Zooey Deschanel
January 17, 1980 (44 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Harold and the Purple Crayon as Terry
- 2023 · Trolls Band Together as Bridget (voice)
- 2023 · Dreamin' Wild as Nancy
- 2023 · What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel as Self
- 2022 · StoryBots: Answer Time as Cat Burglar
- 2022 · Trixie Motel as Self
- 2022 · About Last Night as Self
- 2021 · Physical as Kelly Kilmartin
- 2021 · The Celebrity Dating Game as Self - Host
- 2020 · The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Celebrity IOU as Self
- 2020 · Gone Mental with Lior as Self
- 2020 · Trolls World Tour as Bridget (voice)
- 2019 · The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Trolls Holiday as Bridget (voice)
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2016 · Trolls as Bridget (voice)
- 2015 · Rock the Kasbah as Ronnie
- 2015 · Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event as Self
- 2015 · The Driftless Area as Stella
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Jessica 'Jess' Day
- 2013 · Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
- 2012 · RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED as Self - Guest
- 2012 · RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as Self - Guest Judge
- 2012 · FOX 25th Anniversary Special as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 2011 · New Girl as Jessica 'Jess' Day
- 2011 · Our Idiot Brother as Natalie Rochlin
- 2011 · Your Highness as Belladonna
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2009 · (500) Days of Summer as Summer
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Top Chef Masters as Herself - Guest
- 2008 · Yes Man as Renee Allison
- 2008 · Visions of 'The Happening' as Herself
- 2008 · The Happening: Elements of a Scene as Self
- 2008 · The Happening: A Day for Night as Self
- 2008 · Gigantic as Happy
- 2008 · The Happening as Alma Moore
- 2007 · Flakes as Miss Pussy Katz
- 2007 · Tin Man as DG
- 2007 · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Dorothy Evans
- 2007 · Surf's Up as Lani Aliikai (voice)
- 2007 · Raving as Katie
- 2007 · Bridge to Terabithia as Ms. Edmunds
- 2007 · The Go-Getter as Kate
- 2007 · The Good Life as Frances
- 2006 · Live Free or Die as Cheryl
- 2006 · Failure to Launch as Kit
- 2006 · Winter Passing as Reese Holden
- 2005 · Once Upon A Mattress as Lady Larken
- 2005 · Bones as Margaret Whitesell
- 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' as Self
- 2005 · Weeds as Kat
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Trillian
- 2005 · American Dad! as French Maid / Candy Striper Stripper (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Dream Girl (voice)
- 2005 · Celebrity Mix as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Eulogy as Kate Collins
- 2004 · Cracking Up as
- 2004 · Players In Pigtails as
- 2003 · Elf as Jovie
- 2003 · House Hunting as Christy
- 2003 · It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All as Gas Station Girl
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · All the Real Girls as Noel
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Whatever We Do as Nikki
- 2002 · Abandon as Samantha Harper
- 2002 · Sweet Friggin' Daisies as Zelda
- 2002 · The Good Girl as Cheryl
- 2002 · The New Guy as Nora
- 2002 · Big Trouble as Jenny Herk
- 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Self
- 2001 · Manic as Tracy
- 2000 · Almost Famous as Anita Miller
- 1999 · Mumford as Nessa Watkins
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Elena
- 1993 · Frasier as Jen
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Mary Spuckler (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Merv as Anna