Zoey Deutch

Actor, Producer, Soundtrack

Zoey Deutch (birthname: Zoey Francis Chilie Thompson Deutch) has built an impressive career for herself as an actor/producer (primarily in lead and co-starring roles in American indie movies), making her feature debut in a supporting role in director/writer Richard LaGravenese’s Gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures (2013), based on Kami Garcia’s and Margaret Stohl’s 2009 novel, co-starring Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, Thomas Mann and Emma Thompson, earning a poor $60 million for Warner Bros. Pictures (U.S.)/Summit Entertainment (International) (based on estimated costs).

Deutch had the lead role in Vampire Academy (2014), adapted by screenwriter Daniel Waters from Richelle Mead’s first entry in his Vampire Academy novel series, with Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Dominic Sherwood, Joely Richardson, Olga Kurylenko and Gabriel Byrne under Mark Waters’s direction, produced (in part) by Reliance Entertainment and released by The Weinstein Company to a disappointing $15.4 million gross (based on estimated costs).

Deutch joined the colorful ensemble of Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, Julianne Hough and Dermot Mulroney under Dan Mazer’s direction in Dirty Grandpa (2016), and despite withering reviews, proved a hit for distributor Lionsgate with a $105 million global gross (based on estimated costs). Deutch earned good reviews and topped the ensemble of director/writer/producer Richard Linklater’s nostalgic comedy, Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), with Blake Jenner, Glen Powell, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Will Brittain and Wyatt Russell, launching at the South by Southwest Film Festival before a weak $5.4 million box office via Paramount Pictures (based on estimated costs).

Zoey Deutch co-starred with Emile Hirsch, Zoe Kravitz and Emory Cohen in director/writer/story writer Gary Michael Schultz’s crime thriller, Vincent N Roxxy (2016), with Beau Knapp, Jason Mitchell and Kid Cudi and which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival before a limited release by Vertical Entertainment, and then Deutch co-starred with Nicholas Braun in director/writer Chris McCoy’s comedy-drama, Good Kids (2016), with Julia Garner and Ashley Judd, produced (in part) by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, and also released by Vertical Entertainment. Deutch joined the ensemble of James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally, Cedric the Entertainer, and Keegan-Michael Key in director/co-writer/co-story writer John Hamburg’s comedy, Why Him? (2016), produced (in part) by Shawn Levy, Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill (who was also a co-story writer), earning a potent $118 million gross for 20th Century Fox.

Deutch starred in the Ry Russo-Young-directed teen drama, Before I Fall (2017), with Halston Sage, Logan Miller and Jennifer Beals, adapted from Lauren Oliver’s 2010 novel by co-writers Maria Maggenti and Gina Prince-Bythewood, grossing a solid $18 million for Open Road Films (based on estimated costs) after launching at the Sundance Film Festival. Deutch played young author J.D. Salinger’s romantic partner director/writer/producer Danny Strong’s biopic, Rebel in the Rye (2017), based on Kenneth Slawenski’s Salinger biography, co-starring Nicholas Hoult and Kevin Spacey, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival before a limited release by IFC Films, followed by Deutch playing a small role in director/producer/lead James Franco’s acclaimed biopic, The Disaster Artist (2017), earning $30 million for A24 (U.S., Canada)/Warner Bros. Pictures (International) after a South by South Film Festival launch.

Zoey Deutch starred in director/co-writer Max Winkler’s comedy-drama, Flower (2017), co-starring Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker and Adam Scott, and which was released by The Orchard after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, and then Deutch was an actor/producer for the first time on an indie movie, The Year of Spectacular Men (2017), made by her family - sister Madelyn as writer/music composer/lead, mother Lea Thompson as director and father Howard Deutch as producer - and released by MarVista Entertainment. Deutch had a major supporting role opposite star Johnny Depp in director/writer Wayne Roberts’ comedy drama, The Professor (2018), with Rosemarie DeWitt, Danny Huston, Ron Livingston, Odessa Young and Paloma Kwiatkowski, delivering a $3.6 million gross for distributor Saban Films.

Deutch was the star-producer of the Tanya Wexler-directed crime comedy, Buffaloed (2019), written and produced by Brian Sacca, featuring Judy Greer, Jermaine Fowler, Noah Reid and Jai Courtney, and distributed by Magnolia Pictures after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, followed by Deutch taking a supporting role and earning fine reviews in the sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone under Ruben Fleischer’s direction, with Rosario Dawson and Luke Wilson, produced (in part) by Columbia Pictures and released by Sony Pictures Releasing to a very good $125 million-plus gross (based on estimated costs). Deutch joined the colorful ensemble of debuting director/co-writer Graham Moore’s crime drama, The Outfit (2022), co-written by Johnathan McClain, starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O’Brien, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Simon Russell Beale, premiering at the Berlin Film Festival and released to a poor $4 million return (based on estimated costs) by Focus Features (U.S.)/Universal Pictures (International).

Zoey Deutch played the wife of lead Nicholas Hoult in the title role of director/producer Clint Eastwood’s courtroom drama, Juror No. 2 (2024), co-starring Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Messina, Leslie Bibb and Gabriel Basso, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures to a disappointing $27 million gross (based on estimated costs), and then Deutch had the lead role and took an executive producer credit on the indie romcom, The Threesome (2025), co-starring Jonah Hauer-King and Ruby Cruz, earning good reviews for Deutch at the South by Southwest Film Festival premiere before a release by Vertical.

