From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zoe Rowlands Cassavetes (born 29 June 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film director, screenwriter and actress best known for her 2007 film Broken English and as the daughter of American actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marie Guillard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.