Zoe Kazan
Biography
Zoe Kazan is an American actress, playwright and screenwriter who was born in Los Angeles and studied theater at Yale University before making her film debut in 2003. She took her first professional stage role in a 2006 off-Broadway revival of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, made her Broadway debut in 2008 in Come Back, Little Sheba, and has acted in revivals of The Seagull and Doubt: A Parable. Her films include It's Complicated (2009), The Exploding Girl (2009), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Happythankyoumoreplease (2010) and What If (2013). She wrote and starred in Ruby Sparks (2012), which brought her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best screenplay, and appeared in The Big Sick (2017). On television she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge, and she also wrote the play Absalom.
43years old
Turns 44 on September 9in 330 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Zoe Swicord Kazan (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 14 years2007 to 2021
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Behind the camera
Zoe Kazan wrote Ruby Sparks, the 2012 comedy-romance in which she also starred in the title role, and served as its executive producer. The screenplay earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay.
First role
Kazan's first professional stage role came in the 2006 off-Broadway revival of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which starred Cynthia Nixon. Her film debut had been in 2003 as Samantha in Swordswallowers and Thin Men.
First role
In January 2008, Kazan first appeared on Broadway in a revival of William Inge's Come Back, Little Sheba, playing alongside S. Epatha Merkerson and Kevin Anderson. Ben Brantley of The New York Times judged her performance "first-rate."
Zoe Kazan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Zoe Kazan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$403 million
14 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 14 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$219M54.4% of the total
- 2$91M22.7% of the total
- 3$56M14.0% of the total
- 4$9.4M2.3% of the total
- 5$8.5M2.1% of the total
- 6$7.0M1.7% of the total
- 7$4.2M1.1% of the total
- 8$2.9M0.7% of the total
$4.2 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total