Zoe Levin is an American actress. She played Emily in the 2013 film ''
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'' and Tasha in ''
Beneath the Harvest Sky''. She portrayed Kara Souders in the
Fox TV
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show ''
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Cast and ...
''. She played Tiffany "Tiff" Chester in the 2019
Netflix
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dark comedy ''
Bonding''. She is also part of the unreleased film ''
The Long Home,'' directed by
James Franco
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.
Personal life
Levin was born in
Chicago
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and moved to
Glencoe when she was 11. She is from a Jewish family and attended the elementary and junior high school in Glencoe before graduating from
New Trier High School
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.
She began acting at an early age and had tried out for her first professional play when she was 13. She then relocated to Los Angeles to study communication and fine arts at
Loyola Marymount University
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.
Her acting career kicked off in 2010 when she was selected to play a role in
David Schwimmer
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's film ''
Trust
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''.
This came after her performances at Chicago's
Looking Glass Theatre.
Levin is currently living in
Chicago
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Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American Jews
Actresses from Chicago
American film actresses
American television actresses
Jewish American actresses
New Trier High School alumni
People from Glencoe, Illinois
Year of birth missing (living people)
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