---
name: "Zoë Chao"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zoe-chao"
fi1m_id: "zoe-chao"
imdb_id: "nm3856316"
tmdb_id: 1432528
wikidata_id: "Q43933855"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 September 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-30T20:35:24.817286+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Zoë Chao

## Identity

Zoë Chao

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zoe-chao
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zoe-chao
- **IMDb ID:** nm3856316
- **TMDB ID:** 1432528
- **Wikidata ID:** Q43933855
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Chao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43933855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3856316/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1432528

Actor. Born 19 September 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 September 1985, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Zoë Carroll Chao, Zoe Chao
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 61 (1), 2020s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 63 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 1, Horror 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $52m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Chao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43933855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3856316/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1432528

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Roses*](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md) (61), [*Nightbitch*](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md) (56)
- **Apple TV:** [*Party Down*](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Zoë Carroll Chao is an American actress and screenwriter. Born on 19 September 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island, she studied art history at Brown University and received an MFA from the graduate acting programme at the University of California, San Diego.

Chao has worked in theatre, including productions at La Jolla Playhouse and the Off-Broadway play *Friend Art*. She is known for her role as Isobel in the series *Strangers* (2017–2018) and as Zoë in *The Afterparty* (2022–2023). Film credits include Soo-Lin in *Where'd You Go, Bernadette* (2019), Tiffany in *Senior Year* (2022), Minka in *Your Place or Mine* (2023) and Jen in *Nightbitch* (2024). She has also appeared in *Succession* (2018) and voiced Nina Mazursky in *Creature Commandos* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Roses* (2025), Fi1m 61, as Sally — [page](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md)
- *Nightbitch* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Jen — [page](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md)
- *Modern Love* (2019), Fi1m 61, as Zoe — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *Party Down* (2009), Fi1m 82, as Lucy — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Roses* (2025), as Sally — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md)
- *The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick* (2025), as Yvonne · Writer
- *Bubble & Squeak* (2025), as Rhonda
- *Nightbitch* (2024), as Jen — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md)
- *Creature Commandos* (2024), series, as Nina Mazursky (voice)
- *If You Were the Last* (2024), as Jane Kuang
- *Your Place or Mine* (2023), as Minka
- *Somebody I Used to Know* (2023), as Ramona
- *Homebody* (2022), as Ruby
- *How Dare You Want More: The Short Film* (2022), Actor
- *Senior Year* (2022), as Tiffany Blanchette-Balbo
- *Family Squares* (2022), as Kelly
- *The Afterparty* (2022), series, as Zoe
- *Long Weekend* (2021), as Vienna
- *I Used to Go Here* (2020), as Laura
- *The High Note* (2020), as Katie
- *Love Life* (2020), series, as Sara Yang
- *Downhill* (2020), as Rosie
- *Modern Love* (2019), series, as Zoe — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *Living with Yourself* (2019), series, as Kaylyn
- *Where'd You Go, Bernadette* (2019), as Soo-Lin
- *Almost Love* (2019), as Haley
- *Strangers* (2018), series, as Isobel
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Joyce Miller's Staff — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Strangers* (2017), series, as Isobel
- *Like Animals* (2017), as Mary · Executive Producer
- *Clarity* (2016), as Kotrina
- *The OA* (2016), series, as Mo
- *Dirty Beautiful* (2015), as Jamie
- *Monster Girls* (2015), as Half-Off
- *God Particles* (2014), as Rue · Writer
- *Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn* (2014), series, as Ms Nakamura
- *Hart of Dixie* (2011), series, as Dr. Lee
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Mimi Tanaka
- *Party Down* (2009), series, as Lucy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)
- *The Comeback* (2005), series, as Shayna
- *Let's Have Kids!*, as Phoebe

## Gallery

- ![Zoë Chao](https://film.one/media/person/10331/gallery-3171067624b2.jpg) Zoë Chao — Image via TMDB
- ![Zoë Chao](https://film.one/media/person/10331/gallery-fd626f91cf26.jpg) Zoë Chao — Image via TMDB
- ![Zoë Chao](https://film.one/media/person/10331/gallery-f1975689e74d.jpg) Zoë Chao — Image via TMDB

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