Zazie Beetz Biography

Zazie Beetz is a German and American actress best known for her role in FX’s Atlanta from 2016 to 2022. For her performance in the film, she won a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Award.

Zazie Beetz Age

Beetz was born Zazie Olivia Beetz on June 1, 1991, in Berlin, Germany. She is 33 years old as of 2024. Beetz celebrates her birthday on June 1st.

Zazie Beetz Height

Beetz stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.

Zazie Beetz Family

Beetz was born to a German father(Thomas Beetz) and an African-American mother. The family moved to New York City permanently when she was 8. They raised her in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood where she spoke both German and English with her family at home.

Thomas is a cabinet maker who moved to the United States in 1990 after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. He did janitorial work for the summer and later sought a general education equivalent before joining a trade school, ultimately becoming a cabinetmaker.

Her mother is a social worker who has a Master’s degree and is from New York. They separated when Beetz was very young. Beetz has a younger brother named Justin. She has commented that being mixed race was uncomfortable during her youth. Beetz was named after the main lead in Raymond Queneau’s Zazie in the Metro. It’s pronounced like the German-dubbed version of the 1960 film adaptation of the novel.

Zazie Beetz Husband

Beetz got married to David Rysdahl in 2023. Vanity Fair communicated news of their engagement in 2022. The pair met at an acting workshop and have been dating since 2014. They have a production company called Sleepy Poppy. David is an actor who rose to prominence by starring in Nine Days in 2020, No Exit in 2022, and Oppenheimer in 2023. He was born on April 2, 1987, in New Ulm, Minnesota, and is 37 years old as of 2024.

Rysdahl was born to Gigi and Dr. Scott Rysdahl. He grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota alongside his brother and sister. He briefly worked in public health in Guatemala and became interested in acting. Rysdahl was in a stage production of Hamlet at the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, Minnesota. After moving to New York, he began appearing in films like Dead Pigs, Nine Days, and No Exit. He also starred in Netflix’s  The Family SN 4, Netflix’s Black Mirror SN 5, FX’s Fargo, and The Land of Owls.

Zazie Beetz Net Worth

Beetz has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an actress.

Zazie Beetz Atlanta

Beetz rose to prominence for her role as Vanessa “Van” Kiefer in FX’s Atlanta from 2016 to 2022. Vanessa is an Afro-German who has an on-and-off relationship with Earnest “Earn” Marks. She has a daughter named Lottie and previously worked as a grade-school science teacher. In the show, she regularly struggles with the pressure that comes from raising her daughter. For her performance in the film, she won a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Award.

Zazie Beetz Dominos/Deadpool 2

Beetz starred as Neena Thurman / Domino in Deadpool 2 in 2018. Neena is a mercenary who has the ability to change luck. She joins Deadpool’s X-Force team to free Russell from a prison-transfer convoy and protect him from Cable. For the role, she started working out every day and decided to abstain from shaving her armpits to match the general public’s changing perception of the practice.

Zazie Beetz Bullet Train

Beetz starred as The Hornet in Bullet Train in 2022. The Hornet is an assassin who specializes in poison. She poisoned the Wolf’s wedding party and the Son with boomslang snake venom. She tries to poison Ladybug when they meet. However, her efforts prove futile since Ladybug took the antivenom before her, leading to her demise.

Zazie Beetz Joker/Joker: Folie à Deux

Beetz starred as Sophie Dumond in Joker in 2019 and Joker: Folie à Deux in 2024. Sophie is a gloomy single mother, the “love interest” of Arthur Fleck(Joaquin Phoenix), and his neighbor. Arthur believes that he is in a romantic relationship with her.

Zazie Beetz Education

Beetz finished preschool in Berlin and kindergarten in New York City before settling in New York City permanently when she was 8. She also studied at Muscota New School where she performed in community theaters and on local stages. She then joined the LaGuardia Arts High School where she graduated in 2009. Further, she studied at Skidmore College, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in French in 2013. She lived in Paris for a year.

Zazie Beetz Career

Beetz gained an interest in acting while she was in school, performing in community theaters and on local stages. After graduating college, she worked as a waitress for a year before she secured a spot in the cast of FX’s Atlanta. In 2018, she won a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Award for her role in the film.

Beetz also starred in Netflix’s Easy from 2016 to 2019. In 2017, she starred as Dana in Geostorm. The following year, she starred as Domino in Deadpool 2. Next, she starred as Sophie, Arthur Fleck/Joker’s neighbor, in Joker.

Since 2021, she has worked as the voice of Amber Bennett in the animated superhero series, Invincible. In 2024, she recurred the role of Sophie in Joker: Folie à Deux. She is scheduled to voice Diane Foxington / The Crimson Paw in The Bad Guys 2. Moreover, she will star in The Dutchman and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. She can speak German, English, and French.

Zazie Beetz Movies and TV Shows

Beetz has starred in several movies during her career such as

• Applesauce
• Wolves
• Sollers Point
• Dead Pigs
• Wounds
• The Twilight Zone
• Lucy in the Sky
• The Harder They Fall
• Nine Days
• Invincible
• History of the World, Part II
• Black Mirror
• Full Circle
• Big Mouth