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Zooey Deschanel

1 FOLLOWER • 51 CREDITS • JAN 17, 1980 • 45

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.

Overview

Known For

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

American Dad!

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Kelly Clarkson Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Bones

The Simpsons

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Today with Hoda & Jenna

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

StoryBots: Answer Time

Trolls World Tour

The Movies That Made Us

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Weeds

Trolls Band Together

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Bridge to Terabithia

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Production Credits

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