The actress who made her acting debut in "Swordswallowers and Thin Men" also portrayed Emily Gardner in a film directed by who?
Zoe Kazan Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and playwright. Kazan made her acting debut in "Swordswallowers and Thin Men" (2003) and later appeared in films such as "The Savages" (2007), "Revolutionary Road" (2008) and "It's Complicated" (2009). She starred in "happythankyoumoreplease" (2010), "Meek's Cutoff" (2010) and "Ruby Sparks" (2012), writing the screenplay for the latter. In 2014, she starred in the film "What If" and the HBO mini-series "Olive Kitteridge", for which she received an Emmy nomination. In 2017, she portrayed Emily Gardner, who is based on Emily V. Gordon, in the film "The Big Sick".
Layer Cake (novel) Layer Cake is the debut novel of British author J. J. Connolly, first published in 2000 by Duckworth Press. It was made into a motion picture in 2004 (also called "Layer Cake"), directed by Matthew Vaughn and written for the screen by Connolly himself.