Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. 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 Happy. Thank You. More. Please. (2010), Meek\'s Cutoff (2010), Ruby Sparks (2012), and What If (2013). In 2014, she appeared the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, for which she received an Emmy nomination. In 2017, she portrayed Emily Gardner, based on Emily V. Gordon, in the film The Big Sick.\n', '

Kazan has acted in several Broadway productions. She is also a screenwriter, having written Ruby Sparks and co-written Wildlife (2018) with her partner Paul Dano, who also directed the film.\n', '

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 was an Anatolian Greek emigrant from Istanbul.\n', '

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