Zoë Chao
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Zoë Carroll Chao (born September 19, 1985) is an American television and stage actress and screenwriter, principally known for her role as Isobel in Strangers, and Zoe in The Afterparty.
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Early life
Chao was born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.[2] Her mother has Irish roots, and her father is a second-generation Chinese American.[3] Chao has also stated that she grew up in a family of visual artists.[3] After graduating from The Wheeler School in 2004,[4] she received her BA in art history from Brown University and her MFA from the graduate acting program at UCSD.[5]
Career
Chao has participated in theatre productions, including La Jolla Playhouses' Sideways, Surf Report, and WoW Festivals' Our Town, and Ensemble Theatre Company's Amadeus. In 2016, she appeared in the Off Broadway play Friend Art at Second Stage.[6] She has worked with directors Christopher Guest, Les Waters, Ping Chong and Chris Ashley.
Chao also starred in her own TV series, The God Particles, which she wrote and produced. She co-produced the 2017 short Like Animals. She is perhaps best known for starring as Isobel in Strangers,[7] the first three episodes of which were screened at the Sundance Film Festival.[8]
In 2022, Chao was in the main cast of the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty.
Personal life
During the filming of Strangers, Chao relocated from New York City to Los Angeles.[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | My Girlfriend's Abroad | ||
2014 | The Gordon Game | Wife | Short |
The God Particles | Rue | ||
2015 | Dirty Beautiful | Jamie | |
Dirty Garden | Short | ||
Center Pedal | Y | Short | |
2017 | Like Animals | Mary | Short |
2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Soo-Lin | |
2019 | Almost Love | Haley | |
2020 | Downhill | Rosie | |
The High Note | Katie | ||
I Used to Go Here | Laura | ||
2021 | Long Weekend | Vienna | |
2022 | Family Squares | Kelly | Also FF & GG Camera Operator |
Senior Year | Tiffany Blanchette | ||
2023 | Your Place or Mine | TBA | Post-production |
TBA | Somebody I Used to Know | TBA | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | The Protector | BAO House Girl | Episode: "Beef" |
2012 | Hart of Dixie | Dr. Lee | Episode: "Disaster Drills & Departures" |
2014 | God Particles | Rue | 4 episodes |
2014 | The Comeback | Shayna | 4 episodes |
2015 | Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | Ms. Nakamura | Episode: "Sweet Foot Rides" |
2015 | Monster Girls | Halfoff | TV short |
2016 | Rizzoli & Isles | Mimi Tanaka | Episode: "A Shot in the Dark" |
2016 | That's What She Said | TV miniseries | |
2017–2018 | Strangers | Isobel | Main role |
2019 | The OA | Mo | 2 episodes |
2019 | Living with Yourself | Kaylyn | Recurring role |
2020–2021 | Love Life | Sara Yang | Main role (season 1) Guest role (season 2) |
2021 | Modern Love | Zoe | Episode: "The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy" |
2022–present | The Afterparty | Zoe | Main role |
Awards and nominations
Year | Recipient/Nominated work | Award | Result |
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2015 | Best Female Performance in a Comedy | International Academy of Web Television Awards | Won |
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External links
- Zoë Chao at the Internet Movie Database
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- Living people
- Actors from Providence, Rhode Island
- Actresses from Rhode Island
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American women writers
- American actresses of Chinese descent
- American film actresses
- American people of English descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American television actresses
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- Brown University alumni
- Screenwriters from Rhode Island
- University of California, San Diego alumni
- Writers from Providence, Rhode Island