Zooey Deschanel

Biography

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

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest

The Simpsons

Mary Spuckler (voice)

The Simpsons

(voice)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Harold and the Purple Crayon	Terry
2023	Dreamin' Wild	Nancy
2023	Trolls Band Together	Bridget (voice)
2020	Trolls World Tour	Bridget (voice)
2019	The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show	Self
2017	Trolls Holiday	Bridget (voice)
2016	Trolls	Bridget (voice)
2015	The Driftless Area	Stella
2015	Rock the Kasbah	Ronnie
2015	Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event	Self
2013	Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy	Narrator (voice)
2012	FOX 25th Anniversary Special	Self (voice) (uncredited)
2012	Ben Lee: Catch My Disease	Self
2011	Your Highness	Belladonna
2011	These Amazing Shadows	Self
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Natalie Rochlin
2011	Winnie the Pooh	additional voice
2009	(500) Days of Summer	Summer
2008	Yes Man	Renee Allison
2008	The Happening	Alma Moore
2008	Gigantic	Happy
2008	Visions of 'The Happening'	Herself
2008	The Happening: A Day for Night	Self
2008	The Happening: Elements of a Scene	Self
2007	Bridge to Terabithia	Ms. Edmunds
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Dorothy Evans
2007	The Good Life	Frances
2007	Surf's Up	Lani Aliikai (voice)
2007	Flakes	Miss Pussy Katz
2007	The Go-Getter	Kate
2007	Raving	Katie
2006	Live Free or Die	Cheryl
2006	Failure to Launch	Kit
2006	Winter Passing	Reese Holden
2005	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Trillian
2005	Once Upon A Mattress	Lady Larken
2005	Celebrity Mix	Self (archive footage)
2005	Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'	Self
2005	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'	Self
2004	Eulogy	Kate Collins
2004	Players In Pigtails
2003	Elf	Jovie
2003	All the Real Girls	Noel
2003	Whatever We Do	Nikki
2003	House Hunting	Christy
2003	It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All	Gas Station Girl
2002	Big Trouble	Jenny Herk
2002	The New Guy	Nora
2002	The Good Girl	Cheryl
2002	Abandon	Samantha Harper
2002	Sweet Friggin' Daisies	Zelda
2001	Manic	Tracy
2000	Almost Famous	Anita Miller
1999	Mumford	Nessa Watkins
	Merv	Anna

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel	Self
2022	About Last Night	Self
2022	Trixie Motel	Self
2022	StoryBots: Answer Time	Cat Burglar
2021	The Celebrity Dating Game	Self - Host
2021	Physical	Kelly Kilmartin
2020	The Holiday Movies That Made Us	Self (archive footage)
2020	Gone Mental with Lior	Self
2020	Celebrity IOU	Self
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019	Today with Hoda & Jenna	Self
2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Jessica 'Jess' Day
2012	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Self - Guest Judge
2012	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED	Self - Guest Judge
2011	New Girl	Jessica 'Jess' Day
2010	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self
2010	Conan	Self
2009	Top Chef Masters	Herself - Guest
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2007	Tin Man	DG
2005	American Dad!	French Maid / Candy Striper Stripper (voice)
2005	American Dad!	Dream Girl (voice)
2005	Bones	Margaret Whitesell
2004	Cracking Up
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self - Guest
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2002	E! Live from the Red Carpet	Self
1998	White House Christmas	Host
1997	Veronica's Closet	Elena
1993	Frasier	Jen
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989	The Simpsons	Mary Spuckler (voice)
1989	The Simpsons	(voice)
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host