Zooey Deschanel

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Acting

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

• Trash Mountain (2026)
• Merv (2025)
• Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
• Trolls Band Together (2023)
• Dreamin' Wild (2023)
• Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School (2022)
• Trolls World Tour (2020)
• The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019)
• Trolls Holiday (2017)
• Trolls (2016)
• Rock the Kasbah (2015)
• Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event (2015)
• The Driftless Area (2015)
• Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
• Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)
• FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012)
• Our Idiot Brother (2011)
• Your Highness (2011)
• Winnie the Pooh (2011)
• These Amazing Shadows (2011)
• (500) Days of Summer (2009)
• Yes Man (2008)
• Visions of 'The Happening' (2008)
• The Happening: Elements of a Scene (2008)
• The Happening: A Day for Night (2008)
• Gigantic (2008)
• The Happening (2008)
• The Go-Getter (2008)
• Flakes (2007)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
• Surf's Up (2007)
• Raving (2007)
• Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
• The Good Life (2007)
• Live Free or Die (2006)
• Failure to Launch (2006)
• Winter Passing (2006)
• Once Upon A Mattress (2005)
• 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' (2005)
• Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
• Celebrity Mix (2005)
• Eulogy (2004)
• Players in Pigtails (2004)
• Elf (2003)
• House Hunting (2003)
• It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All (2003)
• All the Real Girls (2003)
• Whatever We Do (2003)
• Manic (2002)
• Abandon (2002)
• Sweet Friggin' Daisies (2002)
• The Good Girl (2002)
• The New Guy (2002)
• Big Trouble (2002)
• Almost Famous (2000)
• Mumford (1999)
• Trolls 4
• Heather of the Valley