Zazie Beetz
{{Short description|German-American actress (born 1991)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Zazie Beetz
| image = Zazie Beetz by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Beetz at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
| birth_name = Zazie Olivia Beetz
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|6|1}}
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
| citizenship = {{hlist|Germany|United States}}
| education = Skidmore College (BA)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2013–present
| spouse = {{marriage|David Rysdahl|2023}}
}}
Zazie Olivia Beetz ({{IPAc-en|z|ə|ˈ|s|iː|_|ˈ|b|eɪ|t|s}} {{respell|zə|SEE|_|BAYTS}}; {{IPA|de|zaˈsiː ˈbeːts|lang}};{{cite web|last=Beetz|first=Zazie|date=October 5, 2019|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B3OMonmpTRJ/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/zaziebeetz/2147709640163800137_2147709637026460613 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=zah-SEE • oh-LIV-ee-uh • bates • ("Zazie" having the cadence of "marie" or "the sea", "Beetz" having a soft "e" sound- just like how we…|publisher=Zazie Beetz verified Instagram account|access-date=November 9, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLnaIk8gUxg|title=Back to the Source with Zazie Beetz|publisher=Mountain Valley Spring Water|date=January 17, 2018|access-date=May 22, 2018|via=YouTube|archive-date=January 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110180639/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLnaIk8gUxg|url-status=live}} born June 1, 1991{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=2024-06-01 |title=Famous birthdays list for today, June 1, 2024 includes celebrities Morgan Freeman, Amy Schumer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/06/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-june-1-2024-includes-celebrities-morgan-freeman-amy-schumer.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |work=Cleveland.com |language=en}}) is a German-American actress. She is known for her role in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She starred in the Netflix anthology series Easy (2016–2019) and has voiced Amber Bennett in the adult animated superhero series Invincible since 2021.
In film, Beetz appeared in the disaster film Geostorm (2017) and portrayed the Marvel Comics character Domino in the superhero film Deadpool 2 (2018). She portrayed Arthur Fleck/Joker's neighbor Sophie in the psychological thriller Joker (2019) and its sequel Joker: Folie à Deux (2024).{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=September 1, 2022 |title='Joker: Folie à Deux' Adds Brendan Gleeson To Ensemble |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/joker-folie-a-deux-brendan-gleeson-1235105442/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404232352/https://deadline.com/2022/09/joker-folie-a-deux-brendan-gleeson-1235105442/ |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
Life and career
Zazie Olivia Beetz{{cite web|title=Candidates For Degrees Bachelor Of Arts|url=https://www.skidmore.edu/dof-vpaa/meetings/faculty/2012-2013/documents/Candidates-for-Degrees-BA.pdf|publisher=Skidmore College|location=Saratoga Springs, New York|access-date=May 28, 2018|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601103652/http://www.skidmore.edu/dof-vpaa/meetings/faculty/2012-2013/documents/Candidates-for-Degrees-BA.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url= https://www.vibe.com/2018/10/things-we-learned-chance-joe-budden|title=5 Things We Learned From Chance The Rapper's Interview on Joe Budden Podcast|magazine=Vibe|date=October 8, 2018|first=Zoe|last=Johnson|archive-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190806012946/https://www.vibe.com/2018/10/things-we-learned-chance-joe-budden|url-status=live}} was born in Berlin in 1991.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/598b21ea07d1480bbda0d7ddc31c34a6|title=Today in History|date=June 1, 2020|website=apnews.com|publisher=The Associated Press|access-date=May 31, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019081035/https://apnews.com/article/598b21ea07d1480bbda0d7ddc31c34a6|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2018/05/interview-zazie-beetz-deadlpool2-lichtenberg.html|title=A ufgewachsen mit KiKa und Opas Spätzle / Growing up with KiKa and Grandpa Spaetzle|publisher=Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg|location=Germany|language=de|date=May 18, 2018|archive-date= April 15, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190415041148/https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2018/05/interview-zazie-beetz-deadlpool2-lichtenberg.html|url-status=dead|quote=Meine Eltern haben sich getrennt, als ich noch ganz klein war. / My parents separated when I was very young.}}{{cite news|title=Zazie Beetz: Atlanta In Brooklyn|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/27/511998173/zazie-beetz-atlanta-in-brooklyn|publisher=NPR|access-date=August 15, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415041145/https://www.npr.org/2017/01/27/511998173/zazie-beetz-atlanta-in-brooklyn|url-status=live}} Her father Thomas Beetz{{cite web| url = https://screendollars.com/biography/zazie-beetz/| title = Zazie Beetz| publisher = Biography, Movies & Net Worth - Screendollars| access-date = 6 April 2024}} is a German cabinet maker who immigrated to the United States in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall,{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/zazie-beetz-interview-atlanta-season-2-robbin-german-deadpool-easy-a8421051.html|title=Zazie Beetz: 'My German identity is really important to me'|first=Christopher |last=Hooton|date= June 28, 2018|work=The Independent|location=UK| archive-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190616191444/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/zazie-beetz-interview-atlanta-season-2-robbin-german-deadpool-easy-a8421051.html|url-status=live|quote=My dad is German, he was born in East Germany, and then after the [Berlin] Wall was brought down he came to the States for the first time and met my mom. They got pregnant in Germany, got married, stayed and had me there and then when I was 8 years old we moved to the States more permanently. But I was back and forth growing up, I went to pre-school over there but did all my proper schooling in New York.}}{{Cite news|last=Kemp-Habib|first=Alice|date=November 7, 2021|title=Zazie Beetz: 'I remember thinking, am I not black enough?'|language=en|work=The Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/zazie-beetz-i-remember-thinking-am-i-not-black-enough-vhfhnrdnk|access-date=2021-12-12|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=December 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212082212/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/zazie-beetz-i-remember-thinking-am-i-not-black-enough-vhfhnrdnk|url-status=live}} and her mother is an African-American social worker from New York.