Zooey Deschanel
Acting
Born 1980-01-17 · 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
Bridge to Terabithia
2007 · Movie
(500) Days of Summer
2009 · Movie
Trolls Band Together
2023 · Movie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 · Movie
Trolls
2016 · Movie
Trolls World Tour
2020 · Movie
Surf's Up
2007 · Movie
Elf
2003 · Movie
Yes Man
2008 · Movie
Almost Famous
2000 · Movie
The Happening
2008 · Movie
Winnie the Pooh
2011 · Movie
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007 · Movie
Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024 · Movie
Failure to Launch
2006 · Movie
The New Guy
2002 · Movie
Your Highness
2011 · Movie
Our Idiot Brother
2011 · Movie
Big Trouble
2002 · Movie
Trolls Holiday
2017 · Movie
Merv
2025 · Movie
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012 · Movie
The Good Girl
2002 · Movie
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005 · Movie
Mumford
1999 · Movie
Manic
2001 · Movie
These Amazing Shadows
2011 · Movie
Eulogy
2004 · Movie
Winter Passing
2006 · Movie
Dreamin' Wild
2023 · Movie
Sweet Friggin' Daisies
2002 · Movie
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
2015 · Movie
Gigantic
2008 · Movie
The Go-Getter
2007 · Movie
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Movie
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
2019 · Movie
Raving
2007 · Movie
The Good Life
2007 · Movie
Rock the Kasbah
2015 · Movie
All the Real Girls
2003 · Movie
Once Upon A Mattress
2005 · Movie
Abandon
2002 · Movie
Live Free or Die
2006 · Movie
The Driftless Area
2015 · Movie
House Hunting
2003 · Movie
Flakes
2007 · Movie
Whatever We Do
2003 · Movie
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012 · Movie
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 · Movie
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
2008 · Movie
The Happening: A Day for Night
2008 · Movie
Visions of 'The Happening'
2008 · Movie
Trolls 4
— · Movie
Players in Pigtails
2004 · Movie