Deutch portrayed Jean Seberg playing opposite Aubry Dullin’s Jean-Paul Belmondo in director Richard Linklater’s and co-writers Holly Gent’s and Vincent Palmo’s Nouvelle Vague (2025), a dramatization of the making Jean-Luc Godard’s A bout de souffle/Breathless (1960) adapted and with dialogue by Michele Halberstadt and Laetitia Masson, co-starring Guillaume Marbeck as Godard, earning Deutch a Best Supporting Performance nomination from Independent Spirit Awards after premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival (where Linklater won the Best Director Palme).

Deutch joined the ensemble of Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Madeline Brewer, Phoebe Dynevor, Mckenna Grace and Dylan O’Brien in director/co-story writer Jan Komasa’s political thriller, Anniversary (2025), pulling in little box office for distributors Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions (based on estimated costs). Deutch then starred in director/co-writer/producer David Wain’s comedy, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), co-starring Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang and Sabina Impacciatore, produced by Likely Story/Oval-5 and distributed in wide pattern by Sony Pictures Classics after launching at the Sundance Film Festival.

Zoey Deutch took on one of her few voice roles for an animated movie as part of the cast of Illumination’s Despicable Me franchise prequel, Minions & Monsters (2026), directed and co-written by lead voice actor Pierre Coffin (the creator-voice of The Minions), with Trey Parker, Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeff Bridges, Bobby Moynihan and Phil LaMarr.

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Zoey Deutch was born and raised in by her parents, Howard Deutch (Producer) and actor-director Lea Thompson. Deutch has one sister, Madelyn (actor, writer, musician). Deutch attended both Los Angeles-based private school Oakwood School and Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she majored in Theater, and studied acting at the Young Actors Space with acting teacher Patrick Day. Deutch has been in a relationship with actor/comedian/YouTuber Jimmy Tatro since 2021 and announced their engagement in 2025. Deutch’s height is 5’ 4”. Deutch’s estimated net worth is $4 million.*

Known For

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

Gail Daughtry (2026)

Minions & Monsters

Debbie (2026)

Nouvelle Vague

Jean Seberg (2025)

Anniversary

Cynthia Taylor (2025)

The Threesome

Olivia Capitano (2025)

Zoey Deutch Movies

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2026 |
Minions & Monsters
Minions & Monsters
2026
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Follows the Minions in 1920s Hollywood as they search for frightening creatures for their monster movie, partner with a green creature, and must save the planet after unleashing monsters.
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asDebbie
2026 |
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
2026
Comedy
When her fiancé uses their "celebrity pass" agreement, Midwest bride Gail Daughtry travels to Hollywood seeking revenge by pursuing her own celebrity encounter.
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asGail Daughtry
2025 |
The Threesome
The Threesome
2025
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man's perennial crush leads him into an unexpected threesome, he thinks it's his ultimate fantasy come true. When the fantasy ends, all three are left with sobering real-world consequences, to take responsibility for their actions.
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asOlivia Capitano
2025 |
Anniversary
Anniversary
2025
Thriller
A provocative thriller about a very close-knit family that is torn apart as a new movement, "The Change," envelops the country.
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asCynthia Taylor
2025 |
Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague
2025
Biography, Comedy, Drama
The behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement.
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asJean Seberg
2024 |
Juror #2
Juror #2
2024
Thriller
While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer.
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asAllison Crewson
2022 |
The Outfit
The Outfit
2022
Crime, Drama, Mystery
An expert cutter must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
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asMable
2020 |
Buffaloed
Buffaloed
2020
Comedy, Drama
In the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
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asPeg
2019 |
Zombieland: Double Tap
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
Action, Comedy, Horror
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
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asMadison
2018 |
Flower
Flower
2018
Comedy, Drama
A sexually curious teen forms an unorthodox kinship with her mentally unstable stepbrother.
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asErica Vandross
2017 |
Before I Fall
Before I Fall
2017
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
February 12 is just another day in Sam's charmed life, until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over and over, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she's losing.
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asSamantha Kingston
2017 |
Rebel in the Rye
Rebel in the Rye
2017
Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, "The Catcher in the Rye".
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asOona O'Neill
2016 |
Dirty Grandpa
Dirty Grandpa
2016
Comedy
Right before his wedding, an uptight corporate lawyer is tricked into driving his grandfather, a lecherous former Army Lieutenant Colonel, to Florida for Spring Break.
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asShadia
2016 |
Why Him?
Why Him?
2016
Comedy
A holiday gathering threatens to go off the rails when Ned Fleming realizes that his daughter's Silicon Valley millionaire boyfriend is about to pop the question.
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asStephanie Fleming
2016 |
Everybody Wants Some!!
Everybody Wants Some!!
2016
Comedy
In 1980 Texas, a college freshman moves into an old frat house with his new baseball teammates as they party their way through the final weekend of Summer.
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asBeverly
2014 |
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy
2014
Action, Comedy, Drama
Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi.
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asRose Hathaway
2013 |
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.
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asEmily Asher