Background:

Zoe Lister-Jones is an American actress, screenwriter, playwright and singer. She co-wrote (with director Daryl Wein) and starred in Wein's films, “Breaking Upwards” (2009) and “Lola Versus” (2012). Other films she has acted in include “Arranged” (2007), “The Marconi Bros.” (2008), “State of Play” (2009), “Salt” (2010), “The Other Guys” (2010), “All Good Things” (2010). On the small screen, Lister-Jones is known for her roles on Adult Swim's “Delocated” (2009-2010, as Kim) and NBC's “Whitney” (2011-2012, as Lily). She wrote and starred in the one-woman show “Codependence is a Four Letter Word” (2004) and has appeared on stage productions like “The Accomplices,” “The Little Dog Laughed” and “Seminar.”        


Daughter of Artists

Childhood and Family:

In New York City, New York, Zoe Lister Jones was born on September 1, 1982. She is the only child of the New York-based, Canadian-born video artist Ardele Lister and the American photographer and media artist Bill Jones. She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with honors and from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Zoe was raised in her mother's Jewish religion.


Whitney

Career:

As a young child, Zoe Lister-Jones appeared in a video short written and directed by her mother called “Zoe's Car” (1986).   

In 2004, 22 year old Lister-Jones wrote and starred in the one woman, ten character show “Co-dependence is a Four Letter Word” at New York City's Performance Space 122. The same year, she broke into the silver screen with a significant role as Annie Ball on “Nausea II,” a comedy film directed by and starring Guy Richards Smit.

In the next three years, Lister-Jones made guest appearances in television shows like “Law & Order: Trial by Jury” (as Trisha Ford), “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (as Maya Sampson), “Kidnapped” (as E.J.), “Law & Order” (as Hannah Welch) and “The Class” (as Jeanie Callucci), as well as appeared on the short films “Anna on the Neck,” “New Boobs,” “The Last 15” and “Five Difficult Situations.” Besides, she starred as Rochel Meshenberg on “Arranged,” an independent film co-directed, co-written and co-produced by Stefan Schaefer, had an uncredited part in “Day Zero,” the directorial debut of Bryan Gunnar Cole, and was cast opposite Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan and Rip Torn on the Chris Eigeman drama film “Turn the River,” which received a nomination for John Cassavetes Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards.

Meanwhile, on stage, Lister-Jones originated the role of Ellen on the off-Broadway production of “The Little Dog Laughed,” which ran at the Second Stage Theatre from January 10, 2006 to February 26, 2006.  She also played Ellen at the end of the show run on Broadway in 2007. In 2007, Lister-Jones appeared on The New Group's “The Accomplices,” written by “New York Times” reporter Bernard Weintraub.     

In 2008, Lister-Jones portrayed Lauren on the comedy film “The Marconi Bros.,” starring Brendan Sexton III, Dan Fogler and Steven Randazzo, Jen in “Explicit Ills,” an award winning drama written and directed by Mark Webber, and Hani in “Goyband,” a comedy film starring Adam Pascal, Josh Alexander and Michael Apuzzo. Additionally, she returned to ”Law & Order” franchise with an appearance in the episode “Unorthodox” of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

In 2009, Lister-Jones co-wrote and co-starred with Daryl Wein in the independent film “Breaking Upwards,” which was directed by Wein. The film was shown at various festivals throughout 2009/2010, like the South by Southwest Film Festival, the Brooklyn International Film Festival, Athens Film Festival, the Titanic International Filmpresence Festival and the Leids Film Festival. Lister-Jones also wrote the lyrics and performed many of the tracks of the original motion picture soundtrack. The same year, she also appeared as Jessy in the political thriller movie adaptation of the British television serial, “State of Play,” which was directed by Kevin Macdonald and starred Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren, guest starred in the television show “Bored to Death” and appeared in the pilots of “Washingtonienne” and “State of Romance.”     

From 2009 to 2010, Lister-Jones played the role of Kim, a woman who became Jon's girlfriend after his divorce, on the television series “Delocated,” which premiered on Adult Swim on February 12, 2009.

Lister-Jones starred with Daniel London, Janel Moloney, Matt Walton and Laurie Kennedy in the Habib Azar directed comedy film “Armless,” which was an official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, worked with James Franco, Julianne Nicholson and Martin Donovan in Jay Anania's film, “Shadows & Lies” (2010), and had small roles in such films as Phillip Noyce's “Salt” (2010, starred  Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Adam McKay's “The Other Guys” (2010, starred Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Derek Jeter) and Andrew Jarecki's “All Good Things” (2010, starred Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella).

In 2011, Lister-Jones began her regular role as Lily on the television sitcom “Whitney,” premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011. Co-stars in the series include Whitney Cummings, Chris D'Elia, Maulik Pancholy, Dan O'Brien, and Rhea Seehorn. On the big screen, she starred with Josh Hartnett, Michael Imperioli and Sam Rosen on Brady Kiernan's romantic drama “Stuck Between Stations” (2011).

Lister-Jones replaced Lily Rabe as Kate in the Broadway production of Theresa Rebeck's “Seminar,” which ran at the Golden Theater from November 20, 2011 until May 6, 2012.

Lister-Jones starred as Alice in the independent film “Lola Versus,” which she co-wrote with director Daryl Wein. The film premiered at New York's Tribeca Film Festival in April 2012 and was
released on theaters on June 8, 2012. The film also starred Greta Gerwig, Bill Pullman, Hamish Linklater, Debra Winger, Joel Kinnaman and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.      

In addition to her contribution to the soundtrack of “Breaking Upwards” (2009), Lister-Jones performed with the rock band Maxi Geil at various venues in New York. Her first solo CD was called “Skip the Kiss.”


Awards:

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