Actor Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz

1991 (34 года)
Zazie Olivia Beetz (born June 1, 1991, Mitte, Berlin, Germany) is a German-American actress. She is best known for her role as Vanessa "Van" Keefer in the series Atlanta (since 2016), for which she received an Emmy nomination. She also appeared in Netflix’s anthology series Easy (2016–2017).

Beetz was born at the Charité hospital in Berlin. Her father is a German carpenter, and her mother is an African-American social worker from New York. She grew up between Berlin and Manhattan. She studied at the Muscota New School, Harlem School of the Arts, LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, and graduated from Skidmore College with a bachelor's degree in French.

Beetz is also known for her roles in films such as Dana in Geostorm (2017), Domino in the superhero movie Deadpool 2 (2018), and Sophie in the crime drama Joker (2019). In 2021, she made her animated film debut by voicing a character in Extinct. In 2022, she appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s series Full Circle.