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.
55 movies · 42 shows
Merv
2025·5.9
Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024·6.6
Trolls Band Together
2023·7.2
Dreamin' Wild
2023·6.1
Trolls World Tour
2020·7.2
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
2019·7.1
Trolls Holiday
2017·6.7
Trolls
2016·6.6
Rock the Kasbah
2015·5.4
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
2015·8.0
The Driftless Area
2015·5.1
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013·6.6
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012·2.0
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012·7.8
Our Idiot Brother
2011·6.1
Your Highness
2011·5.3
Winnie the Pooh
2011·6.9
These Amazing Shadows
2011·7.4
(500) Days of Summer
2009·7.3
Yes Man
2008·6.7
Visions of 'The Happening'
2008·0.0
The Happening: A Day for Night
2008·0.0
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
2008·0.0
Gigantic
2008·5.6
The Happening
2008·5.4
Flakes
2007·5.1
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007·7.1
Surf's Up
2007·6.5
Raving
2007·6.5
Bridge to Terabithia
2007·7.3
The Go-Getter
2007·6.2
The Good Life
2007·6.5
Live Free or Die
2006·5.4
Failure to Launch
2006·5.8
Winter Passing
2006·6.0
Once Upon A Mattress
2005·6.0
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'
2005·0.0
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005·9.0
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005·6.7
Celebrity Mix
2005·0.0
Eulogy
2004·6.4
Players in Pigtails
2004·0.0
Elf
2003·6.7
House Hunting
2003·5.8
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
2003·7.0
All the Real Girls
2003·6.0
Whatever We Do
2003·4.7
Manic
2002·6.8
Abandon
2002·4.9
Sweet Friggin' Daisies
2002·8.3
The Good Girl
2002·6.2
The New Guy
2002·6.0
Big Trouble
2002·6.1
Almost Famous
2000·7.5
Mumford
1999·6.5