Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September , ) is an American actress,
playwright, and screenwriter. Kazan made her acting debut in
Swordswallowers and Thin Men () and later appeared in films such as
The Savages (), Revolutionary Road () and It's Complicated (). She
starred in Happy. Thank You. More. Please. (), Meek's Cutoff (), Ruby
Sparks (), and What If (). In , 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 (), and in she
appeared in the Coen brothers film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.Kazan
has acted in several Broadway productions. She also wrote Ruby Sparks
and co-wrote Wildlife () with her partner, Paul Dano, who directed the
film. In , she appeared in the HBO miniseries The Plot Against
America.Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters
Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Her paternal grandparents were film
and theatre director Elia Kazan and playwright Molly Kazan (née
Thacher). Elia Kazan was an Anatolian Greek emigrant from Istanbul.
His family original surname was Kazantzoglou (Greek:
Καζαντζόγλου) .
playwright, and screenwriter. Kazan made her acting debut in
Swordswallowers and Thin Men () and later appeared in films such as
The Savages (), Revolutionary Road () and It's Complicated (). She
starred in Happy. Thank You. More. Please. (), Meek's Cutoff (), Ruby
Sparks (), and What If (). In , 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 (), and in she
appeared in the Coen brothers film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.Kazan
has acted in several Broadway productions. She also wrote Ruby Sparks
and co-wrote Wildlife () with her partner, Paul Dano, who directed the
film. In , she appeared in the HBO miniseries The Plot Against
America.Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters
Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Her paternal grandparents were film
and theatre director Elia Kazan and playwright Molly Kazan (née
Thacher). Elia Kazan was an Anatolian Greek emigrant from Istanbul.
His family original surname was Kazantzoglou (Greek:
Καζαντζόγλου) .
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