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Zazie Beetz

ActorBorn June 1, 1991 (34 years)
Zazie Olivia Beetz (born June 1, 1991) is a German-American actress. She has received various accolades, most notably an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Atlanta in 2018. Additionally, she has been nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Movie Awards for her participation in high-profile film and television productions.

​She began her career appearing in short films before landing her first significant role in the movie Applesauce (2015). Her breakthrough came in 2016 when she was cast as Vanessa "Van" Keefer in the acclaimed FX series Atlanta, created by Donald Glover. Thanks to her naturalistic and charismatic performance, she captured the attention of international critics and audiences, opening doors to major Hollywood productions.

​Since 2018, she has consolidated her career with prominent roles in blockbusters and auteur cinema. She played the mutant Domino in the superhero film Deadpool 2 (2018) and Sophie Dumond in the psychological drama Joker (2019), one of the greatest commercial successes of her career. She has also been part of the cast in films such as High Flying Bird (2019), The Harder They Fall (2021), and Bullet Train (2022). In addition to her on-screen work, she is an advocate for sustainability and uses her platforms to promote environmentally conscious lifestyles.

Known For

  • Joker
  • Deadpool 2
  • Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Atlanta
  • The Harder They Fall
  • The Bad Guys
  • They Will Kill You
  • Full Circle (2023)
  • Wounds
  • Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
  • Nine Days
  • High Flying Bird
  • Lucy in the Sky
  • Easy
  • Seberg
  • Slice
  • The Dutchman

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    Filmography

    2026
    They Will Kill You · as Asia Reaves
    2025
    2025
    The Dutchman · as Kaya
    2025
    The Bad Guys 2 · as Diane Foxington (voice)
    2024
    Joker: Folie à Deux · as Sophie Dumond
    2023
    Full Circle (2023) (TV Series) · as Inspector Melody Harmony
    2023
    History of the World, Part II (TV Series) · as Mary Magdalene
    2022
    Bullet Train · as The Hornet
    2022
    The Bad Guys · as Diane Foxington (voice)
    2021
    The Harder They Fall · as Stagecoach Mary
    2021
    INVINCIBLE (2021) (TV Series) · as Amber (voice)
    2021
    Extinct · as Dottie (voice)
    2020
    Nine Days · as Emma
    2020
    Still Here · as Keysha
    2020
    Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Princess Buttercup
    2020
    Acting for a Cause (TV Series) · as Natalie Keener
    2019
    Seberg · as Dorothy Jamal
    2019
    Wounds · as Alicia
    2019
    Joker · as Sophie Dumond
    2019
    Lucy in the Sky · as Erin Eccles
    2019
    The Twilight Zone (2019) (TV Series) · as Sophie Gelson
    2019
    2018
    2018
    Slice · as Astrid
    2018
    Deadpool 2 · as Domino
    2018
    That's Harassment · as Employee
    2018
    Dead Pigs · as Angie
    2017
    Sollers Point · as Courtney
    2017
    Geostorm · as Dana
    2017
    Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Danni
    2016
    Wolves · as Victoria
    2016
    Easy (TV Series) · as Noelle
    2016
    Atlanta (TV Series) · as Vanessa 'van' Keefer
    2016
    Margot vs. Lily (TV Series) · as Allie
    2015
    Applesauce · as Rain
    2015
    James White · as Girl #1
    2011
    Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Bo
    2005
    Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Sasha / Man-E-Faces' Robot Wife (voice)

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