Zoe Kazan
Also Known As: Zoe Swicord Kazan, 조 카잔, 조이 카잔, Ζόι Καζάν, ゾーイ・カザン , زویی کازان
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birthday: September 09, 1983
Age: 41 years old
Gender: Female
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Revolutionary Road
Overview: 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 two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-19
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Overview: 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 toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-07
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It's Complicated
Overview: 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 married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life—just when she thought she had it all figured out.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-23
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Fracture
Overview: 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 him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-19
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In the Valley of Elah
Overview: 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 duty in Iraq.
Genres: History Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-14
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Me and Orson Welles
Overview: New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-05
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August
Overview: Two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs, attempt to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001, one month prior to the 9/11 attacks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-16
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The Exploding Girl
Overview: On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-12
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Happythankyoumoreplease
Overview: Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved. Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood. Sam Wexler is a struggling writer who's having a particularly bad day. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam makes the questionable decision to bring the child back to his apartment and thus begins a rewarding, yet complicated, friendship. Sam's life revolves around his friends — Annie, whose self-image keeps her from commitment; Charlie and Mary Catherine, a couple whose possible move to Los Angeles tests their relationship; and Mississippi, a cabaret singer who catches Sam's eye.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-04
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Meek's Cutoff
Overview: A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-08
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Ruby Sparks
Overview: 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. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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Some Girl(s)
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-28
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The Pretty One
Overview: 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, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-07
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What If
Overview: Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan, seems to be finding the perfect partner, Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry, an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben. Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-07
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Showing Up
Overview: An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell and Eli Wallach.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-25
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In Your Eyes
Overview: 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 experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-20
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I Hate Valentine's Day
Overview: 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 restaurateur in town.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-27
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The Monster
Overview: 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. Something that lurks in the darkness and it’s coming after them.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Our Brand Is Crisis
Overview: Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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My Blind Brother
Overview: Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-19
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The Big Sick
Overview: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-30
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The Savages
Overview: A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-28
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Swordswallowers and Thin Men
Overview: 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 increasingly intimidating, begins to crumble; impending graduation makes it clear to her that that she's ready to move on.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-26
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The Kindness of Strangers
Overview: 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, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-12
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Overview: 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 songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
Genres: Western Comedy Drama Music Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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Cryptozoo
Overview: 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 hidden and unknown.
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-20
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She Said
Overview: 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 movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-17
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