Zooey Deschanel

Also Credited As:

Zooey Claire Deschanel
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Biography

It took little time for actress-singer Zooey Deschanel - a petite and enigmatic beauty - to gain a devoted audience. Taking up acting as a teenager in the late 1990s and moving into prestige projects such as "Almost Famous" (2000) and "All the Real Girls" (2003), Deschanel's off-beat projections of character made her cast-worthy before the Christmas comedy "Elf" (2003) did the trick. Over the next few years, Deschanel found her niche as a …
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Job Title

Actor, Music

Born

Zooey Claire Deschanel on January 17, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Winter Passing

Reese Holdin

Enchantress of Numbers

Ada Lovelace

The Gospel According to Janis

Janis Joplin

The Robbery of Ellie May

Actor

New Girl

Jessica

The Happening

Alma Moore

Gigantic

Harriet Lolly

(500) Days of Summer

Summer

Flakes

Miss Pussy Katz

Divorce Ranch

Actor

The Go-Getter

Kate

Do It Again

Herself

Our Idiot Brother

Natalie

Elf

Jovie

The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy

Trillian

Yes Man

Allison

Failure to Launch

Kit

Surf's Up

Voice of Lani Aliikai

Once Upon a Mattress

Lady Larken

All the Real Girls

Noel

The Good Life

Frances

Bridge to Terabithia

Ms. Edmonds

Along the Highways

Nicole

Abandon

Samantha Harper

Your Highness

Belladonna