1. Zooey Claire Deschanel is an American actress and musician.
65 Facts About Zooey Deschanel
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Zooey Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous.
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Zooey Deschanel has ventured into dramatic film territory with Manic, All the Real Girls, Winter Passing, Bridge to Terabithia, The Happening, and The Driftless Area.
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Zooey Deschanel received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "So Long", which was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh.
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Zooey Deschanel is a co-founder of the female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by Time Inc in 2015.
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Zooey Claire Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California on January 17,1980, the younger daughter of cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel.
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Zooey Deschanel was named after Zooey Glass, the protagonist of JD Salinger's 1961 novella Franny and Zooey.
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Zooey Deschanel lived in Los Angeles, but spent much of her childhood traveling because her father shot films on location.
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Zooey Deschanel attended Crossroads, a private preparatory school in Santa Monica, where she befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson.
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Zooey Deschanel sang throughout high school, planning to pursue a career in musical theatre and attending French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts.
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Zooey Deschanel attended Northwestern University for nine months before dropping out to pursue acting.
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Zooey Deschanel had a guest appearance on the television series Veronica's Closet in 1998.
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Zooey Deschanel made her film debut in Lawrence Kasdan's comedy Mumford, revolving around the neurotic residents in a small town and co-starring Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard and Mary McDonnell.
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Zooey Deschanel was a judge for the ninth Independent Music Awards.
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Zooey Deschanel co-starred in Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical Almost Famous, where she played Anita Miller, the rebellious older sister of a teenage journalist.
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Zooey Deschanel appeared in the independent drama Manic, as the love interest of a troubled teen.
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The New York Times found Zooey Deschanel to be "particularly spontaneous, unaffected and emotionally direct" in her role.
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Zooey Deschanel portrayed a cynical, plain-spoken young woman working in a big-box store in the black dramedy The Good Girl, opposite Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Zooey Deschanel made a one-episode appearance in Frasier, as Roz's out-of-control Cousin, Jen.
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The New York Times reported that Zooey Deschanel was "one of Hollywood's most sought-after young stars", in 2002, and the Los Angeles Times wrote in early 2003 that Zooey Deschanel had become a recognizable type, due to "her deadpan, sardonic and scene-stealing [film] performances" as the protagonist's best friend.
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Zooey Deschanel received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Also in 2003, Zooey Deschanel starred opposite Will Ferrell in the Christmas comedy Elf as a deadpan department store worker and the love interest of a man raised by Santa's elves.
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In 2004, Zooey Deschanel starred in Eulogy, and in 2005 played Trillian in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams's science fiction novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Zooey Deschanel acted in Winter Passing, co-starring Will Ferrell.
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Zooey Deschanel next appeared in Failure to Launch, as the neurotic roommate of Sarah Jessica Parker's character.
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Zooey Deschanel had a recurring role in four episodes of the Showtime television series Weeds from 2006 to 2007 where she played Kat, Andy Botwin's ex-girlfriend.
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In September 2006, it was announced that Zooey Deschanel had signed on to play 1960s singer Janis Joplin in the film The Gospel According to Janis, to be co-written and directed by Penelope Spheeris.
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Zooey Deschanel expressed frustration with the cancellation, saying she had spent three years working on imitating Joplin's scratchy singing voice.
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In 2007, Zooey Deschanel played a music teacher in Bridge to Terabithia, and the voice of a penguin in the animated film Surf's Up.
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Zooey Deschanel had a small role as Dorothy Evans in the revisionist Western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and starred in the B comedy Flakes, which was released in only one theater.
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Zooey Deschanel starred as DG in the Syfy miniseries Tin Man, a re-imagined science fiction version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Zooey Deschanel voiced Mary, Cletus's daughter in three episodes of The Simpsons since debuting on the April 27,2008, episode, "Apocalypse Cow".
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Zooey Deschanel starred in the independent comedy Gigantic, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed for a limited release in certain parts of the United States only.
