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Zoe Kazan is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer American born on 9 september 1983 at Los Angeles (USA)
Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, 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 had an extensive career on stage. She has acted in several Broadway productions. She is also a playwright.
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Zoe Kazan
Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, 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 had an extensive career on stage. She has acted in several Broadway productions. She is also a playwright.
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The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
, 1h52Directed by Lone Scherfig
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Actors Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim, Andrea Riseborough, Bill Nighy, Jay Baruchel, Caleb Landry Jones
Roles Clara
Rating64%
Voici l'histoire de quatre personnes traversant la pire crise de leur existence.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
, 2h12Directed by Frères Coen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Musical, Western
Actors Tim Blake Nelson, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Tom Waits
Roles Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Rating71%
Le livre The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier, illustré, s'ouvre pour raconter plusieurs histoires.
The Big Sick (2017)
, 2h4Directed by Michael Showalter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, Zoe Kazan, Aidy Bryant, Bo Burnham
Roles Emily Gardner
Rating74%
Après une aventure d'un soir, le comique de stand-up new-yorkais Kumail et Emily sont fous amoureux. Seul problème: Kumail cache l'existence de son amie à ses parents pakistanais très traditionnels. Ils préféreraient voir leur fils épouser une jeune fille pakistanaise. Lorsqu'Emily s'en rend compte, elle jure de ne plus jamais revoir Kumail. Mais Emily tombe soudainement malade et se retrouve dans le coma. Tandis que les médecins cherchent une solution, Kumail ne la quitte pas un seul instant, au grand désespoir des parents excentriques d'Emily. Progressivement, un lien se crée entre Kumail et les parents d'Emily, qui va totalement changer leur vie.
The Monster (2016)
, 1h31Directed by Bryan Bertino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Zoe Kazan, Aaron Douglas, Scott Speedman
Roles Kathy
Rating54%
En pleine nuit, une mère divorcée, accompagnée de sa fille, roule dans des petites routes de campagne pour rendre visite à son-mari. Après avoir heurté un animal, elles tentent de sortir de la forêt dans laquelle elles sont perdues. Mais elles sont les proies d'une créature surnaturelle...
Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
, 1h47Directed by David Gordon Green, Peter Straughan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Scoot McNairy, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Ann Dowd
Roles LeBlanc
Rating60%
In 2002, Bolivian politician Pedro Castillo (a fictionalized version of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada) hires American James Carville's political consulting firm, Greenberg Carville Shrum, to help him win the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. GCS brings in Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock) to manage the campaign in Bolivia. Battling her arch nemesis, the opposition's political consultant Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton), Bodine successfully uses American political campaign strategies to lead Castillo to victory against Victor Rivera (a fictionalized version of socialist candidate Evo Morales).
In Your Eyes (2014)
, 1h46Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Zoe Kazan, Michael Stahl-David, Mark Feuerstein, Jennifer Grey, Nikki Reed, Steve Howey
Roles Rebecca Porter
Rating69%
The film opens with a young Rebecca Porter (Zoe Kazan) about to go sledding in New Hampshire, while across the country in New Mexico a young Dylan Kershaw (Michael Stahl-David) is at school with a group of his friends. Suddenly, Dylan is able to experience everything that Rebecca experiences, and at the exact moment that Rebecca crashes her sled rendering her unconscious, Dylan is thrown from his desk and knocked out cold.
The Pretty One (2014)
, 1h30Directed by Jenée LaMarque
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston, Sterling Beaumon, Danny Pudi, John Carroll Lynch
Roles Laurel / Audrey
Rating62%
Laurel and Audrey are identical twins. Although they look the same on the outside, their personalities are very different. When they get in a severe car crash together, Laurel is taken to the hospital and is informed that her sister has died. Suffering from post-traumatic amnesia, Laurel doesn't remember being who she is at first. The morning of her sister's funeral, she remembers who she is but decides to keep everyone thinking that it was she who had died and not Audrey. She then flies back to the city where Audrey used to live. There, she meets her sister's tenant Basel (Jake Johnson) who is confused about her sudden change of personality, because Audrey was never nice to him before. Living her life posing as her sister, she learns that Audrey had a boyfriend who is married, but broke up with him before the accident. Laurel continues to spend more time with Basel and Audrey's best friend Claudia, who is suspicious about Audrey's change of behavior. Laurel begins a relationship with Basel, and they fall in love. When she finally feels that she is adapting to her new life, she accidentally tells her boss that Charles is her ex-boyfriend, not knowing that Charles is actually her boss's husband, and gets fired immediately. Shortly after this, Basel proposes to Laurel saying that he loved her since he first met her. Laurel, unable to continue deceiving everyone, decides to tell Basel the truth, but he is devastated and breaks up with her.
