Zooey Deschanel
1 FOLLOWER • 49 CREDITS • JAN 17, 1980 • 44
Biography
Zooey Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and had 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). From 2011 to 2018, she starred as Jess Day on the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. Deschanel is also a co-founder of the female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by Time Inc. in 2015.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Bones
American Dad!
The Simpsons
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Frasier
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Real Time with Bill Maher
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Physical
About Last Night
Trixie Motel
StoryBots: Answer Time
Veronica's Closet
Trolls World Tour
The Movies That Made Us
Weeds
Trolls Band Together
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
Elf
Almost Famous
Your Highness
Abandon
The Good Girl
Surf's Up
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Trolls Holiday
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Trolls
Failure to Launch
Bridge to Terabithia
Our Idiot Brother
(500) Days of Summer
Yes Man
The Happening
New Girl
Production Credits
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