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Zooey Deschanel reunited with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the independent romantic drama about the development and demise of a relationship Days of Summer.
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In December 2009, Zooey Deschanel guest-starred in a Christmas episode of the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama Bones, which was the first-ever on-screen pairing of the Zooey Deschanel sisters.
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Zooey Deschanel starred in the comedy Our Idiot Brother as the independent and bisexual sister of a dimwitted but idealistic man.
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Zooey Deschanel played Belladonna in the stoner fantasy-comedy Your Highness, with Danny McBride and James Franco.
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Zooey Deschanel signed on to star as a bubbly and offbeat teacher Jessica "Jess" Day on the Fox sitcom New Girl, created by Elizabeth Meriwether.
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Zooey Deschanel became a producer on the show and helped build the character, which she has described as a part of her, especially in regards to "the sort of enthusiasm and optimism" of her youth.
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The series premiered in September 2011, and USA Today described her performance as "a role tailored to launch her from respected indie actor to certified [television] star, Zooey Deschanel soars, combining well-honed skills with a natural charm".
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Zooey Deschanel has received an Emmy Award nomination and three Golden Globe nominations for her role.
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Zooey Deschanel obtained the role of a mysterious woman in the neo-noir drama The Driftless Area, screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and released on video on demand and home media.
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In December 2020, Zooey Deschanel appeared in the music video for Katy Perry's song "Not the End of the World".
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Zooey Deschanel appears as Kelly in season 3 of Physical released on August 2,2023 and Nancy in Dreamin' Wild, released on August 4,2023.
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Zooey Deschanel would appear as Terry in Harold and the Purple Crayon, which was released on August 2,2024.
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In March 2024, Zooey Deschanel was cast in the Amazon MGM romantic comedy film Merv, directed by Jessica Swale.
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In 2001, Zooey Deschanel formed If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies, a jazz cabaret act with fellow actress Samantha Shelton.
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In March 2007, Zooey Deschanel contributed vocals to two songs "Slowly" and "Ask Her to Dance" on the album Nighttiming by Jason Schwartzman's band Coconut Records.
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Zooey Deschanel recorded "The Fabric of My Life" for a 2009 advertising campaign for Cotton Incorporated.
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On October 23,2011, Zooey Deschanel performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before game four of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St Louis Cardinals at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.
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Zooey Deschanel contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released on September 6,2011.
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Zooey Deschanel then brought Deschanel onstage and the two sang a duet of the title song.
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On September 21,2012, it was announced that Zooey Deschanel was producing the comedy Must Be Nice, written by New Girl consulting producer JJ Philbin.
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Response towards the album was positive, with Robert Hamm for Alternative Press writing that Zooey Deschanel "is a delight, at times coy and romantic, and in other moments, moody and pensive".
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Zooey Deschanel appeared as a guest vocalist on Brian Wilson's album No Pier Pressure.
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Zooey Deschanel made her on-screen singing debut in The New Guy.
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Zooey Deschanel appears with M Ward in a number of songs on the soundtrack album for Disney's animated version of Winnie the Pooh, earning a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media nomination for "So Long".
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Zooey Deschanel wrote and performed the theme song to New Girl.
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In 2016, Zooey Deschanel voiced Bridget, the scullery maid in the animated film Trolls.
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Zooey Deschanel had a gluten allergy, but stated in a 2022 interview on Armchair Expert that she no longer suffers from it.
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Zooey Deschanel used to be a vegan, which she gave up because she found it difficult to eat enough calories on a vegan diet due to her sensitivities to wheat and soy.
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In December 2008, Zooey Deschanel became engaged to musician Ben Gibbard, lead vocalist for Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service.
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Zooey Deschanel filed for divorce on December 27,2011, citing "irreconcilable differences".
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Zooey Deschanel confirmed her engagement to film producer Jacob Pechenik in January 2015, and they married on June 21,2015.
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Zooey Deschanel reportedly converted to Judaism before marrying Pechenik, who is Jewish.