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Zoe Lister-Jones (born September 1, 1982)[1] is an American actress, and filmmaker who co-starred as Jen Collins Short in the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces from 2015 to 2019. She is also known for her roles in the television shows Delocated (2009–2010), Whitney (2011–2013), and New Girl (2015). Lister-Jones made her directorial debut with the 2017 comedy-drama film Band Aid. In 2020, she wrote and directed the horror film The Craft: Legacy. She also co-wrote and co-directed the comedy-drama film How It Ends (2021) with Daryl Wein.

Zoe Lister-Jones
Lister-Jones in 2017
Born	(1982-09-01) September 1, 1982 (age 40) Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University (BFA)
Occupation	Actress director producer screenwriter
Years active	2004–present
Known for	Delocated Whitney Friends with Better Lives New Girl Life in Pieces
Spouse	Daryl Wein ​ ​ (m. 2013; sep. 2021)​
Parents	Bill Jones (father) Ardele Lister (mother)

Early life and education

Lister-Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York City. Her mother is the Canadian-born and New York-based video artist Ardele Lister, and her father is the American photographer and media artist Bill Jones.[2] Her mother was born to a Jewish family, whereas her father converted to Judaism.[3][4] In 2000, she graduated from Edward R Murrow High School in Brooklyn.[5] She graduated with honors from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.[6] Lister-Jones performed with a rock band.[7][8] Her mother was president of a local Conservative egalitarian synagogue that the family attended every Saturday, and she also kept a kosher home.[9]

Career

Her debut solo CD was titled Skip the Kiss.[10] Kyle Forester, who composed the score for Breaking Upwards, arranged the music for Skip the Kiss.

Lister-Jones' New York City theater credits include Seminar, The Little Dog Laughed and The New Group's The Accomplices. Her screen credits include the political thriller State of Play, Salt, The Other Guys, The Marconi Bros., Day Zero, as well as quirky independent films such as Armless, Arranged, and Palladio. On television she has appeared in Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, on HBO's Bored to Death, as Kim on Adult Swim's Delocated, as Lily in the cast of the NBC sitcom Whitney, as Kate in Friends with Better Lives, as Councilwoman Fawn Moscato in New Girl, as Jen in Life in Pieces and as Carolyn Hart in the HBO film Confirmation.

In 2004, Lister-Jones wrote and performed the one-woman, ten-character show Co-dependence is a Four Letter Word at New York City's Performance Space 122 (P.S.122).[11]

In 2007, she appeared in the independent film, Arranged.[12]

In 2009, Lister-Jones co-starred, co-produced (with Daryl Wein), and co-wrote (with Peter Duchan and Daryl Wein) the independent feature Breaking Upwards,[13] which explores a young New York couple who, battling codependency, strategize their own break up.[14] The film was shot in New York on a budget of $15,000, and was featured in a New York Times article as an example of sweat equity in the independent-film industry.[15] Lister-Jones also wrote the lyrics and performed many of the tracks of the original motion picture sound track. Breaking Upwards premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in March, 2009.[16]

Lister-Jones starred with Sam Rosen in Brady Kiernan's romantic drama Stuck Between Stations (2011) alongside Josh Hartnett and Michael Imperioli. Stuck Between Stations premiered as an official selection of the Viewpoints section at the SVA Theater at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, New York, U.S.A.[17]

Lister-Jones starred in the independent feature film Lola Versus (2012), her second project co-written with director Daryl Wein.[18][19] Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lola Versus opened in theaters Summer 2012.[20] It stars Greta Gerwig, Zoe Lister-Jones, Bill Pullman, Hamish Linklater, Debra Winger, Joel Kinnaman and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Lola Versus premiered at New York's Tribeca Film Festival in April 2012.[21]

Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein co-wrote Consumed (2015),[22] their third feature-length collaboration directed by Wein. The political thriller, which focuses on the world of genetically modified organisms, began filming in May 2014 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois with Shatterglass Studios. It stars Lister-Jones, Kunal Nayyar, Taylor Kinney, Victor Garber, Danny Glover, Griffin Dunne, Anthony Edwards, and Beth Grant.[23] Consumed premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 15, 2015.[24]

