Zooey Deschanel
Acting
Born January 17, 1980 · 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.
Films (55)
Merv
2025
Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024
Trolls Band Together
2023
Dreamin' Wild
2023
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: A Day for Night
2008
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
2008
Gigantic
2008
The Happening
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 Go-Getter
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
Abandon
2002
Sweet Friggin' Daisies
2002
The Good Girl
2002
The New Guy
2002
Big Trouble
2002
Manic
2001
Almost Famous
2000
Mumford
1999