# Zoey Deutch
**Zoey Deutch** (born 1994 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and producer whose credits range from the Netflix romantic comedy *Set It Up* to [Richard Linklater](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-linklater)'s *Nouvelle Vague*, in which she plays [French New Wave](https://www.edgepedia.org/french-new-wave) icon [Jean Seberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/jean-seberg). She is the daughter of actress Lea Thompson and director Howard Deutch, and she has built a career alternating between independent films and broader studio and streaming productions, often serving as a producer on her own projects.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3614913/bio/) • [2](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/125/166/304765/presse/nouvelle-vague-presskit.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1994, Los Angeles, California; full name Zoey Francis Thompson Deutch[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3614913/bio/) |
| Family | Daughter of actress Lea Thompson and director Howard Deutch, who met while he directed her in the 1987 film *Some Kind of Wonderful*[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch) |
| First screen role | Recurring character on Disney Channel's *The Suite Life on Deck*, 2010, at age 15[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch) |
| Breakthrough | *Everybody Wants Some!!* (2016) and the Netflix rom-com *Set It Up* (2018) with Glen Powell[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch) • [4](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-interview) |
| As producer | *Buffaloed* (2019), *The Year of Spectacular Men* (2017), *Not Okay* and *Something from Tiffany's* (both 2022)[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/) |
| Awards recognition | BIFA nomination for *The Outfit* (2022); Forbes 30 under 30 (2020)[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/) |
| Signature recent role | Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater's *Nouvelle Vague* (2025), which premiered at Cannes and streamed on Netflix from November 14, 2025[4](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-interview) |
## Early life and family
Deutch grew up in Los Angeles in a filmmaking household. Her mother, [Lea Thompson](https://www.edgepedia.org/lea-thompson), known for *Back to the Future*, met her father, [Howard Deutch](https://www.edgepedia.org/howard-deutch), while he was directing her in the 1987 John Hughes-penned romantic drama *Some Kind of Wonderful*, and the two married.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch) Her older sister, [Madelyn Deutch](https://www.edgepedia.org/madelyn-deutch), is also an actor; the sisters later starred together in *The Year of Spectacular Men*, which Madelyn wrote and their father directed.[6](https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2018-06-14-466359-621920.pdf)
Deutch trained in ballet, jazz, and tap as a child, performed scenes from famous movies with her Barbie dolls, and studied acting at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch) She began acting professionally at 15.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch)
## Early career
Her first screen role came in 2010 as Maya Bennett, a recurring character on the [Disney Channel](https://www.edgepedia.org/disney-channel) series *The Suite Life on Deck*, followed by the 2011 television movie *Hallelujah*, a guest spot on *NCIS*, and the lead role in *Mayor Cupcake*, which also starred her mother and sister.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch) Recurring parts on the CW mystery series *Ringer* (2011-12) and ABC Family's *Switched at Birth* came next.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch)
**Feature-film roles followed steadily.** She played Emily Asher in the 2013 fantasy romance *Beautiful Creatures*, Rose Hathaway in *Vampire Academy* (2014), and appeared in the 2016 comedies *Dirty Grandpa* and *Why Him?*[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch) Critics received her work in Richard Linklater's ensemble comedy *Everybody Wants Some!!* (2016) well, and she followed it with the starring role in the teen drama *Before I Fall* (2017) and the part of [Oona O'Neill](https://www.edgepedia.org/oona-oneill) in [Danny Strong](https://www.edgepedia.org/danny-strong)'s J.D. Salinger biopic *Rebel in the Rye* (2017).[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch)
## Comedy stardom and producing
*Set It Up* (2018), a Netflix romantic comedy directed by Claire Scanlon, paired Deutch with [Glen Powell](https://www.edgepedia.org/glen-powell) as two overworked assistants scheming to set their bosses up with each other. The film holds a 92% Tomatometer score, and reviewers singled out the chemistry between Deutch and Powell.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/set_it_up) She played Madison in *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019) and the debt-collector hustler Peg Dahl in *Buffaloed* (2019), a performance she also produced.[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/)
On television she starred as Infinity Jackson in Ryan Murphy's Netflix series *The Politician* (2019), whose first season received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy.[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/)
**2022 consolidated her standing.** She co-starred with [Mark Rylance](https://www.edgepedia.org/mark-rylance) and [Dylan O'Brien](https://www.edgepedia.org/dylan-obrien) in Graham Moore's *The Outfit*, earning a British Independent Film Awards nomination for Best Supporting Performance, and she starred in and produced both *Not Okay*, a Searchlight/Hulu satire in which she plays an aspiring writer who fakes a trip to Paris, and the Amazon romantic comedy *Something from Tiffany's*.[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/) In 2020 she had been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list.[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/) She later took the female lead in [Clint Eastwood](https://www.edgepedia.org/clint-eastwood)'s legal drama *Juror #2* (2024).[2](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/125/166/304765/presse/nouvelle-vague-presskit.pdf)
## Nouvelle Vague
The idea of playing Jean Seberg dates to *Everybody Wants Some!!*: during that 2016 shoot, Linklater raised the possibility with Deutch, and the offer came years later.[4](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-interview) In *Nouvelle Vague*, Linklater's black-and-white reimagining of the chaotic 1959-60 shooting of [Jean-Luc Godard](https://www.edgepedia.org/jean-luc-godard)'s *Breathless*, Deutch plays Seberg, the American actress Godard cast as Patricia, while also channeling Patricia herself; Deutch described the layers as playing "Jean, I was playing Patricia, and then I was playing Jean playing Patricia."
