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 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 …
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Career Milestones
| Played Little Red Riding Hood in the Interact Theater Company's production of the musical "Into the Woods" | ||
1998 | Made her TV acting debut on an episode of NBC's "Veronica's Closet" | |
1999 | Made 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 | |
2002 | Cast as Jennifer Aniston's cynical co-worker in Miguel Arteta's "The Good Girl" | |
2003 | Cast as Will Ferrell's love interest in Jon Favreau's "Elf" | |
2003 | Landed first lead role in "All The Real Girls," playing a virgin who captures the heart of a womanizer; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress | |
2004 | Co-starred in the black comedy "Eulogy" | |
2005 | Portrayed the daughter of a reclusive novelist (Ed Harris) in "Winter Passing" | |
2005 | Starred as Trillian in the big-screen adaptation of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" | |
2006 | Played Andy Botwin's quirky ex-girlfriend Kat on four episodes of the Showtime series "Weeds" | |
2006 | Played Sarah Jessica Parker's neurotic roommate in "Failure to Launch" | |
2007 | Cast as DG in "Tin Man" (Sci Fi Channel), a six hour miniseries based on L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | |
2007 | Cast as Robert Ford's (Casey Affleck) girlfriend in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" | |
2008 | Appeared with Mark Wahlberg in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" | |
2008 | Co-starred with Jim Carrey in "Yes Man" | |
2008 | Collaborated with singer-songwriter M. Ward on her debut album Volume One, recorded under the moniker She & Him | |
2009 | Co-starred with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the romantic comedy "(500) Days of Summer" | |
2009 | Played a quirky rich girl opposite Paul Dano in the independent film "Gigantic" | |
2011 | Played Paul Rudd's bisexual hipster sister in "Our Idiot Brother" | |
2011 | Starred as a newly single woman who moves in with three male roommates she meets on Craigslist on the Fox comedy series "New Girl" | |
Awards
2004 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in All the Real Girls |
2011 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in New Girl |
2011 | Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media |
2012 | Critics' Choice TV Award for BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES in New Girl |
2012 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in New Girl |
2012 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in New Girl |