Zazie Beetz (born c. 1991) is a German-American actress best known for the role of Vanessa on Atlanta (2016). In 2016, she also appeared in the Netflix anthology series Easy (2016) and, in 2018, as the Marvel Comics character Domino in Deadpool 2 (2018). Zazie Beetz was born at the Charité in Berlin, Germany. Her German father is a cabinetmaker and her mother is an African-American social worker. Performing in community theaters and local stages since childhood, Zazie found her joy in grade school and grew up acting. She went to kindergarten and elementary school in Berlin, but was raised in uptown Manhattan as well, speaking both German and English with her family at home. One of her first student jobs was at Alexa Einkaufszentrum in a H&M shop. She received training from Muscota New School, the Harlem School of the Arts, and LaGuardia Arts High school. She attended Skidmore College, where she received a bachelor's degree in French.
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