Zooey Deschanel
Born 1980
Known for (500) Days of Summer, Yes Man, The Happening.
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.
Movie Credits
Merv (2025)
The Driftless Area (2015)
Gigantic (2008)
Winter Passing (2006)
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
The Happening (2008)
Yes Man (2008)
Flakes (2007)
The Go-Getter (2007)
The Good Life (2007)
All the Real Girls (2003)
The Good Girl (2002)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
Dreamin' Wild (2023)
Trolls Holiday (2017)
Trolls (2016)
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Surf's Up (2007)
Failure to Launch (2006)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Eulogy (2004)
Manic (2002)
The New Guy (2002)
Your Highness (2011)
Once Upon A Mattress (2005)
Abandon (2002)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2011)
Live Free or Die (2006)
Mumford (1999)
Elf (2003)
Almost Famous (2000)
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019)
Big Trouble (2002)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Trolls Band Together (2023)
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
