Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan
Kazan at a screening of The F Word in 2014
Born	Zoe Swicord Kazan (1983-09-09) September 9, 1983 (age 33) Los Angeles, California United States
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	Actress, playwright
Years active	2003–present
Partner(s)	Paul Dano (2007–present)
Parent(s)	Robin Swicord Nicholas Kazan
Relatives	Maya Kazan (sister) Elia Kazan (grandfather) Molly Kazan (grandmother)

Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and playwright. Kazan 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 happythankyoumoreplease (2010), Meek's Cutoff (2010) and Ruby Sparks (2012), for which she wrote the screenplay. In 2014, she starred in the film What If and the HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Kazan has also acted in several Broadway productions.

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).

Kazan was educated at the private Wildwood School, Windward School, and also at the Marlborough School, located in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. She attended Yale University (also her grandfather's alma mater—where she was a member of the Manuscript Society), graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre.