Zooey Deschanel

Actress

Born: January 17, 1980 (46 years old)

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography (53)

• Bridge to Terabithia (2007, ★ 7.3)
• Yes Man (2008, ★ 6.7)
• Almost Famous (2000, ★ 7.5)
• Elf (2003, ★ 6.7)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, ★ 7.1)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005, ★ 6.7)
• The Good Life (2007, ★ 6.5)
• Mumford (1999, ★ 6.5)
• Surf's Up (2007, ★ 6.5)
• Trolls Band Together (2023, ★ 7.2)
• Manic (2001, ★ 6.9)
• Eulogy (2004, ★ 6.4)
• (500) Days of Summer (2009, ★ 7.3)
• These Amazing Shadows (2011, ★ 7.4)
• The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019, ★ 7.1)
• Trolls World Tour (2020, ★ 7.2)
• The Simpsons (1989, ★ 8)
• New Girl (2011, ★ 7.4)
• Frasier (1993, ★ 7.7)
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us (2020, ★ 7.2)
• Bones (2005, ★ 8.2)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013, ★ 8.2)
• Big Trouble (2002, ★ 6.1)
• The New Guy (2002, ★ 5.9)
• Live Free or Die (2006, ★ 5.3)
• Dreamin' Wild (2023, ★ 6.1)
• Failure to Launch (2006, ★ 5.8)
• The Happening (2008, ★ 5.4)
• The Good Girl (2002, ★ 6.2)
• The Go-Getter (2007, ★ 6.2)