In 2017, Lister-Jones made her directorial debut with her indie film Band Aid,[25] starring Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Hannah Simone, Colin Hanks, Brooklyn Decker, Majandra Delfino, Jesse Williams, Susie Essman, Ravi Patel, Jamie Chung, Chris D’Elia, Retta, and Jerry O’Connell. The film features lyrics for original songs written by Lister-Jones and composed by Kyle Forester (Breaking Upwards). In 2020, she wrote and directed Columbia and Blumhouse's The Craft: Legacy, the sequel to the 1996 film The Craft.[26]

Personal life

In 2013, Lister-Jones married her acting, writing and production partner Daryl Wein.[27] In 2021, she announced that they had split after a 17-year-relationship. Lister-Jones described how they had been "in and out of an open relationship."[28]

In December 2021, Jones accused Chris Noth of sexually harassing her on the set of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2005.[29]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Zoe's Car	Zoe	Video short
2004	Nausea II	Annie Ball
2005	Anna on the Neck	Alessandra	Short film
2006	New Boobs	Patricia Coleo	Short film
2007	Arranged	Rochel Meshenberg
2007	The Last 15	Stephanie Kirkland	Short film
2007	Day Zero	Jessica Hendricks
2007	Turn the River	Kat
2007	Five Difficult Situations	C	Short film
2008	The Marconi Bros.	Lauren
2008	Explicit Ills	Jen
2008	Goyband	Hani
2009	Breaking Upwards	Zoe	Also writer and producer
2009	State of Play	Jessy
2010	Armless	Jenny
2010	Shadows & Lies	Rebecca
2010	Salt	CIA Security Hub Tech
2010	The Other Guys	Therapist
2010	All Good Things	Press Conference Reporter
2011	Stuck Between Stations	Rebecca
2012	Lola Versus	Alice	Also writer
2014	Let's Get Digital	Sophie	Short film
2015	Consumed	Sophie Kessler	Also writer, and producer
2016	Confirmation	Carolyn Hart	Television film
2017	Band Aid	Anna	Also writer, director, and producer
2020	The Craft: Legacy	—	Writer and director
2021	How It Ends	Liza	Also writer and director
2023	Disappointment Blvd.		Post-production
2023	A Good Person	Simone	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Trisha Ford	Episode: "Pattern of Conduct"
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Maya Sampson	Episode: "Diamond Dogs"
2006	Kidnapped	E.J.	Episode: "Sorry, Wrong Number"
2006	Law & Order	Hannah Welch	Episode: "Public Service Homicide"
2006	The Class	Jeanie Callucci	Episode: "The Class Goes to a Bar"
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Faith	Episode: "Unorthodox"
2009	Washingtonienne	Chiara	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	State of Romance	Alice	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	Bored to Death	Michelle	Episode: "The Case of the Stolen Skateboard"
2009–2010	Delocated	Kim	Recurring role (15 episodes)
2010	The Good Wife	Charlotte Armitage	Episode: "Bad"
2011–2013	Whitney	Lily Dixon	Main role, 2 seasons
2014	Friends with Better Lives	Kate	Main role
2015	New Girl	Fawn Moscato	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2015–2019	Life in Pieces	Jen Short	Main role
TBA	Slip	Mae Cannon	Main role, writer, director

Theater

Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2006	The Little Dog Laughed	Ellen	Cort Theatre
2012	Seminar	Kate	John Golden Theatre

Off Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2007	The Accomplices	Betty	The New Group
2008	The Marriage of Bette and Boo	Joan	Roundabout Theater Company

One-woman shows

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2004	Codependence Is a Four-Letter Word	Ten characters	P.S. 122

References

External links

• Zoe Lister-Jones at IMDb
• Zoe Lister-Jones at the Internet Broadway Database

На других языках

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[de] Zoe Lister-Jones

Zoe Lister-Jones (* 1. September 1982 in Brooklyn, New York City[1]) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, Drehbuchautorin und Regisseurin.

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- [en] Zoe Lister-Jones

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[ru] Листер-Джонс, Зои

Зои Листер-Джонс (англ. Zoe Lister-Jones, род. 1 сентября 1982) — американская актриса, сценарист, драматург и режиссёр.

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