Zoë Winters

Zoë Winters
Winters in 2025
Born (1985-02-20) February 20, 1985 (age 41)
Santa Cruz, California
OccupationActress
Years active2007–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

Winters was born on February 20, 1985, in Santa Cruz, California. She attended the State University of New York at Purchase, graduating in 2007.

Career

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.

On television, Winters played a prominent role in the second season of Showtime's Flatbush Misdemeanors. In films, she has appeared in In the Family by Patrick Wang, Jules by Marc Turtletaub, and Materialists by Celine Song.

She has been 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 An Octoroon, Walden and Small Mouth Sounds.

Acting credits

Film

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

Key
ClockC 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
The Off Weeks † Jenny Adler Upcoming miniseries

Theater

Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref.
2012 4000 Miles Bec Amy Herzog Lincoln Center Theatre, Off-Broadway
2014 Much Ado About Nothing Margaret William Shakespeare The Public Theater, Off-Broadway
2015 Shows for Days Maria Douglas Carter Beane Lincoln Center Theatre, Off-Broadway
2016 Red Speedo Lydia Lucas Hnath New York Theater Workshop, Off-Broadway
2016 Small Mouth Sounds Alicia Bess Wohl Signature Theatre Company, Off-Broadway
2016 The Harvest Ada Samuel D. Hunter Lincoln Center Theater, Off-Broadway
2019 White Noise Dawn Suzan-Lori Parks The Public Theater, Off-Broadway
2020 Heroes of the Fourth Turning Teresa Will Arbery Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway
2024 Walden Cassie Amy Berryman Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway
2026 Birthright Chaya Jonathan Spector MCC Theater, Off-Broadway

Awards and nominations

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Lucille Lortel Awards 2020 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Heroes of the Fourth Turning Nominated
Obie Awards 2020 Special Citation Honored
Actor Awards 2021 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Succession (season three) Won
2023 Succession (season four) Won

References

  1. ↑ "Zoë Winters". Fandango. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ Vora, Shivani (November 4, 2024). "New York Through The Eyes Of "Walden" Co-Star Zoë Winters". Forbes. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ Als, Hilton (November 8, 2024). "Theatrical magic from David Cromer and Zoë Winters". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Zoe Winters". State University of New York at Purchase. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ Wehnianien, Grace (April 17, 2023). "Zoë Winters Breaks Down Kerry & Logan's Succession Aftermath". Bustle. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ Martin, Laura (April 17, 2023). "Succession's Zoë Winters on Kerry's Breakdown: 'I Think She Hoped for Marriage'". Esquire. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  7. ↑ "One Last Time: Zoe Winters '07 Honored for "Succession"". State University of New York at Purchase. February 27, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ Kuipers, Richard (October 23, 2011). "In the Family". Variety. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ Ravindran, Manori (April 26, 2023). "Bleecker Street Buys UFO Drama 'Jules' Starring Ben Kingsley". Variety. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "2020 Nominees". Lucille Lortel Award. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  13. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (July 14, 2020). "Heroes of the Fourth Turning, A Strange Loop Among 2020 Obie Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  14. ↑ Campione, Katie (May 9, 2023). "'Succession' Actress Zoë Winters Signs With Anonymous Content". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (December 16, 2025). "Elizabeth Olsen Drama Pilot Seven Sisters Picked Up To Series By FX". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "4000 Miles". LCT. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  19. ↑ "'Much Ado About Nothing': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Shows for Days, Starring Patti LuPone and Michael Urie, Plays Its Final Off-Broadway "Show" Today". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  21. ↑ "'Red Speedo': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Casting Complete for Return of Small Mouth Sounds". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  23. ↑ "The Harvest Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Suzan-Lori Parks' White Noise Begins at the Public Theater". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  25. ↑ "Gersh Signs 'The Drama' And 'Succession' Actress Zoë Winters". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters to Star in Walden Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  27. ↑ "Birthright at MCC Theater". MCC. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Octet and Heroes of the Fourth Turning Lead 2020 Lucille Lortel Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  29. ↑ "The American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice Announce the 2020 Obie Award Winners". Obie Awards. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  30. ↑ "The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". ActorAwards. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  31. ↑ "The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". ActorAwards. Retrieved August 9, 2026.