| Maya Kazan | |
| Birth Date: | 1986 11, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education: | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Parents: | Nicholas Kazan Robin Swicord |
| Relatives: | Zoe Kazan (sister) Elia Kazan (paternal grandfather) Molly Kazan (paternal grandmother) |
| Children: | 1[1] |
Maya Kazan (;[2] born November 24, 1986)[3] [4] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Eleanor Gallinger on the television series The Knick (2014–2015).
Kazan is the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and the granddaughter of film director Elia Kazan and playwright Molly Kazan.[5] Her sister is actress Zoe Kazan.
In 2012, Kazan starred as Lucrece in Pierre Corneille's The Liar, written by David Ives at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.[6] [7]
In 2013, she played the role of Laura in Michael Rabe's play The Future Is Not What It Was at the Walkerspace theater in New York.[8] [9] [10]
In 2014, she took on the role of the adult Perdita in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the Old Globe Theater. In a February 2014 Los Angeles Times review, critic Charles McNulty wrote: "Kazan doesn't yet possess a strong stage voice, but she has everything else that's needed to make us fall in love with Perdita — natural radiance, unassuming intelligence and gentleness."[11]
In 2014, Kazan landed a recurring role as Eleanor Gallinger in Steven Soderbergh's The Knick on Cinemax alongside co-stars Clive Owen, Eve Hewson and Grainger Hines.[12] That same year, she landed another recurring role on HBO's Boardwalk Empire playing Mabel Thompson, the wife of a young Nucky Thompson, in a string of flashbacks throughout the series' fifth and final season.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Christie Mae | Christie Mae | short film | |
| 2008 | Lenore | Lenore | short film | |
| 2009 | I'll Never Smile Again | Amy | short film | |
| 2011 | Love Is Like Life But Longer | Young nun | short film | |
| 2011 | Three Things | short film | ||
| 2012 | Trial by Combat | Emily | short film | |
| 2012 | Every Saturday | Hannah | ||
| 2012 | Where the Sharpest Knife was Kept | Carla | short film | |
| 2012 | Frances Ha | Caroline | ||
| 2013 | Blood Moon | Manya | ||
| 2015 | Prism | Jewels | ||
| 2018 | The Unicorn | Katie | ||
| 2019 | Plus One | Shaina | ||
| 2020 | Love Is Love Is Love | Caroline | ||
| 2020 | Alia's Birth | Jenna | ||
| 2020 | Useless Humans | Wendy | ||
| 2021 | The Little Things | Rhonda Rathbun |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Company Town | Marla | TV film | |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Mabel Jeffries-Thompson | 4 episodes | |
| 2014–15 | The Knick | Eleanor Gallinger | 13 episodes | |
| 2015–16 | Sleepy Hollow | Zoe Corinth | Recurring (Season 3) | |
| 2017 | Jane The Virgin | Chloe | Recurring (Season 3) | |
| 2017 | Livye Hart | Recurring (Season 1) | ||
| 2018 | Mosaic | Laura Hurley | 8 episodes | |
| 2018 | Imposters | Deputy Kim Bullock | Episode:"Fillion Bollar King" | |
| 2020 | Utopia | Olivia | Episode:"Life Begins" | |
| 2020 | Homecoming | Kaya | Episode:"Previously" | |
| 2021 | Love Life | Emily Hexton | Season 2 |