Zooey Deschanel

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Zooey Deschanel, shown here June 24, 2009, ranked #57 on FHM's 100 Sexiest in the World for 2009
Zooey Deschanel, shown here June 24, 2009, ranked #57 on FHM's 100 Sexiest in the World for 2009 - Getty Images

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AKA: Zooey Claire Deschanel
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/17/1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

biography

It took little time for actress-singer Zooey Deschanel – a petite and enigmatic beauty – to gain a devoted audience. Taking up acting as a teenager in the late 1990s and moving into highly-monitored prestige projects such as “Almost Famous” (2000) and “All the Real Girls” (2003), Deschanel’s off-beat projections of character made her cast-worthy before the Christmas comedy, “Elf” (2003), did the trick. Over the next few years, Deschanel found her niche as a reliable supporting presence in both mainstream and independent works of comedy, drama and fantasy, before getting a shot headlining them Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2009-2009
Guest Judge
2009
Summer
2009
Harriet Lolly
2009
Allison
2008
Alma Moore
2008
Kate
2008
Miss Pussy Katz
2007
(TV Show)
2007-2007
DG
2007
DG
2007
DG
2007
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Voice of Lani Aliikai
2007
Ms. Edmonds
2007
Reese Holdin
2006
Kate Collins
2004
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Heidi
2004
Jovie
2003
Tracy
2003
Noel
2003
Samantha Harper
2002
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Jen (Roz's cousin)
2002
Nora
2002
Cheryl
2002
Anita Miller
2000
Nessa Watkins
1999
Frances

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Played Little Red Riding Hood in the Interact Theater Company's production of the musical "Into the Woods"
1998 
TV acting debut in an episode of NBC's "Veronica's Closet"
1999 
Film acting debut in Lawrence Kasdan's "Mumford"
2000 
Appeared as the protagonist's rebellious older sister in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous"
2001 
Formed If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies, a jazz cabaret act with fellow actress Samantha Shelton
Continued

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