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/profile-zazie-beetz-from-atlanta.html|title=Zazie Beetz on Deadpool, Atlanta, and Overcoming Her Anxiety|last=Davis|first=Allison P.|website=The Cut|publisher=New York|access-date=June 10, 2018|language=en|archive-date= April 15, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190415041146/https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/profile-zazie-beetz-from-atlanta.html|url-status=live|quote=Her father is white and German, and her mother a black New Yorker, who wanted her daughter to grow up seeing other people who looked like her. Though the family lived in Washington Heights, Beetz spent a couple of months of every summer in Germany with her grandparents.}} Her parents separated when she was very young. Beetz was named after the title character in the Raymond Queneau novel Zazie in the Metro. The pronunciation, with {{IPAblink|s}}, follows the German-dubbed version of the 1960 film adaptation of the novel.{{cite news|last=Nepales|first=Janet Susan R.|date=May 20, 2018|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/showbiz/showbizabroad/653975/deadpool-2-cast-opens-up/story/|title='Deadpool 2' cast opens up|website=GMA News Online|access-date=November 9, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109182235/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/showbiz/showbizabroad/653975/deadpool-2-cast-opens-up/story/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Rivera|first=Natalie|date=May 19, 2018|url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Who-Zazie-Beetz-44819908|title=You've DEFINITELY Seen Deadpool 2's Domino Actress Before|website=PopSugar|access-date=November 9, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109182235/https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Who-Zazie-Beetz-44819908|url-status=live}} She has a younger brother named Justin.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/10/04/atlanta-zazie-beetz-value-donald-glover-directing/|title=Atlanta: Zazie Beetz talks her breakout episode, being directed by Donald Glover|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 4, 2016|last=Agard|first=Chancellor|access-date=May 1, 2021|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501034030/https://ew.com/article/2016/10/04/atlanta-zazie-beetz-value-donald-glover-directing/|url-status=live}}
Beetz attended preschool in Berlin and kindergarten in New York City before moving with her family there more permanently at the age of eight, speaking both German and English with her family at home. Her mixed-race identity was a source of discomfort for her during her youth. Growing up in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood, she became interested in acting while attending Muscota New School and performed in community theaters and on local stages. She graduated from the LaGuardia Arts High School in 2009, and attended Skidmore College, graduating in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in French.{{cite web|title=About|url= http://zaziebeetz.squarespace.com/about|first=Zazie|last=Beetz|publisher=Zazie Beetz Squarespace account|archive-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140401171852/http://zaziebeetz.squarespace.com/about/|url-status=dead}} She spent a year living in Paris.
After Beetz graduated from college, she spent a year "broke and waiting tables" before she was cast in Atlanta.{{clarify|Was this year "broke and waiting tables" the year she was in Paris, or a second year back in U.S.?|date=July 2024}} At the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018, Beetz received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series, for her role in FX's Atlanta.{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/zazie-beetz|title= Zazie Beetz Award and Nominations|publisher=Television Academy|access-date= December 27, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022054153/https://www.emmys.com/bios/zazie-beetz|url-status=live}}
Personal life
In May 2022, Vanity Fair reported that Beetz was recently engaged to her writing partner, actor David Rysdahl.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/zazie-beetz-wants-to-protect-atlantas-van-too|title=Zazie Beetz Wants to Protect Atlanta's Van Too|date=May 19, 2022|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=January 9, 2023|archive-date=February 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208175708/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/zazie-beetz-wants-to-protect-atlantas-van-too|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/781248/zazie-beetz-is-working-on-a-rapunzel-movie-complete-with-a-massive-afro/|title=Zazie Beetz Is Working On A Rapunzel Movie, Complete With A Massive Afro|first=Joshua|last=Meyer|date=February 26, 2022|work=/Film|access-date=January 9, 2023|archive-date=January 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107223554/https://www.slashfilm.com/781248/zazie-beetz-is-working-on-a-rapunzel-movie-complete-with-a-massive-afro/|url-status=live}} They met during an acting workshop and have been together since 2014. They started a production company called Sleepy Poppy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ny-david-rysdahl-no-exit-new-york-20220222-bhah5w5ilvfdxcric66xzohbyq-story.html|title='No Exit' star David Rysdahl on his new suspense movie and how NYC launched his show biz career|work=New York Daily News|first=Peter|last=Sblendorio|date=February 22, 2022|access-date=January 9, 2023|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319195417/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ny-david-rysdahl-no-exit-new-york-20220222-bhah5w5ilvfdxcric66xzohbyq-story.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1058202681/tiny-desk-playlist-zazie-beetz-and-david-rysdahls-favorite-tiny-desk-concerts|title=Tiny Desk Playlist: Zazie Beetz and David Rysdahl's favorite Tiny Desk concerts|first1=Zazie|last1=Beetz|first2=David|last2=Rysdahl|work=NPR |date=December 3, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2023|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418045658/https://www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1058202681/tiny-desk-playlist-zazie-beetz-and-david-rysdahls-favorite-tiny-desk-concerts|url-status=live}} The couple married in 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz66aBipE8l/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== | title=Instagram }}{{cite magazine |title=Zazie Beetz Is A Married Woman! |last=Ayoola |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/zazie-beetz-husband/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-button-sharing |magazine=Essence |date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=November 27, 2024}}
Filmography
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