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Zooey Deschanel
1 FOLLOWER • 49 CREDITS • JAN 17, 1980 • 44
Biography
Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, model, and singer-songwriter. She made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and next obtained a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous (2000). Deschanel is known for her deadpan roles in comedy films such as The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Yes Man (2008) and 500 Days of Summer (2009). She has ventured into more dramatic territory with Manic (2001), All the Real Girls (2003), Winter Passing (2005), and Bridge to Terabithia (2007). From 2011 to 2018, she played Jessica Day on the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination and three Golden Globe Award nominations.
For a few years starting in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with actress Samantha Shelton. In 2006, Deschanel teamed up with M. Ward to form She & Him, and subsequently released their debut album, Volume One, in 2008. They have since released five albums: Volume Two, in 2010, A Very She & Him Christmas in 2011, Volume 3 in 2013, Classics in 2014, and Christmas Party in 2016. She received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "So Long", which was featured in the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh soundtrack. Besides singing, she plays keyboards, percussion, banjo, and ukulele.
Deschanel is also a co-founder of the female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by Time, Inc. in 2015.
Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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American Dad!
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Bones
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The Simpsons
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series
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Frasier
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
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E! Live from the Red Carpet
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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The Holiday Movies That Made Us
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Physical
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About Last Night
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Trixie Motel
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Veronica's Closet
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StoryBots: Answer Time
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Trolls World Tour
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The Movies That Made Us
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Weeds
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Trolls Band Together
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
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The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
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Almost Famous
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Elf
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Your Highness
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Abandon
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The Good Girl
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Failure to Launch
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Trolls Holiday
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Surf's Up
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Trolls
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Our Idiot Brother
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Yes Man
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The Happening
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(500) Days of Summer
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New Girl
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