Zoe Deutsch is an American actress and producer. Most known for the fantasy film "Academy of Vampires", the comedies "To Each His Own", "Why He?" and "Podstavka", and the independent films "Adult Games" and "The Matrix of Time". During the seven-year career of the actress, she managed to participate in 25 television series and feature films.
Childhood and youth
Zoe Deutsch was born on November 10, 1994 in Los Angeles, California. Full name is Zoe Francis Thompson Deutsch. The father of the actress is the famous director Howard Deutsch, the director of the youth comedy Cutie in Pink and many episodes of the cult series True Blood. Mother - actress Leah Thompson, best known for playing the role of mother Marty McFly in the "Back to the Future" trilogy.
Zoe Deutsch began her career as an actress at the age of five. She studied in high school with a bias in theater, and also attended acting classes. Her teacher was Patrick Day, whose students are the famous actresses Emma Stone, Jessica Bill and Shailene Woodley.
Carier start
At the age of fifteen, Zoe Deutch received one of the main roles in the teenage series from Disney Studios, All Tiptop, or Life on Board. The actress joined the project in the third season, which was the last for the series.
In 2011, Zoe got a supporting role in the series drama Double. The series was closed after the first season due to insufficiently high ratings. In the same year, the debut of Deutsch in the full-length film took place, she appeared in the low-budget film "Mayor Cupcake", in which the mother of the actress played the main role.
In the same period, it became known that Zoe would appear in the blockbuster "New Man-Fart", photos of Zoe Deutsch from the set leaked to the press, but there were no scenes with the actress in the final version of the picture. Material featuring Deutsch appeared in the DVD version of the film.
In the next two years, Zoe Deutsch appeared in small roles in the successful series "Naval Police: Special Department", "Think Like a Criminal" and "They were Confused in the Maternity Hospital." Also in 2013, the actress appeared in the fantasy melodrama "Beautiful Creations", which was supposed to start a whole series of films, but showed itself poorly at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics.
Big breakthrough
A breakthrough picture for Zoe was the fantasy film "Vampire Academy", directed by Mark Waters, director of the successful comedies "Freaky Friday" and "Mean Girls". In addition to Zoya Deutsch, Olga Kurylenko and Danila Kozlovsky appeared in the lead roles. The picture is an adaptation of the first novel in a series of books and was supposed to start a franchise, however, it was able to raise only fourteen million dollars at the box office, which is half the production budget.
Despite the box office failure of the project, many critics especially noted the female lead. The young actress was offered many new projects and interesting roles. Zoe Deutsch began to work even more actively, and in 2016 she starred in five full-length films.
Some of them were not very successful. The filming of the Midnight Ride drama was never completed due to an accident at the site, as a result of which one person died and several more were seriously injured. The comedy "Good Kids" was released immediately on home media and could not attract the attention of the audience. The crime thriller "Vincent and Roxy" also came out in a limited rental and received negative reviews from critics.
Most Notable Roles
However, for 2016, the most prominent roles in the filmography of Zoe Deutsch also fell. She starred in the cult independent director Richard Linklater’s comedy “To Each His Own,” which received positive reviews from critics.
In addition, the actress appeared in two commercially successful comedies. In the film "Why is he?" its screen partners were the Hollywood stars James Franco and Brian Cranston, the picture has collected more than a hundred million dollars at the box office. In the comedy "Grandfather of easy virtue," Zoe appeared with Robert de Niro and Zac Efron, the box office of the film also amounted to more than one hundred million.
In 2017, the girl again appeared in several projects at once. The teenage thriller "The Matrix of Time" became a hit of independent distribution and received excellent reviews from critics. The tragicomedy "Adult Games" proved to be much worse financially and received mixed reviews from critics, however, both journalists and viewers noted the acting work of Deutsch as the strongest component of the film.
Also, Zoe Deutsch appeared in a cameo role in the comedy of James Franco "Woe is the Creator." The biographical drama about the legendary writer Jerome Salinger "The Catcher in the Rye" was received by critics as a cool and bad show at the box office, in particular, due to numerous scandals involving one of the roles of Kevin Spacey.
Zoe played a major role in her mother's directorial debut, “Year of the Impressive Man,” where she also acted as one of the producers. The film received positive reviews from critics. In 2018, Deutsch played a major role in the romantic comedy "The Podstav". Critics again noted the game of the young actress, calling the work in this film one of the best roles of Zoe Deutsch.
In addition to acting, Deutsch also actively works as a model, over the past few years she appeared on the covers of many glossy magazines.
Future projects
In the near future, the release of two full-length films with Zoe Deutsch in one of the roles is planned. In the tragicomedy "Richard says goodbye," Zoe plays the main female role, her partner will be Johnny Depp. The actress also starred in the tragicomedy Buffaloed, which is scheduled for release in 2019.
In addition to working on the big screen, Zoe Deutsch is working on a web-series from Ryan Murphy "Politician", which is due out on the streaming service "Netflix" next year.
Ratings and reviews
From the very beginning of her acting career, Zoe often got into various lists of rising stars and best young actors. Almost always, professional critics especially note her work, even in not very successful, from a creative point of view, films.
Now Zoe Deutsch can often be found in the lists of the best actors "up to thirty years" and the most promising Hollywood stars.
Personal life
The actress is fond of fashion, she can often be seen in the forefront at fashion shows. She regularly gets into the ratings of the most stylish stars according to various media.
Zoe Deutsch provides support to many charitable foundations, not only through financial donations, but also speaking at various promotions and organizing fundraising events. The actress opposes the prohibition of abortion and in defense of victims of sexual harassment, participates in marches and protests.
From 2011 to 2016, Zoe met with Canadian actor Evan Jogia. After parting, they continue to be friends.