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Zooey Deschanel
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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.
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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
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
American Dad!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Bones
The Simpsons
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Frasier
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Real Time with Bill Maher
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Physical
About Last Night
Trixie Motel
StoryBots: Answer Time
Veronica's Closet
Trolls World Tour
The Movies That Made Us
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'
Weeds
Trolls Band Together
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
Almost Famous
Elf
The Good Girl
Your Highness
Abandon
Surf's Up
Failure to Launch
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Trolls
Our Idiot Brother
Bridge to Terabithia
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Trolls Holiday
Yes Man
The Happening
(500) Days of Summer
New Girl
Production Credits
New Girl
Winnie the Pooh
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