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Zooey Deschanel

Born: 1980-01-17

From: Los Angeles, California, USA

About: 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.

Film credits:

Bridge to Terabithia

Ms. Edmunds

Big Trouble

Jenny Herk

Yes Man

Renee Allison

Almost Famous

Anita Miller

Elf

Jovie

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Dorothy Evans

The New Guy

Nora

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Trillian

The Good Life

Frances

Mumford

Nessa Watkins

Live Free or Die

Cheryl

Dreamin' Wild

Nancy

Failure to Launch

Kit

The Happening

Alma Moore

Surf's Up

Lani Aliikai (voice)

Flakes

Miss Pussy Katz

The Good Girl

Cheryl

The Go-Getter

Kate

All the Real Girls

Noel

Winter Passing

Reese Holden

Trolls Band Together

Bridget (voice)

Manic

Tracy

Gigantic

Happy

Abandon

Samantha Harper

Your Highness

Belladonna

Eulogy

Kate Collins

Sweet Friggin' Daisies

Zelda

Once Upon A Mattress

Lady Larken

Celebrity Mix

Self (archive footage)

(500) Days of Summer

Summer

These Amazing Shadows

Self

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Our Idiot Brother

Natalie Rochlin

Whatever We Do

Nikki

Players in Pigtails

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

Self

House Hunting

Christy

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Self - Letter Reader

The Driftless Area

Stella

Rock the Kasbah

Ronnie

Merv

Anna Finch

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Terry

Raving

Katie

Trolls

Bridget (voice)

Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event

Self

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Self

Trolls Holiday

Bridget (voice)

It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All

Gas Station Girl

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

Self

Visions of 'The Happening'

Herself

The Happening: Elements of a Scene

Self

The Happening: A Day for Night

Self

Trolls World Tour

Bridget (voice)

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'

Self

Winnie the Pooh

additional voice

Heather of the Valley

Trash Mountain

Abbi