# Zoë Kravitz
**Zoë Kravitz** is an American actor, director, and musician, born in 1988 to the musician [Lenny Kravitz](https://www.edgepedia.org/lenny-kravitz) and the actress [Lisa Bonet](https://www.edgepedia.org/lisa-bonet), known for roles in *Mad Max: Fury Road*, *Big Little Lies*, and *The Batman* and for her 2024 directorial debut *Blink Twice*.[1](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042482/2015-05-13/ed-1/seq-6.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birth and family | Zoë Isabella Kravitz, born 1988, daughter of five-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz and Emmy-nominated actress Lisa Bonet[1](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042482/2015-05-13/ed-1/seq-6.pdf) |
| Signature acting roles | Toast the Knowing in *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015); Bonnie Carlson in *Big Little Lies*; Catwoman (Selina Kyle) in *The Batman* (2022)[2](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/zoe-kravitz-movies-tv-shows) • [3](https://press.hulu.com/bios/zoe-kravitz/) |
| Directorial debut | *Blink Twice* (2024), co-written with E.T. Feigenbaum, originally titled *Pussy Island*, starring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/08/23/zoe-kravitz-blink-twice-interview/) • [5](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoe-kravitz-naomi-ackie-blink-twice-interview) |
| Television lead | Star and executive producer of Hulu's gender-flipped *High Fidelity* (2020), canceled after one season[6](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/06/im-ok-with-not-getting-it-right-every-time-zoe-kravitz-on-growing-up-famous-and-getting-her-claws-into-batman) |
| Music | Fronted the bands Elevator Fight and Lolawolf[1](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042482/2015-05-13/ed-1/seq-6.pdf) |
| Fashion work | Global ambassador of Yves Saint Laurent Beauty and brand ambassador for Saint Laurent; face of the YSL Black Opium fragrance from 2018[7](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a30419740/zoe-kravitz-interview-high-fidelity-the-batman/) • [8](https://cardozolawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1.LEVENDOWSKI.45.4.5_FLIP.pdf) |
| Personal life | Married the actor Karl Glusman and later divorced; reportedly engaged to Harry Styles since April 2026[6](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/06/im-ok-with-not-getting-it-right-every-time-zoe-kravitz-on-growing-up-famous-and-getting-her-claws-into-batman) • [9](https://www.whowhatwear.com/living/wedding/zoe-kravitz-wedding-dress-predictions-2026) |
## Early life and family
Kravitz was born into a prominent entertainment family: her father, Lenny Kravitz, is a five-time Grammy-winning musician, and her mother, Lisa Bonet, was Emmy-nominated for *The Cosby Show*.[1](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042482/2015-05-13/ed-1/seq-6.pdf) Her parents split when she was two, and her early years were spent with her mother in Topanga Canyon, California, in an outdoorsy household with limited television; she attended a [Rudolf Steiner](https://www.edgepedia.org/rudolf-steiner) school there and later another in New York.[7](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a30419740/zoe-kravitz-interview-high-fidelity-the-batman/) At 11 she moved to Miami to live with her father. She has described that period as uncomfortable: surrounded by what she calls "an enormous amount of beauty and posturing," she developed bulimia as a teenager, hid the condition from her parents after moving to New York, and then entered therapy; she has said she suffered from the illness for about a decade and remains vigilant about it.[7](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a30419740/zoe-kravitz-interview-high-fidelity-the-batman/)
Her professional career began while she was still in school. During her senior year of high school she worked on two films, *No Reservations*, with [Catherine Zeta-Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/catherine-zeta-jones) and [Aaron Eckhart](https://www.edgepedia.org/aaron-eckhart), and *The Brave One*, directed by [Neil Jordan](https://www.edgepedia.org/neil-jordan) and starring Jodie Foster, whom Kravitz has called a childhood hero.[3](https://press.hulu.com/bios/zoe-kravitz/) • [10](https://vagazine.com/blog/style/interview-zoe-kravitz-actress/)
