Zooey Deschanel

Acting · Born 1980-01-17 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography

• Bridge to Terabithia as Ms. Edmunds
• Big Trouble as Jenny Herk
• Yes Man as Renee Allison
• Almost Famous as Anita Miller
• Elf as Jovie
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Dorothy Evans
• The New Guy as Nora
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Trillian
• The Good Life as Frances
• Mumford as Nessa Watkins