Guide Note

Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel has appeared in a range of independent and mainstream films, including Almost Famous, All the Real Girls, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Elf. She is the daughter of cinematographer Caleb Deschanel (The Passion of the Christ) and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (Twin Peaks).

Fast Facts

Born January 17, 1980 in Los Angeles, CA
Childhood friends with Jason Schwartzman
Attended Crossroads prep school in Santa Monica with Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson
Appeared in the music video for The Offspring's "She's Got Issues"
Named for J.D. Salinger character "Zooey Glass"
Sister Emily Deschanel is also an actress

Musical Career

Deschanel performs with singer-songwriter M. Ward as She & Him, and also as part of the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies.

She frequently sings in her film roles as well. She and Will Ferrell sing "Baby It's Cold Outside" together in Elf, and she reprises the song on the soundtrack with Leon Redbone. In 2007's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Deschanel recreated a mid-19th Century cabaret performance. She trained for several months to portray Janis Joplin in a biopic to be filmed by Wayne's World director Penelope Spheeris, but the project fell through.

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Zooey Deschanel Timeline

Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
Born: January 17, 1980
2000: Almost Famous
2002: The New Guy
2003: Elf
2005: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2006: Failure to Lanch
2006: Weeds
2007: Bridge to Terabithia
2007: Raving
2007: Surf's Up
2007: Tin Man
2008: Gospel According to Janis

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