## Acting career
Through the 2010s Kravitz built a résumé spanning blockbusters and independent film: *X-Men: First Class*, *It's Kind of a Funny Story*, the *Divergent* series, *The Road Within*, *Rough Night*, *Dope*, and *Gemini*.[3](https://press.hulu.com/bios/zoe-kravitz/) In George Miller's *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), which took six awards from ten nominations at the 2016 Oscars, she played Toast the Knowing, one of the Five Wives held by the warlord [Immortan Joe](https://www.edgepedia.org/immortan-joe).[3](https://press.hulu.com/bios/zoe-kravitz/) • [2](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/zoe-kravitz-movies-tv-shows)
**Big Little Lies as a launchpad.** Kravitz credits the HBO series *Big Little Lies*, which won eight [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards), as the hit that changed her trajectory; she appeared in its first season as Bonnie Carlson, a seemingly aloof yoga teacher who kills the domestic abuser Perry after struggling with her own history of abuse.[3](https://press.hulu.com/bios/zoe-kravitz/) • [25](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/big_little_lies/s01/cast-and-crew) Meatier roles followed. She starred in and executive produced Hulu's gender-swapped reboot of *High Fidelity*, playing Rob, a Brooklyn record-store owner working through a list of heartbreaks; the show, based on [Nick Hornby](https://www.edgepedia.org/nick-hornby)'s novel, premiered on [Valentine's Day](https://www.edgepedia.org/valentines-day) 2020 and was canceled after one season, a decision Kravitz called painful and "a mistake."[6](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/06/im-ok-with-not-getting-it-right-every-time-zoe-kravitz-on-growing-up-famous-and-getting-her-claws-into-batman) • [11](https://time.com/5775365/high-fidelity-review-hulu-zoe-kravitz/)
In 2022 she played Selina Kyle, the Catwoman, opposite [Robert Pattinson](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-pattinson) in [Matt Reeves](https://www.edgepedia.org/matt-reeves)'s *The Batman*, a role previously embodied on screen by [Eartha Kitt](https://www.edgepedia.org/eartha-kitt), Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry, and Anne Hathaway.[3](https://press.hulu.com/bios/zoe-kravitz/) • [12](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/7b/81/63bcc84d4f9cb4a9ec490df67692/night-and-day-3.4.22.pdf) In 2025 she played a controlling, awards-obsessed version of herself across three episodes of Seth Rogen's film-industry satire *The Studio*, and in 2026 Apple TV confirmed she would star in Megan Park's next project.[2](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/zoe-kravitz-movies-tv-shows) • [13](https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/01/zoe-kravitz-to-star-in-upcoming-untitled-apple-tv-movie/)
## Blink Twice: directing
Kravitz's first feature as a director began in the summer of 2017 as a two-word title, *Pussy Island*, and a "fever dream novella" she developed over years with her writing partner E.T. Feigenbaum, who had been showrunner on *High Fidelity*.[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/08/23/zoe-kravitz-blink-twice-interview/) • [14](https://www.lwlies.com/interviews/zoe-kravitz-directing-is-what-ive-always-wanted-to-do) She has said the idea came from watching the unspoken games played in rooms with powerful people and from conversations with friends, at the dawn of the #[MeToo movement](https://www.edgepedia.org/metoo-movement), about why women signal warnings to each other with their eyes rather than speak.[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/08/23/zoe-kravitz-blink-twice-interview/) She chose the original title because she wanted to reclaim the profane word, and later renamed the film *Blink Twice*, explaining "we're not there yet."[15](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/zoe-kravitz-change-title-blink-twice)
