Zazie Beetz


Zazie Olivia Beetz is a German-American actress. She stars in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also appeared in the Netflix anthology series Easy.
In film, Beetz has appeared in the disaster film Geostorm, and has played the Marvel Comics character Domino in the superhero film Deadpool 2 and Arthur Fleck/Joker's neighbor in the psychological thriller Joker.

Early life

Zazie Olivia Beetz was born in Berlin. Her father is a German cabinet maker who immigrated to the United States in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and her mother is an African-American social worker from New York. Her parents separated when she was very young. Beetz was named after the titular character in the Raymond Queneau novel Zazie in the Metro. The pronunciation, with, follows the German-dubbed version of the 1960 film adaptation of the novel.
Beetz attended school in Berlin until moving with her family to New York City at age eight, speaking both German and English with her family at home. Growing up in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood, she became interested in acting while attending Muscota New School and performed in community theaters and on local stages. She graduated from the LaGuardia Arts High School in 2009, and attended Skidmore College, graduating in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in French. She spent a year living in Paris.

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Margot vs. LilyAllieMiniseries;
4 episodes
2016–presentAtlantaVanessa "Van" Keefer10 episodes
2016–2019EasyNoelle4 episodes
2019The Twilight ZoneSophie GelsonEpisode: "Blurryman"
2020Upcoming
2020InvincibleRobotUpcoming