Zooey Deschanel
Known for: Acting
Born: January 17, 1980
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
59 movies · 42 TV shows, newest first
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Trash Mountain
2026
5.9
Merv
2025
6.6
Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024
7.2
Trolls Band Together
2023
6.1
Dreamin' Wild
2023
6.0
What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel
2023
7.0
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
7.3
Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School
2022
6.7
Trixie Motel
2022
2.0
About Last Night
2022
6.5
Physical
2021
2.0
The Celebrity Dating Game
2021
7.2
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
6.7
Celebrity IOU
2020
4.0
Gone Mental with Lior
2020
7.2
Trolls World Tour
2020
7.1
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
2019
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
3.3
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
6.7
Trolls Holiday
2017
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
6.6
Trolls
2016
5.4
Rock the Kasbah
2015
8.0
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
2015
5.1
The Driftless Area
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
8.2
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
6.6
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
2.0
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
5.5
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
2012
7.3
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
7.8
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
7.4
New Girl
2011
6.1
Our Idiot Brother
2011
5.3
Your Highness
2011
6.9
Winnie the Pooh
2011
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
2011
7.2
Conan
2010
6.9
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
7.3
(500) Days of Summer
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.0
Top Chef Masters
2009
6.7
Yes Man
2008
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Visions of 'The Happening'
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The Happening: A Day for Night
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The Happening: Elements of a Scene
2008
5.6
Gigantic
2008
5.4
The Happening
2008
5.1
Flakes
2007
6.7
Tin Man
2007
7.1
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
6.5
Surf's Up
2007
6.5
Raving
2007
7.3
Bridge to Terabithia
2007
6.3
The Go-Getter
2007
6.5
The Good Life
2007
5.4
Live Free or Die
2006
5.9
Failure to Launch
2006
6.0
Winter Passing
2006
6.0
Once Upon A Mattress
2005
8.2
Bones
2005
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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
9.0
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
7.0
American Dad!
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Celebrity Mix
2005
6.4
Eulogy
2004
6.5
Cracking Up
2004
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Players in Pigtails
2004
6.7
Elf
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
5.8
House Hunting
20037.0
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
6.0
All the Real Girls
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
4.7
Whatever We Do
2003
6.8
Manic
2002
4.8
Abandon
2002
8.3
Sweet Friggin' Daisies
2002
6.2
The Good Girl
2002
6.0
The New Guy
2002
6.1
Big Trouble
2002
3.7
Live from E!
2002
7.5
Almost Famous
2000
6.5
Mumford
1999
9.1
Teen Choice Awards
1999
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White House Christmas
1998
5.4
Veronica's Closet
1997
7.7
Frasier
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
6.9
Saturday Night Live
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Heather of the Valley
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Trolls 4
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