The finished thriller follows Frida ([Naomi Ackie](https://www.edgepedia.org/naomi-ackie)), a cocktail waitress invited with her friend Jess (Alia Shawkat) to the private tropical island of tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum), where luxury curdles into something sinister; the cast also includes Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Slater, and Kyle MacLachlan.[5](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoe-kravitz-naomi-ackie-blink-twice-interview) Kravitz drew the island's dynamic from the Garden of Eden and *Lord of the Flies*, stories in which people stripped of their normal surroundings expose who they really are.[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/08/23/zoe-kravitz-blink-twice-interview/) The film opened in theaters on August 23, 2024.[16](https://www.biography.com/actors/zoe-kravitz) Critics were divided: the Associated Press called it a "stylish, ambitious, buzzy film" that aspires to be a gender-themed *Get Out*, while the Guardian judged it stylish but scattered, with a plot that strains under scrutiny.[17](https://apnews.com/article/79aee392c111325ae332634cdd322015) • [18](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/22/blink-twice-review-zoe-kravitzs-stylish-yet-scattered-metoo-thriller) The Atlantic named it the movie that mattered most in 2024, calling it a story about what men are capable of when no rules apply.[19](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/12/blink-twice-sexual-assault-allegations-2024/680902/)
## Music and fashion
Kravitz has fronted two bands, Elevator Fight and Lolawolf, and modeled for designers including Vera Wang.[1](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042482/2015-05-13/ed-1/seq-6.pdf) In 2018 she became the face of the Yves Saint Laurent fragrance Black Opium and publicly critiqued the lack of industry diversity around that campaign.[8](https://cardozolawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1.LEVENDOWSKI.45.4.5_FLIP.pdf) She is a global ambassador of YSL Beauty and a brand ambassador for Saint Laurent.[7](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a30419740/zoe-kravitz-interview-high-fidelity-the-batman/)
Her image has also been a platform. In 2018 she posed for a Harper's Bazaar cover that was left completely unretouched, in a shoot championing authenticity; interviewed by her friend and *Big Little Lies* co-star Reese Witherspoon, she admitted being "a little scared" about the unedited photographs, and said the fear itself saddened her.[20](https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/zoe-kravitz-harpers-bazaar-photos-unedited-retouched-photoshoot-reese-witherspoon-a8542761.html) She returned to the Met Gala in 2026 after an absence dating to 2021, serving as a cochair of the Gala Host Committee.[21](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity-style/zoe-kravitz-saint-laurent-dress-met-gala-red-carpet-2026-photos)
## Personal life
Kravitz married the actor Karl Glusman; the Guardian reported the marriage ended in divorce, a subject she has addressed through her music.[6](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/06/im-ok-with-not-getting-it-right-every-time-zoe-kravitz-on-growing-up-famous-and-getting-her-claws-into-batman) In August 2025 she and the singer Harry Styles were first publicly linked, photographed arm in arm in Rome; in April 2026, outlets including People reported the couple was engaged after Kravitz was seen wearing an elongated cushion-cut diamond ring set in a yellow-gold bezel.[9](https://www.whowhatwear.com/living/wedding/zoe-kravitz-wedding-dress-predictions-2026) She has since been photographed wearing what Vogue describes as a seven-carat engagement ring, and Styles's *Together, Together* tour brought the pair to London, where Kravitz attended designer Jessica McCormack's summer solstice party.[22](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoe-kravitz-british-garden-party-bridal-white-style)
She has been open about fame inherited as well as earned. Writing about children of famous parents, she has called the family business a thing often "met with skepticism," and in a 2026 British Vogue interview she said she does not connect with the "cool girl" label attached to her, adding, "I don't really know what the word cool even means anymore."[23](https://www.lacarchive.com/uploads/750b35fe-e411-4083-9e88-b80f813ddc40.pdf) • [24](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoe-kravitz-on-her-british-vogue-cover-being-a-cool-girl-and-wearing-braids-on-the-red-carpet)
## References
1. [Zoë Kravitz: The 'Mad Max' Interview, Oregon Digital Newspaper Project](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042482/2015-05-13/ed-1/seq-6.pdf)
