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Zoe Kazan

ACTOR · BORN 1983

Zoe Kazan

Born
9 September 1983
Known for
Clickbait (2021), She Said (2022), The Monster (2016), Me and Orson Welles (2008)

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Zoe Kazan (born 9 September 1983) is an actor best known for Clickbait, She Said and The Monster.

10 Interesting Facts About Zoe Kazan

Interesting Facts (7)

  1. #001

    Over the 7-week Meek's Cutoff shoot, Kazan had heat stroke and vomited on one day, while others brought biting cold, sleet and snow.

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  2. #002

    In Jenee LaMarque's The Pretty One (2013), Zoe Kazan portrayed identical twins who look clearly different from each other.

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  3. #003

    Zoe Kazan has said she moved into screenwriting because acting is "an insane waiting game," and writing gave her a second creative outlet that helped her stay sane.

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  4. #004

    Zoe Kazan serves as co-showrunner, writer and executive producer on Netflix's limited-series take on John Steinbeck's East of Eden, which retells the story from the viewpoint of the villainous Cathy Ames.

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  5. #005

    Zoe Kazan's agents first tried to talk her out of The Exploding Girl, since directors Brad Rust Gray and So Yong Kim had no experience with indie film budgets and would only promise to find the money.

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  6. #006

    The Exploding Girl cost just 40 thousand dollars to make, and Kazan calls every stage of it, from production to distribution, a miracle.

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  7. #007

    One reason Kazan wanted to join Meek's Cutoff was a geeky personal one: she was keen to wear a pioneer bonnet.

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Characters & Cast (2)

  1. #008

    Ahead of filming Meek's Cutoff, the cast spent the first days at a Pioneer Camp, where they learned to drive oxen, light fires without matches, collect firewood, strip bark and recognize local plants.

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  2. #009

    On the flight home after the Meek's Cutoff shoot, Kazan cried, because the insular world of the production had drawn the cast in so completely.

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Career & Awards (1)

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    Kazan won the 2008 Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Actress, and remains the only performer to take it for three roles in one year.

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