Maya Kazan (/ˈkəˈzæn/;[2] born November 24, 1986)[3][4] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Eleanor Gallinger on the television series The Knick (2014–2015).
Maya Kazan | |
|---|---|
 Kazan in 2015 | |
| Born | November 24, 1986 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse |
Ted Feldman (m. 2018) |
| Children | 1[1] |
| Parent(s) | Nicholas Kazan Robin Swicord |
| Relatives | Zoe Kazan (sister) Elia Kazan (paternal grandfather) Molly Kazan (paternal grandmother) |
Early life
editMaya Kazan was born on November 24, 1986 in Los Angeles, California.[3][4] She is the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and the granddaughter of film director Elia Kazan and playwright Molly Kazan.[5] Her sister is actress Zoe Kazan. Her father's side of the family was Greek.[6]
Career
editTheater
editIn 2012, Kazan starred as Lucrece in Pierre Corneille's The Liar, written by David Ives at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.[7][8]
In 2013, she played the role of Laura in Michael Rabe's play The Future Is Not What It Was at the Walkerspace theater in New York.[9][10][11]
In 2014, she took on the role of the adult Perdita in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the Old Globe Theater. In a February 2014 Los Angeles Times review, critic Charles McNulty wrote: "Kazan doesn't yet possess a strong stage voice, but she has everything else that's needed to make us fall in love with Perdita — natural radiance, unassuming intelligence and gentleness."[12]
Television
editIn 2014, Kazan landed a recurring role as Eleanor Gallinger in Steven Soderbergh's The Knick on Cinemax alongside co-stars Clive Owen, Eve Hewson and Grainger Hines.[13] That same year, she landed another recurring role on HBO's Boardwalk Empire playing Mabel Thompson, the wife of a young Nucky Thompson, in a string of flashbacks throughout the series' fifth and final season.
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Christie Mae | Christie Mae | short film |
| 2008 | Lenore | Lenore | short film |
| 2009 | I'll Never Smile Again | Amy | short film |
| 2011 | Love Is Like Life But Longer | Young nun | short film |
| 2011 | Three Things | short film | |
| 2012 | Trial by Combat | Emily | short film |
| 2012 | Every Saturday | Hannah | |
| 2012 | Where the Sharpest Knife was Kept | Carla | short film |
| 2012 | Frances Ha | Caroline | |
| 2013 | Blood Moon | Manya | |
| 2015 | Prism | Jewels | |
| 2018 | The Unicorn | Katie | |
| 2019 | Plus One | Shaina | |
| 2020 | Love Is Love Is Love | Caroline | |
| 2020 | Alia's Birth | Jenna | |
| 2020 | Useless Humans | Wendy | |
| 2021 | The Little Things | Rhonda Rathbun |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Company Town | Marla | TV film |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Mabel Jeffries-Thompson | 4 episodes |
| 2014–15 | The Knick | Eleanor Gallinger | 13 episodes |
| 2015–16 | Sleepy Hollow | Zoe Corinth | Recurring (Season 3) |
| 2017 | Jane The Virgin | Chloe | Recurring (Season 3) |
| 2017 | Z: The Beginning of Everything | Livye Hart | Recurring (Season 1) |
| 2018 | Mosaic | Laura Hurley | 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Imposters | Deputy Kim Bullock | Episode:"Fillion Bollar King" |
| 2020 | Utopia | Olivia | Episode:"Life Begins" |
| 2020 | Homecoming | Kaya | Episode:"Previously" |
| 2021 | Love Life | Emily Hexton | Season 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Maya Kazan on Instagram: "💗Cal💗 arrived November 23rd via emergency c-section we are home and doing well i'm healing kind of slowly but surely all the same so far cal loves to eat and snuggle, loves to make a blue steel zoolander face, loves to pee on the wall phoebe loves cal and wants to curl up near him at all times thank you to everyone who has sent us love and food i'm sorry i haven't responded to your message, we are deep in our baby bubble but we feel the love and i promise at some point, i will look at my email again. ❤️"".
- ^ Dictionary.com – Kazan
- ^ a b "South Coast Repertory: Keeping Up with the Kazans". South Coast Repertory. December 10, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ a b "Happiest birthday @maya_kazan !!!". Twitter. November 25, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ McGlone, Peggy (July 6, 2012). "East of Hollywood: Actress Maya Kazan enters the family business". NJ.COM. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ "Justice to Elia Kazan". City Journal. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ SOMMERS, MICHAEL (July 13, 2012). "A Tangled Web of Tall Tales, Told in Verse A Review of 'The Liar,' at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey". New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ Rendell, Bob. "The Liar: David Ives 2010 Verse "Translaptation" of Obscure 1643 Corneille Comedy". talkinbroadway.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ Gates, Anita (January 25, 2013). "A Dead Date: That'll Kill a Romance The Future Is Not What It Was, at Walkerspace". New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ Evans, Suzy (January 21, 2013). "The Future Is Not What It Was' Is Messy but Promising". Backstage. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ Barbour, David (January 22, 2013). "Theatre in Review: The Future is Not What it Was (Kindling Theatre Company/Walkerspace)". Lighting & Sound America. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ McNulty, Charles (February 19, 2014). "Review: 'The Winter's Tale' thaws the heart with magic, melodrama". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ "8 things to watch this week". New York Post. September 7, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
External links
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- Maya Kazan at IMDb