Zoe Lister-Jones
Biography
Zoe Lister-Jones is an American actress and filmmaker who was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. On television, she was Jen Collins Short in Life in Pieces, the CBS sitcom that ran from 2015 to 2019, and had roles in Delocated, Whitney, and New Girl. Her film work includes Salt (2010), The Marconi Bros. (2008), Armless (2010), Lola Versus (2012), Consumed (2015), and Confirmation (2016). She made her directorial debut with Band Aid (2017), a comedy-drama she starred in, then wrote and directed The Craft: Legacy (2020). She co-wrote and co-directed How It Ends (2021) with Daryl Wein. Her 2023 comedy series Slip, for The Roku Channel, was one she produced, wrote, directed, and starred in; it received two Independent Spirit Award nominations.
44years old
Turns 45 on September 1in 323 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Zoe G. Lister-Jones
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 15 years2008 to 2023
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Beyond film
Lister-Jones wrote and performed a one-woman show with ten characters, Co-dependence is a Four Letter Word, at New York City's Performance Space 122 in 2004.
Behind the camera
In 2017, Lister-Jones directed her first film, the indie Band Aid, and she also wrote the lyrics for its original songs. Kyle Forester composed the music.
Behind the camera
Lister-Jones co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in Breaking Upwards, shot in New York on a $15,000 budget, and she wrote lyrics and performed many of its soundtrack tracks.
Early training
Lister-Jones trained at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, graduating with honors, and also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
Beyond film
Lister-Jones put out her first solo CD, Skip the Kiss. Kyle Forester arranged the music for it, and he also composed the score for Breaking Upwards.
Zoe Lister-Jones movies on Netflix
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Daryl Wein directed three of these films. Three 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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Online
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