2. [9 Zoë Kravitz Performances That Are Essential Viewing, British Vogue](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/zoe-kravitz-movies-tv-shows)
3. [Zoë Kravitz biography, Hulu Press](https://press.hulu.com/bios/zoe-kravitz/)
4. [Zoe Kravitz on 'Blink Twice': Why she had to make it and what she wanted to call it, The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/08/23/zoe-kravitz-blink-twice-interview/)
5. [Zoë Kravitz and Naomi Ackie on #MeToo, 'Get Out,' Nail Art, and Their Thrilling New Film, 'Blink Twice', Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoe-kravitz-naomi-ackie-blink-twice-interview)
6. ['I'm OK with not getting it right every time': Zoë Kravitz on growing up famous and getting her claws into Batman, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/06/im-ok-with-not-getting-it-right-every-time-zoe-kravitz-on-growing-up-famous-and-getting-her-claws-into-batman)
7. [Zoë Kravitz On Her New Marriage, New Hulu Series, and Her Famous Parents, ELLE](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a30419740/zoe-kravitz-interview-high-fidelity-the-batman/)
8. [Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 45:4, citing ELLE Canada on Zoë Kravitz and YSL Black Opium](https://cardozolawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1.LEVENDOWSKI.45.4.5_FLIP.pdf)
9. [The Row, Saint Laurent, or Something Else? I'm Predicting Zoë Kravitz's Bridal Style, WhoWhatWear](https://www.whowhatwear.com/living/wedding/zoe-kravitz-wedding-dress-predictions-2026)
10. [An Interview with actress Zoë Kravitz, VAGA](https://vagazine.com/blog/style/interview-zoe-kravitz-actress/)
11. [Zoë Kravitz's Hulu High Fidelity Series Is So Much More Than a Gender-Flipped Reboot, TIME](https://time.com/5775365/high-fidelity-review-hulu-zoe-kravitz/)
12. [Kravitz Leans Into Catwoman's Bisexuality, Los Angeles Times / San Diego Union-Tribune syndication](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/7b/81/63bcc84d4f9cb4a9ec490df67692/night-and-day-3.4.22.pdf)
13. [Zoë Kravitz to star in upcoming untitled Apple TV movie, 9to5Mac](https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/01/zoe-kravitz-to-star-in-upcoming-untitled-apple-tv-movie/)
14. [Zoë Kravitz: 'Directing is what I've always wanted to do', Little White Lies](https://www.lwlies.com/interviews/zoe-kravitz-directing-is-what-ive-always-wanted-to-do)
15. [Zoë Kravitz on Why She Changed Title of Directorial Debut From 'Pussy Island' to 'Blink Twice', Complex](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/zoe-kravitz-change-title-blink-twice)
16. [Zoë Kravitz: Biography, Actor, Musician, Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/actors/zoe-kravitz)
17. [What to stream: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Morris Chestnut, 'The Wild Robot' and 'The Night Agent', AP News](https://apnews.com/article/79aee392c111325ae332634cdd322015)
18. [Blink Twice review – Zoe Kravitz's stylish yet scattered #MeToo thriller, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/22/blink-twice-review-zoe-kravitzs-stylish-yet-scattered-metoo-thriller)
19. [The Movie That Mattered Most in 2024, The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/12/blink-twice-sexual-assault-allegations-2024/680902/)
20. [Zoë Kravitz poses on Harper's Bazaar cover in completely unretouched photo shoot, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/zoe-kravitz-harpers-bazaar-photos-unedited-retouched-photoshoot-reese-witherspoon-a8542761.html)
21. [Zoë Kravitz Just Wore the Most Tasteful Naked Dress in Met Gala History, WhoWhatWear](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity-style/zoe-kravitz-saint-laurent-dress-met-gala-red-carpet-2026-photos)
22. [Zoë Kravitz Embraces Bridal White for a Very British Garden Party, Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoe-kravitz-british-garden-party-bridal-white-style)
23. [L.A. Review archive, family business quote](https://www.lacarchive.com/uploads/750b35fe-e411-4083-9e88-b80f813ddc40.pdf)
24. [Zoë Kravitz on Her British Vogue Cover, Being a 'Cool Girl,' and Wearing Braids on the Red Carpet, Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoe-kravitz-on-her-british-vogue-cover-being-a-cool-girl-and-wearing-braids-on-the-red-carpet)
25. [Big Little Lies: Season 1, Cast and Crew, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/big_little_lies/s01/cast-and-crew)
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