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Zoe Kazan

Through Your Eyes: A Love Story That Sees Beyond the Ordinary

on In Your Eyes | Aug 23, 2025

Ever wonder what it’d be like to see the world through someone else’s eyes literally? In Your Eyes (2014), a paranormal romance penned by Joss Whedon and directed by Brin Hill, dares to answer with a ... Read more

The Fragile Alchemy of Love’s Creation: Unraveling Ruby Sparks

on Ruby Sparks | Jul 19, 2025

In Ruby Sparks (2012), directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris craft a delicate yet incisive exploration of love, control, and the act of creation, blending whimsical romance with unsettling psych... Read more

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