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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.

Zoë Chao
Born	Zoë Carroll Chao[1] (1985-09-19) September 19, 1985 (age 37)[2] Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.[2]
Education	Brown University (BA) University of California, San Diego (MFA)
Occupation	Actress screenwriter

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
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
	Your Place or Mine	TBA	Filming
	Somebody I Used to Know	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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–present	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	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	Best Female Performance in a Comedy	International Academy of Web Television Awards	Won

References

External links

• Zoë Chao at IMDb

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