Zoey Francis Chaya Thompson Deutch (/dɔɪtʃ/ DOYTCH; born November 10, 1994)[1] is an American actress and producer.

[3] Other close relatives of hers include her maternal grandmother, musician Barbara Barry Thompson, paternal grandfather, music executive Murray Deutch, and grand-uncle actor Robert Walden.

[13] Deutch began her career in 2010, at the age of 15, with a role on the Disney Channel original series The Suite Life on Deck as Maya, Zack Martin's love interest during the third season.

[17] Her big screen breakthrough came in the supporting role of Emily Asher, alongside Emma Thompson, Thomas Mann and Alden Ehrenreich in the 2013 fantasy-romance-drama Beautiful Creatures based on a well-known young adult novel of the same name written by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the first book in the Caster Chronicles series.

[18] Deutch also appeared on NCIS,[19] Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, ABC Family's Switched at Birth[20] and in Marc Cherry's television pilot Hallelujah.

[24] In January 2014, it was announced that she would star as lead opposite Tyson Ritter in Randall Miller's Midnight Rider, a biopic of Gregg Allman.

[27] She also landed the lead role in Julie Plec's and Sue Kramer's rom-com Cover Girl[28] and starred in the official music video of the song "Opium" by The New Division with Avan Jogia.

[31] Deutch was essentially the only female lead in the film, paired with freshman ballplayer Jake Bradford played by Blake Jenner.

[35] Deutch's next role was in the crime drama Vincent-N-Roxxy, alongside Emory Cohen, Emile Hirsch and Zoë Kravitz which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.

"[45] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter concluded "Flower is redeemed only by Zoey Deutch's magnetic performance, which would be star-making if in the service of a better vehicle.

"[46] Deutch appeared in her mother Lea Thompson's directorial debut The Year Of Spectacular Men as Sabrina, with Avan Jogia, her sister Madelyn, Cameron Monaghan and Nicholas Braun.

[51] Also in 2017, she appeared in James Franco's The Disaster Artist, based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, which tells the behind-the-scenes story behind cult film The Room.

In her review for The Los Angeles Times, Kimber Myers applauded Deutch's performance, saying she "immediately takes the audience hostage in the opening moments of Buffaloed [...] the actress owns this sharp comedy — and everyone watching — playing the type of character we still don’t see that often on screen.

Concluding her review of the film, O'Malley wrote, "Buffaloed is refreshing in how it challenges these norms, and in so doing, gives Deutch—who has already proven her comedic acting chops in Everybody Wants Some!

"[60] TheWrap's Elizabeth Weitzman was more critical of the film, calling it "uneven",[61] while The New York Times' Jeannette Catsoulis penned "Simultaneously rowdy and slick, Buffaloed is exuberantly paced and entirely dependent on Deutch’s moxie and pell-mell performance.

[65] In 2020, Deutch starred in the Quibi television series adaptation Home Movie: The Princess Bride, to raise money for World Central Kitchen.

[67] In February 2021, it was announced that Deutch will star in Graham Moore's directorial debut The Outfit alongside Mark Rylance and Dylan O'Brien.

[69] She lent her voice for the character Lily in adult animated comedy series Fairfax premiering on Amazon Prime Video in October 2021.

[70] In November 2021, it was announced that she will play the lead and be executive producer of Something From Tiffany's, an Amazon Original film co-produced by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine, based on the Melissa Hill novel.

[71] In May 2023, Deutch was cast in Juror #2, which is purported to be Clint Eastwood's final directorial effort,[72] and in Anniversary alongside Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler.

[76] She again took the stage as a host for welcoming the co-founder of non-profit, non-governmental organization Vital Voices, Hillary Clinton at Global Leadership Awards 2018.

[79] Deutch supports Planned Parenthood[80] and was part of its rally with pro-choice advocates and leaders celebrating the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade at Sacramento, California.