Zooey Deschanel

ActingBorn 1980-01-17 (46)Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Zooey Deschanel

Known For

Teen Choice Awards

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Bones

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Sweet Friggin' Daisies

Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event

Frasier

Almost Famous

These Amazing Shadows

Filmography

Merv

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Trolls Band Together

Dreamin' Wild

What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel

StoryBots: Answer Time

Trixie Motel

About Last Night

Physical

The Celebrity Dating Game

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Celebrity IOU

Gone Mental with Lior

Trolls World Tour

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

Tamron Hall

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

Trolls Holiday

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Trolls

Rock the Kasbah

Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event

The Driftless Area

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

New Girl

Our Idiot Brother

Your Highness

Winnie the Pooh

These Amazing Shadows

Conan

Who Do You Think You Are?

(500) Days of Summer

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Top Chef Masters

Yes Man

Visions of 'The Happening'

The Happening: A Day for Night

The Happening: Elements of a Scene

Gigantic

The Happening

Flakes

Tin Man

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Surf's Up

Raving

Bridge to Terabithia

The Go-Getter

The Good Life

Live Free or Die

Failure to Launch

Winter Passing

Once Upon A Mattress

Bones

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'

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

American Dad!

Eulogy