Biographie
Zoë Yeoman made her professional acting debut at the age of 16, at Kings Hall in Heidelberg, Germany, in a production of Godspell. She was raised by an Air Force enlisted man and her Mother was a civil servant, eventually retiring from the Pentagon as Chief of Logistics. Her family always took advantage of travel; she's lived or traveled through most of the United States and much of Europe.
A working actor and a member of Actor's Equity and SAG/AFTRA and, at times Producer and Director, some of Zoë's favorite theater roles include Lisa Kron in Well, Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' Collected Stories, Dr. Vivian Bearing in Wit, and as Haley Walker in Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates. She originated the role of Margaret in James Riordon's award winning play, Apollo Redux, and played dual roles in the Washington, D.C. premiere of Emma's Child, for Horizons' Theater. She earned her Equity card with "the best understudy performance in 20 years" at the Kennedy Center/Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, D.C., (during a run of The Magic Fire, produced in conjunction with and by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and directed by Libby Appel).
Zoë most has appeared in short and feature films and on Television. You've seen Zoë in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims' Unit, David E. Kelley's The Practice; Strong Medicine, The Drew Carey Show and the ABC Sitcom, Rodney. Producing and directing credits include One-Act plays, short films and theatrical productions for the Arizona Women's Theatre Company's, Pandora Festival and for Actors Studio 66 in Albuquerque, NM.
Zoë is the athletic type, enjoying sports, especially Baseball. She is a Golfer and has played courses from the Bay Area to Scottsdale, Arizona to Williamsburg, Virginia. Having learned to Ski in the Austrian Alps, she has skied the Alps of Europe and the Eastern and Western slopes of the United States. She also rides horses and recently gave up her beautiful APHA 16.2h gelding, Zoe's Situation Comedy (AKA Rolling!) so that he could have the life he deserves by trailering, mountain and streams rides through Flagstaff, AZ. An avid collector of antique furniture and 20th Century Modern Art, Zoë has visited most of the major museums and cathedrals of Europe, adding a few more during recent travels to the UK and Europe. As a gal gear-head, Zoë drives a 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V and her Father's first motorcycle, a '66 Honda CB-450.
Ms. Yeoman was on the Board of Directors of the Friars' Club of California and is a past president of the Arizona Women's Theatre Company and Actors Studio 66. She resides almost exclusively in the Southwest.