[8](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/features/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-jean-seberg)
Preparation was extensive. She read up on Seberg's career, watched a different New Wave film every night she was in Paris, worked with a movement coach, and built a memory board and dream journal for the character.[8](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/features/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-jean-seberg) • [4](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-interview) Acting in French, she said, stripped away her habits and served as a masterclass.[9](https://thesmudgereport.com/zoey-deutch-on-cannes-chanel-and-channeling-jean-seberg-in-nouvelle-vague/) The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2025, opened in select theaters on October 31, and streamed on Netflix from November 14, 2025.[4](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-interview) Deutch was the only established actor in a cast otherwise made up of newcomers, including Guillaume Marbeck as Godard and Aubry Dullin as [Jean-Paul Belmondo](https://www.edgepedia.org/jean-paul-belmondo).[8](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/features/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-jean-seberg)
## Later work and personal life
Her 2026 slate included a voice role as Debbie in the animated *Minions & Monsters*, the title role in David Wain's comedy *Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass* opposite Jon Hamm and John Slattery, and the lead as Jill in the Netflix romantic film *Voicemails for Isabelle* with Nick Robinson, which reached number one on Netflix.[10](https://www.justjared.com/2026/06/23/zoey-deutch-confirms-shes-not-married-yet-after-fans-mistake-post-for-wedding-photos/) She made her Broadway debut in a revival of Thornton Wilder's *Our Town*, playing Emily Webb.[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/) • [8](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/features/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-jean-seberg)
She has been in a relationship with actor and comedian Jimmy Tatro for more than five years; the two became engaged in June 2025, and Deutch confirmed in mid-2026 that the wedding had not yet taken place despite fans mistaking gala photos for wedding pictures.[10](https://www.justjared.com/2026/06/23/zoey-deutch-confirms-shes-not-married-yet-after-fans-mistake-post-for-wedding-photos/)
## References
1. [Zoey Deutch Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3614913/bio/)
2. [Nouvelle Vague press kit, UniFrance](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/125/166/304765/presse/nouvelle-vague-presskit.pdf)
3. [Zoey Deutch, Rotten Tomatoes celebrity page](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/zoey_deutch)
4. [Zoey Deutch on the Wild Ride of Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague, Vogue (2025)](https://www.vogue.com/article/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-interview)
5. [Zoey Deutch bio and credits, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Zoey-Deutch/)
6. [LA Weekly film section, June 14, 2018](https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2018-06-14-466359-621920.pdf)
7. [Set It Up, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/set_it_up)
8. [Zoey Deutch on Art, Authenticity, and Nouvelle Vague, Netflix Tudum (2025)](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/features/zoey-deutch-nouvelle-vague-jean-seberg)
9. [Zoey Deutch on Cannes, Chanel and Channeling Jean Seberg in Nouvelle Vague, Smudge Report](https://thesmudgereport.com/zoey-deutch-on-cannes-chanel-and-channeling-jean-seberg-in-nouvelle-vague/)
10. [Zoey Deutch Confirms She's Not Married Yet, Just Jared (2026)](https://www.justjared.com/2026/06/23/zoey-deutch-confirms-shes-not-married-yet-after-fans-mistake-post-for-wedding-photos/)
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