Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

Date of Birth
17 January 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography
Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (n?e Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Driven from an early age to become a successful actress, Zooey got her big break, at age 17, playing a model in the TV sitcom, Veronica's Closet (1997). She got her first film role, the following year, in Mumford (1999), which prompted her to quit university to pursue acting full-time. Mostly thanks to a role in Cameron Crowe's popular biopic, Almost Famous (2000), Zooey's rise to fame has been steadily increasing as the 21st century wears on. Her distinctive acting style found her critical acclaim in 2003, when she was voted Best Actress at the Mar Del Plata Film Festival for her role in David Gordon Green's All the Real Girls (2003). She also gained a Best Female Lead nomination (for All the Real Girls (2003)) at the following year's Independent Spirit Awards, but lost out to Charlize Theron.

Zooey has appeared in such films as (500) Days of Summer (2009), Our Idiot Brother (2011), Yes Man (2008) (opposite Jim Carrey), Elf (2003) (opposite Will Farrell), Your Highness (2011), The Happening (2008) (opposite Mark Wahlberg), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and is the star of the FOX sitcom, New Girl (2011).

Zooey is often compared to golden era Hollywood starlets and is also a talented singer. She has said in interviews that she believes her singing ability was pivotal in gaining the role of "Jovie" in Elf (2003). She also sang (and acted) in the Disney-produced musical, Once Upon a Mattress (2005).

**kitpowers007** · 15th May 2005, 01:20

I also like her in Eulogy. Nice looking girl

**qqww** · 16th May 2005, 02:39

Ormingstoke2 · 16th May 2005, 11:20

shes really cute lookin

AkrepMafia · 20th August 2005, 08:41

thanx for pics

micpet84 · 23rd August 2005, 11:37

Just watched hitchhiker and was amazed by her voice.. it was so cool.. and she is really cute and i guess that does its part as well

**qqww** · 25th September 2005, 02:21

JJ · 25th September 2005, 03:21

Dam fine set qqww! Some real nice Zooey pics. I just she her recently when I watched the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy DVD. Thxs!

**Dr. Fakenstein** · 26th September 2005, 07:07

Thanks. Photos of this quality of Zooey are hard to find. I appreciate your sharing the pics.

seattledrinksbeer · 8th December 2005, 17:58

I am taking a liking to her..
Thanks for these great pics.

seattledrinksbeer · 8th December 2005, 18:01

thanks for the great pics of Zooey

**cmussel** · 8th December 2005, 19:11

what is she thinking here...?

**manticore** · 4th January 2006, 13:30

**batman13** · 4th January 2006, 15:57

Great post manticore....

seattledrinksbeer · 4th January 2006, 23:02

lucky lollypop!

**shaotime** · 11th February 2006, 23:08

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