2010–2013: Early work 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. From 2011 to 2012, she played recurring role of Juliet Martin in
The CW thriller drama
Ringer. She debuted on the big screen in
Mayor Cupcake (2011) alongside her mother and sister. Deutch booked a small scene in
The Amazing Spider-Man but director
Marc Webb cut the scene, although it is included on the DVD. 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. Deutch also appeared on
NCIS,
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,
ABC Family's
Switched at Birth and in
Marc Cherry's television pilot
Hallelujah.
2014–2017: Breakthrough Deutch starred as Rosemarie Hathaway in
Vampire Academy (2014), based on the first book of best-selling young adult six
book series written by
Richelle Mead. The film marked her first appearance as a lead. Jordan Hoffman of the
New York Daily News termed her performance in the film as breakout lead performance. 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. Deutch then joined the teen coming-of-age comedy
Good Kids, which was released on October 21, 2016, by
Vertical Entertainment. She also landed the lead role in
Julie Plec's and Sue Kramer's rom-com
Cover Girl and starred in the official music video of the song "Opium" by The New Division with
Avan Jogia. In 2016, Deutch played Beverly in
Richard Linklater's
Everybody Wants Some!!, which premiered at
SXSW Film Festival. Deutch was paired with freshman ballplayer Jake Bradford played by
Blake Jenner. She starred alongside
Robert De Niro and
Zac Efron in
Dirty Grandpa, as love interest to Efron's character and in
Why Him? alongside
James Franco,
Bryan Cranston and
Megan Mullally. She played a Stanford student, daughter to Cranston and Mullally's characters, who falls in love with a billionaire, Laird, played by Franco. 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. Deutch starred as Samantha "Sam" Kingston in
Before I Fall, an adaptation of
Lauren Oliver's best-selling young adult novel of the same name, also starring
Jennifer Beals and
Kian Lawley. Andrea Mandell of
USA Today described
Before I Fall as a milestone in Deutch's rising career. The scripts of
Good Kids,
Dirty Grandpa and
Before I Fall were on the 2011
Black List. A second film featuring Deutch premiered at
Sundance Film Festival in 2017,
Danny Strong's
Rebel in the Rye. The biopic of author
J.D. Salinger saw Deutch as
Oona O'Neill opposite
Nicholas Hoult,
Kevin Spacey, and
Laura Dern. Deutch starred in
Flower directed by
Max Winkler, with a script written by
Alex McAulay.
Flower was added to the 2012
Black List and premiered at the 2017
Tribeca Film Festival. Aubrey Page of
Collider described her performance as an "electric lead performance" and
David Ehrlich of
IndieWire thought the film "confirms that Zoey Deutch is a genuine star in the making." 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." 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. She also shares the production credit for the film. The film had its world premiere in June 2017 in
Los Angeles Film Festival 2017 and was screened at various film festivals before theatrical release. Scott Menzel of
We Live Entertainment described her role as Sabrina in this film as "without question her finest performance to date." Along with these, in the same year, was seen opposite
Ed Sheeran in the official music video of his song "
Perfect" from the album
÷. The video which was released on November 9, 2017, has garnered over 4 billion views and 22 million likes, as of August 2025. 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.
2018–present: established actress Deutch starred opposite her
Everybody Wants Some costar
Glen Powell, in
Netflix's 2018 romantic comedy
Set It Up. The story follows two overworked assistants who try to get their horrible bosses out of their hair by setting them up together. She also landed a role in the drama-comedy
The Professor alongside
Johnny Depp. In May 2019, the makers of
Set It Up announced that Deutch will be reuniting with Glen Powell for another rom-com tentatively titled
Most Dangerous Game. In July 2018, it was announced that Deutch would be starring in
Ryan Murphy's new web television comedy series on
Netflix,
The Politician alongside
Ben Platt and
Gwyneth Paltrow, which was released on
Netflix on September 27, 2019. In
Tanya Wexler's
crime comedy drama Buffaloed (2019), Deutch played the lead role of Peg Dahl, a
con artist who, while on
parole for her crimes and in a desperate attempt to escape her hometown of
Buffalo, New York, becomes a
debt collector. Co-produced by Deutch herself, and co-starring
Judy Greer,
Jermaine Fowler,
Noah Reid and
Jai Courtney, the film premiered at the
Tribeca Film Festival to positive reviews from critics. Upon its
limited theatrical release in February 2020, the film received further praise. 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." Sheila O'Malley of
RogerEbert.com called the film, "a showcase for the mega-talented Deutch", saying Deutch "tosses herself into the role like a maniacal fidget-spinner, all flash and charm." 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!!,
Zombieland: Double Tap and the Netflix series
The Politician—a chance to shine at the center of the narrative."
TheWraps Elizabeth Weitzman was more critical of the film, calling it "uneven", 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." Deutch starred as Madison in
Zombieland: Double Tap, which was released October 11, 2019. She received positive reviews for her performance, and was nominated at the
2020 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In 2020, Deutch starred in the
Quibi television series adaptation
Home Movie: The Princess Bride, to raise money for
World Central Kitchen. In 2021, she appeared in the music video "
Anyone", a song by Canadian singer
Justin Bieber. She also joined
Hound as the lead character "Callie" as well as producer. She voiced a role in an adult animated comedy series
Fairfax which premiered on
Amazon Prime Video in October 2021. Deutch starred in
Graham Moore's directorial debut
The Outfit (2022) alongside
Mark Rylance and
Dylan O'Brien which premiered at the
72nd Berlin International Film Festival. The same year she starred in
Quinn Shephard's satire film
Not Okay, which was released on
Hulu. She starred and executive produced ''
Something From Tiffany's'', an
Amazon Original film co-produced by
Reese Witherspoon and
Hello Sunshine, based on the Melissa Hill novel. (
R) at the
2025 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of
Nouvelle Vague. Her performance has been praised by numerous critics. In 2024, Deutch starred opposite
Nicholas Hoult and
Toni Collette in the drama thriller
Juror #2, from director
Clint Eastwood in his purported final effort as a filmmaker. The film received positive reviews from critics, as did her performance. From October 2024 to January 2025, she played Emily Webb, in a
Broadway revival of the
Thorton Wilder play
Our Town at the
Ethel Barrymore Theater. She acted alongside
Jim Parsons and
Katie Holmes in a production directed by
Kenny Leon. Shania Russell of
Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Deutch making her Broadway debut, is as instantly likable as ever. She balances easy charisma with distinct vulnerability". For the biographical film
Nouvelle Vague, she reunited with director
Richard Linklater portraying
Jean Seberg during the period leading up to the latter's breakthrough role in the
French New Wave film
Breathless (1960). The film had its premiere at the
2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it was met with positive reviews from critics and audience alike. Critics describe her as being "well-cast" and "convincing" in the role. Pete Hammond of
Deadline Hollywood described her as being "terrific", adding, "Deutch is especially impressive as Seberg. There wasn’t a moment I thought I was watching anyone else but Seberg." For the role, she earned a nomination for the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance and several publications, including
Variety, believed her worthy of a nomination for
Best Supporting Actress at the
98th Academy Awards, though no nomination eventuated.
Time included the performance in its selection of the best of
2025 in film. Deutch's third and final film of 2025 was the dystopian thriller film
Anniversary, in which she starred opposite
Diane Lane,
Kyle Chandler,
Madeline Brewer,
Phoebe Dynevor,
Mckenna Grace,
Sky Yang, and
Dylan O'Brien. ==Other work==