Life and Career
Weizenbaum was born in Seattle, Washington to an American mother and a Chinese father. From the age of two, she grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts. For years, African Dance was her primary love. She also enjoyed being part of Amherst's local musical theatre productions. She was called for an audition for Missing in America after someone saw her perform in a local production of Peter Pan. Since finishing this movie, she has also had principal roles in 12 and Holding, directed by Michael Cuesta, and in Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by Rob Marshall. Weizenbaum attended Amherst Regional High School for her freshman year, before she decided to return to Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School where she went to middle school and is currently a student. Zoe can speak Mandarin, learning through the Rosetta Stone program as well as enrolling in intensive Chinese courses at Mount Holyoke College and Middlebury College's Summer Intensive Language Program. As of fall 2010, Zoe is attending Middlebury College and is currently studying Japanese.
She is the granddaughter of computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum.
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