Some Girl(s) (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Jennifer Morrison, Zoe Kazan, Mía Maestro, Emily Watson
Roles Reggie
Rating45%
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What If (2013)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Dowse
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Amanda Crew, Oona Chaplin, Rafe Spall, Megan Park
Roles Chantry
Rating67%
Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) has a miserable job and lives with his sister and nephew in Toronto, Ontario. He dropped out of medical school after becoming aware of his girlfriend having an affair with his Anatomy teacher and decides to not be social for a year. He is coerced by his best friend Allan (Adam Driver) into going to a party where he quickly gets bored and begins to amuse himself by arranging fridge magnets bearing single words into phrases.
Ruby Sparks (2012)
, 1h44Directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Children's films
Actors Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould
Roles Ruby
Rating71%
Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) is a young novelist who is struggling to recreate the early success of his first novel but unable to commit to any of his ideas. With his introverted personality and idealistic view of what it means to be in love, Calvin also struggles in finding relationships, feeling most women are only interested in an idolized and preconceived notion of who they believe him to be.
Meek's Cutoff (2011)
, 1h44Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about religion, Le désert
Actors Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Zoe Kazan
Roles Millie Gately
Rating64%
In 1845, a small band of settlers traveling across the Oregon High Desert suspect their guide, Stephen Meek, may not actually know where he is going. What was supposed to be a two-week journey stretches into five. With no relief in sight, tensions rise as water becomes increasingly scarce and supplies run low. The wives look on as the husbands discuss what to do, unable to participate in the decision making. The dynamics of power begins to shift when they capture a lone Indian and hold him captive so he may lead them to water. Questions plague the settlers as they press on with dwindling resources: Should they trust Meek? Will the Indian lead them to water or a trap? Are there others following them? How much longer can they survive?
Happythankyoumoreplease (2011)
, 1h40Directed by Josh Radnor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Malin Åkerman, Tony Hale, Zoe Kazan, Kate Mara, Pablo Schreiber, Josh Radnor
Roles Mary Catherine
Rating66%
A story of relationships, happythankyoumoreplease deals with the struggles facing several pairs trying to find their way. The film centers on Sam (Radnor), a writer, and Rasheen (Algieri), a foster care child, who meet each other when Rasheen is abandoned on the subway. The film comes to also involve Sam's best friend Annie (Åkerman), an Alopecia patient trying to find a reason to be loved; his cousin Mary Catherine (Kazan) and her boyfriend Charlie (Schreiber), a couple facing the prospect of leaving New York; and Mississippi (Mara), a waitress/singer trying to make it in the city.
The Exploding Girl (2010)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Zoe Kazan, Mark Rendall
Roles Ivy
Rating61%
Ivy, une jeune étudiante de 20 ans, retourne à New York chez sa mère pour les vacances. Alors qu'elle tente de garder contact avec son petit ami par téléphone, celui-ci se montre de plus en plus distant. Dans le même temps, son meilleur ami Al se retrouve sans domicile pour les vacances et finit par être accueilli par Ivy et sa mère. Les deux jeunes gens passent alors leur temps dans la ville, renforçant ainsi leur amitié. Ivy tente de contrôler toutes ses émotions, alors qu'elle est atteinte d'épilepsie.
Me and Orson Welles (2009)
, 1h53Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about television
Actors Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan
Roles Gretta Alder
Rating66%
In New York City in the fall of 1937, 17-year-old high-school student Richard Samuels meets Orson Welles, who unexpectedly offers him the role of Lucius in Caesar, the first production of his new Mercury Theatre repertory company. The company is immersed in rehearsals at its Broadway theater. Charmed by Welles, Richard infers that he is having an affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant. Richard finds ambitious production assistant Sonja Jones is attracted to him.
It's Complicated (2009)
, 2hDirected by Nancy Meyers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about marriage
Actors Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place
Roles Gabby Adler
Rating65%
Jane (Meryl Streep), who owns a successful bakery in Santa Barbara, California, and Jake Adler (Alec Baldwin), a successful attorney, divorced ten years earlier. They had three children together, two girls and a boy, who are grown. Jake, who was cheating on Jane, married the much younger Agness (Lake Bell).