| Zoe Lister-Jones | |
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| Born | September 1, 1982 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
Zoe Lister-Jones (born September 1, 1982) is an American, actress, singer, playwright, and screenwriter. She is currently appearing on Adult Swim's television program Delocated as Kim and on NBC's Whitney as Lily.
Lister-Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother is the New York-based, Canadian-born video artist Ardele Lister, and her father is the American photographer and media artist Bill Jones. Lister-Jones was raised in her mother's Jewish religion.[1][2] She graduated with honors from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.[3]
Her New York City theatre credits include The Little Dog Laughed and The New Group's The Accomplices. Her screen credits also include the political thriller State of Play, as well as quirky independent films such as Armless, Arranged, The Marconi Bros., Day Zero and Palladio. On television she has appeared in Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Trial by Jury and is a regular cast member of Delocated and the sitcom Whitney.
Lister-Jones wrote and performed in the one-woman, ten-character show Co-dependence is a Four Letter Word.[4] She recently co-wrote and co-starred in the feature independent film Breaking Upwards, which explores a young, real-life New York couple who, battling codependency, decide to intricately strategize their own break up. Lister-Jones also wrote the lyrics and performed many of the tracks of the original motion picture sound track. Breaking Upwards premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in March, 2009.[5]
Lister-Jones has performed with the rock band Maxi Geil at venues such as Joe's Pub (Manhattan), Luxx and the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. Her debut solo CD was entitled Skip the Kiss.
In 2011 she stars in Brady Kiernan's Stuck Between Stations alongside Josh Hartnett and Michael Imperioli.