Zoe Lister-Jones is a multitalented actress, producer and writer, and is set to star on the new CBS comedy "Life in Pieces" which premieres Monday, Sept. 21. It also stars Dianne Wiest, James Brolin, Colin Hanks, "The Newsroom's" Thomas Sadoski, and "Breaking Bad's" Betsy Brandt.
"Life in Pieces" is about the Short family and chronicles their lives told from a different character's point of view, based on their own version of the events.
Lister-Jones already has one impressive resume and has written two films, "Breaking Upwards" and "Lola Versus," with her personal and professional partner, Daryl Wein.
Here are five thing you need to know about her!
1. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY
Lister-Jones was born on Sept. 1, 1982, in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough, in New York City. She attended high school at Edward R Murrow High School in Brooklyn where she got a grant for a short story that she wrote.
Before she graduated in 2000, she was even the editor of her school newspaper and received a writing scholarship, according to Collider.
5. She really admires Meryl Streep
Lister-Jones said that she wanted her career to echo that of living legend Meryl Streep.
"I mean there's no one like her who's carved out the career she has. She's a leading character actress, and for women especially, that's a really difficult niche to carve out. She's constantly challenging herself to play really, really different roles," she said. "That would be a goal for me, and then, obviously to keep writing and to keep making our own work and making work in different genres."
