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Zoe Swicord Kazan was born in Los Angeles, California, to screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. She is the granddaughter of director Elia Kazan. She is of Greek (from her paternal grandfather), English, and German descent.

Kazan received her BA in Theater from Yale University. In the fall of 2006, she played "Sandy" opposite Cynthia Nixon in The New Group's production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She returned to the stage in the fall of 2007 in Playwrights Horizon's production of "100 Saints You Should Know" and in the New Group's "Things We Want". She lives in Brooklyn.

Granddaughter of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001415/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Elia Kazan</a>.

She and boyfriend <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0200452/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Paul Dano</a> shot the movie, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt1839492/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ruby Sparks (2012)</a>, which Zoe wrote and in which they co-star.

In a relationship with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0200452/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Paul Dano</a> since 2007. They have two children together, daughter Alma Bay Dano, and son.

She has Greek (from her paternal grandfather), English, and German ancestry.

A senior at Yale University. (October 2004)

Was considered one of the &quot;55 Faces of the Future&quot; by Nylon Magazine&#39;s Young Hollywood Issue. (May 2010)

New York, USA: Her play &#39;We Live Here,&#39; commissioned by the Manhattan Theater Club, will premiere there in September. (August 2011)

Daughter of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0443582/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Nicholas Kazan</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0842523/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Robin Swicord</a>.

She was cast as Iris West in a proposed Justice League film to be directed by George Miller in 2007 but it was canceled.

She is currently in &quot;The Seagull&quot; on Broadway (November 2008)

Broadway - currently making her Broadway debut, playing &quot;Marie&quot; in &quot;Come Back, Little Sheba&quot;, starring <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0580924/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">S. Epatha Merkerson</a>, at Manhattan Theatre Club (Biltmore Theatre, NYC). (January 2008)

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