Zooey Deschanel
Department: Acting
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
Bridge to Terabithia
2007
Big Trouble
2002
Yes Man
2008
Almost Famous
2000
Elf
2003
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
The New Guy
2002
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
The Good Life
2007
Mumford
1999
Live Free or Die
2006
Dreamin' Wild
2023
Failure to Launch
2006
The Happening
2008
Surf's Up
2007
Flakes
2007
The Good Girl
2002
The Go-Getter
2007
All the Real Girls
2003
Winter Passing
2006
Trolls Band Together
2023
Manic
2001
Gigantic
2008
Abandon
2002
Your Highness
2011
Eulogy
2004
Sweet Friggin' Daisies
2002
Once Upon A Mattress
2005
Celebrity Mix
2005
(500) Days of Summer
2009
These Amazing Shadows
2011
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
Our Idiot Brother
2011
Whatever We Do
2003
Players in Pigtails
2004
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
House Hunting
2003
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
The Driftless Area
2015
Rock the Kasbah
2015
Merv
2025
Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024
Raving
2007
Trolls
2016
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
2015
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
Trolls Holiday
2017
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
2003
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
2019
Visions of 'The Happening'
2008
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
2008
The Happening: A Day for Night
2008
Trolls World Tour
2020
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'
2005
Winnie the Pooh
2011
Heather of the Valley
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Trash Mountain
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Trolls 4
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The Simpsons
1989
New Girl
2011
American Dad!
2005
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Frasier
1993
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Tin Man
2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Tamron Hall
2019
The Celebrity Dating Game
2021
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel
2023
Live from E!
2002
Gone Mental with Lior
2020
American Dad!
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Bones
2005
Top Chef Masters
2009
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
About Last Night
2022
Physical
2021
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Veronica's Closet
1997
Trixie Motel
2022
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
2012
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Conan
2010
Celebrity IOU
2020
White House Christmas
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
The Simpsons
1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Teen Choice Awards
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Cracking Up
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Conan
2010