Zoë Winters
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| Born | February 20, 1985 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Zoë Winters (born February 20, 1985) is an American actress. She is most known for her recurring role on Succession (2018–2023), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She has also taken supporting roles in the independent films In the Family (2011), Jules (2023), Materialists (2025), and The Drama (2026).
She has also appeared in multiple Off-Broadway plays, including Heroes of the Fourth Turning for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination and an Obie Award. She also starred in other plays including Walden and Small Mouth Sounds.
Early life and education
[edit source]Winters was born on February 20, 1985, in Santa Cruz, California.[1][2] She attended the State University of New York at Purchase, graduating in 2007.[3][4]
Career
[edit source]Winters is best known for her role as Kerry Castellabate on Succession, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.[5][6][7]
On television, Winters played a prominent role in the second season of Showtime's Flatbush Misdemeanors.[8] In films, she has appeared in In the Family by Patrick Wang,[9] Jules by Marc Turtletaub,[10] and Materialists by Celine Song.[11]
She has been in multiple Off-Broadway plays including Heroes of the Fourth Turning for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination,[12] and an Obie Award.[13] She also starred in other plays including An Octoroon, Walden and Small Mouth Sounds.[14]
Acting credits
[edit source]Film
[edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Under | Sydney | Short film |
| In the Family | Helen | Feature film debut | |
| 2013 | Gray Dog | Bee | Short film |
| 2016 | Giant | Clara | Short film |
| 2023 | Jules | Denise | |
| 2024 | Cold Wallet | Eileen | |
| Egg Timer | Daphne | Short film | |
| 2025 | Materialists | Sophie | |
| 2026 | The Drama | Frances | |
| Via Negativa | Beth |
Television
[edit source]| † | Denotes television productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Gossip Girl | Waitress | Episode: "Seventeen Candles" |
| 2008 | Army Wives | Jan | Episode: "Casting Out the Net" |
| 2009 | Ugly Betty | Applicant #3 | Episode: "Kissed Off" |
| Law & Order | Suzanne | Episode: "Reality Bites" | |
| 2015 | Elementary | Mahra Kemp | Episode: "The View from Olympus" |
| 2017 | Madam Secretary | Claire Mitchell | Episode: "The Seventh Floor" |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Gretchen Mackie | Episode: "Day 478" |
| 2019–2023 | Succession | Kerry Castellabate | Recurring role (seasons 2–4) |
| 2020 | Hunters | Congresswoman Elizabeth Handelman | Episode: "Eliu v'Eliu" |
| Helpsters | Teresa Tutu (voice) | Episode: "Ballerina Betsy/Pizza Pasquale" | |
| 2022 | Flatbush Misdemeanors | Nancy | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Command Z | Christina Martin | Episode: "The Climate II" |
| TBA | Seven Sisters † | TBA | Upcoming series[15][16] |
| The Off Weeks † | Jenny Adler | Upcoming miniseries[17] |
Theater
[edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4000 Miles | Bec | Amy Herzog | Lincoln Center Theatre, Off-Broadway | [18] |
| 2014 | Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret | William Shakespeare | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway | [19] |
| 2015 | Shows for Days | Maria | Douglas Carter Beane | Lincoln Center Theatre, Off-Broadway | [20] |
| 2016 | Red Speedo | Lydia | Lucas Hnath | New York Theater Workshop, Off-Broadway | [21] |
| 2016 | Small Mouth Sounds | Alicia | Bess Wohl | Signature Theatre Company, Off-Broadway | [22] |
| 2016 | The Harvest | Ada | Samuel D. Hunter | Lincoln Center Theater, Off-Broadway | [23] |
| 2019 | White Noise | Dawn | Suzan-Lori Parks | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway | [24] |
| 2020 | Heroes of the Fourth Turning | Teresa | Will Arbery | Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway | [25] |
| 2024 | Walden | Cassie | Amy Berryman | Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway | [26] |
| 2026 | Birthright | Chaya | Jonathan Spector | MCC Theater, Off-Broadway | [27] |
Awards and nominations
[edit source]| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucille Lortel Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play | Heroes of the Fourth Turning | Nominated | [28] |
| Obie Awards | 2020 | Special Citation | Honored | [29] | |
| Actor Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Succession (season three) | Won | [30] |
| 2023 | Succession (season four) | Won | [31] | ||
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Zoë Winters". Fandango. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Vora, Shivani (November 4, 2024). "New York Through The Eyes Of "Walden" Co-Star Zoë Winters". Forbes. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Als, Hilton (November 8, 2024). "Theatrical magic from David Cromer and Zoë Winters". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Zoe Winters". State University of New York at Purchase. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Wehnianien, Grace (April 17, 2023). "Zoë Winters Breaks Down Kerry & Logan's Succession Aftermath". Bustle. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Martin, Laura (April 17, 2023). "Succession's Zoë Winters on Kerry's Breakdown: 'I Think She Hoped for Marriage'". Esquire. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ "One Last Time: Zoe Winters '07 Honored for "Succession"". State University of New York at Purchase. February 27, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Wiseman, Justin Kroll, Andreas (May 7, 2024). "'Materialists' Adds Zoë Winters, Dasha Nekrasova, Marin Ireland (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Kuipers, Richard (October 23, 2011). "In the Family". Variety. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Ravindran, Manori (April 26, 2023). "Bleecker Street Buys UFO Drama 'Jules' Starring Ben Kingsley". Variety. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Stephen, Katcy (May 7, 2024). "Celine Song's Materialists Adds Zoë Winters, Dasha Nekrasova, Louisa Jacobson and Marin Ireland (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ "2020 Nominees". Lucille Lortel Award. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ McPhee, Ryan (July 14, 2020). "Heroes of the Fourth Turning, A Strange Loop Among 2020 Obie Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Campione, Katie (May 9, 2023). "'Succession' Actress Zoë Winters Signs With Anonymous Content". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ Cordero, Rosy (April 15, 2025). "FX's Seven Sisters Pilot Rounds Out Siblings With Odessa Young, Zoë Winters, & Meredith Hagner Among Six". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (December 16, 2025). "Elizabeth Olsen Drama Pilot Seven Sisters Picked Up To Series By FX". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (February 12, 2026). "Zoë Winters, Ravi V. Patel, Will Yun Lee & Tony Macht Join 'The Off Weeks' Apple TV Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
- ↑ "4000 Miles". LCT. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "'Much Ado About Nothing': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Shows for Days, Starring Patti LuPone and Michael Urie, Plays Its Final Off-Broadway "Show" Today". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "'Red Speedo': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Casting Complete for Return of Small Mouth Sounds". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "The Harvest Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Suzan-Lori Parks' White Noise Begins at the Public Theater". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Gersh Signs 'The Drama' And 'Succession' Actress Zoë Winters". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters to Star in Walden Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Birthright at MCC Theater". MCC. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Octet and Heroes of the Fourth Turning Lead 2020 Lucille Lortel Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "The American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice Announce the 2020 Obie Award Winners". Obie Awards. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". ActorAwards. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". ActorAwards. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
External links
[edit source]- Zoë Winters at IMDb
