Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

actress, music department, producer

Zooey Deschanel was born on Jan 17, 1980 in USA. Zooey Deschanel's big-screen debut came with Almost Famous directed by Cameron Crowe in 2000. Zooey Deschanel is known for New Girl directed by Trent O'Donnell, Zooey Deschanel stars as Jess Day and Jake Johnson as Nick Miller. Zooey Deschanel has got 7 awards and 37 nominations so far. The most recent award Zooey Deschanel achieved is ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards. The upcoming new movie Zooey Deschanel plays is Trolls 2: World Tour which will be released on Apr 10, 2020.

Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for La passion du Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal grandfather was French, and her other roots include English, German, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch.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, Les dessous de Veronica (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, Presque célèbre (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) jours ensemble (2009), Our Idiot Brother (2011), Yes Man (2008) (opposite Jim Carrey), Elfe (2003) (opposite Will Ferrell), Votre majesté (2011), Phénomènes (2008) (opposite Mark Wahlberg), H2G2 : Le Guide du voyageur galactique (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 Elfe (2003). She also sang (and acted) in the Disney-produced musical, The Wonderful World of Disney: Once Upon a Mattress (2005).

  • Birthday

    Jan 17, 1980
  • Place of Birth

    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also known

    Zooey Claire Deschanel, Ζόι Ντεσανέλ, Зои Дешанель, 주이 디샤넬

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 37 nominations

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
2013
Top Television Series
Winner - ASCAP Award
Women's Image Network Awards
2013
Outstanding Actress Comedy Series
Winner - WIN Award
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