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Zoe Kravitz and 50 things you didn't know about her.
1. Her middle name is Isabella.
2. She is an actress, singer and model.
3. The daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet.
4. Appeared in the films No Reservations (2007), The Brave One (2007), and as Angel Salvadore in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011).
5. Was born in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, at the canal-front home of her parents.
6. Both of her parents are of half African American and half Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
7. Her paternal grandmother, actress Roxie Roker, was of African-American and Afro-Bahamian descent.
8. Her maternal grandfather, Allen Bonet, is African-American.
9. Her paternal grandfather, filmmaker Sy Kravitz, and maternal grandmother, Arlene Litman, were both Jewish.
10. Zoë identifies as a secular Jew.
11. Kravitz's parents married in 1987.
12. The couple however divorced six years later, in 1993, when she was five.
13. Lived with her mother in Topanga Canyon.
14. Moved to Miami at age eleven to live with her father, spending summers with her mother.
15. Attended Miami Country Day School and then Rudolf Steiner School in Manhattan, New York, where she graduated in 2007.
16. Began studying at the acting conservatory at the State University of New York at Purchase.
17. However she left college after a year.
18. Moved to Brooklyn to work in films.
19. Struggled with anorexia and bulimia throughout high school, until around age 24.
20. Landed her first film role while in high school, playing a babysitter hired by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the 2007 romance, No Reservations.
21. Starred in Jay-Z's music video for the single "I Know."
22. Was featured singing in will.i.am's music video, "We Are The Ones", in support of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama.
23. Kravitz filmed in London and performed wire work for her role X-Men, to simulate her character's ability to fly.
24. Modeled in fashion magazines such as French Jalouse, Venus Zine and Elle.
25. Was named the face of Vera Wang's Princess fragrance in 2009 appearing on the website and in advertisements for the brand.
26. Starred in a campaign for fashion designer Alexander Wang in 2010.
27. Represented Vera Wang's new Preppy Princess fragrance in 2011.
28. Kravitz released a jewelry line in collaboration with the Swarovski crystal company.
29. Used ethnic and vintage jewelry, and her birthstone, Turquoise, as inspiration for her designs.
30. Became the face of Brooklyn-based designer Alexis Bittar's jewelry line in 2015.
31. Fronted the New York/Philadelphia-based band Elevator Fight, which she formed in 2009.
32. The band performed at the South by Southwest music festival and on the main stage of the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in June 2009, along with The Roots, TV On The Radio, and The Black Keys.[39] Kravitz stated in 2011 that her music is a hobby.
33. Started the band Lolawolf while in Los Angeles filming The Road Within.
34. Lolawolf released an eponymous EP and debuted at the Mercury Lounge in November 2013.
35. The band was named after Kravitz' younger siblings, Lola and Nakoa-Wolf.
36. Krawitz and her band supported Lily Allen, Miley Cyrus, and Warpaint on tour in 2014.
37. Has a maternal younger sister, Lola Lolani Momoa, born in July 2007.
38. She also has a younger brother, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa.
39. Her mother married actor Jason Momoa.
40. Lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.
41. The song "Flowers for Zoë", included on her father's second album Mama Said, was written as a tribute to a then three-year-old Zoë Kravitz.
42. Dated her X-Men: First Class co-star Michael Fassbender.
43. After that she began dating began dating Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley. They split however in 2013.
44. She got her first tattoo at age 18. She likes tattoos and has more than 10 of them.
45. She did most of stunts on her own in 'Divergent.'
46. Is a good friend with Jennifer Lawrence.
47. Finds her apartments as the rest of New Yorkers, through Craigslist.
48. She likes Juice Press, Cafe Mogador and Lovely Day.
49. Her music is pop, pop rock.
50. She does vocals when in the band.
