Zooey Deschanel Biography

Zooey Deschanel Biography

Date of Birth
17 January 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name
Zooey Claire Deschanel

Nickname
Zo

Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)

Zooey Deschanel Biography

Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for the fervour of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir) is an actress who starred in "Twin Peaks" (1990). Driven from an early age to become a successful actress, Zooey got her huge break aged seventeen taking part in a model in TV sitcom "Veronica's Closet" (1997). She got her 1st film role the subsequent year in Mumford (1999), that prompted her to quit university to pursue acting full-time. largely because of a job in Cameron Crowe's widespread biopic, nearly Famous (2000), Zooey's rise to fame has been steadily increasing because the twenty first century wears on. Her distinctive acting vogue found her vital acclaim in 2003 when she was voted Best Actress at the Mar Del Plata Film pageant for her role in David Gordon Green's All the $64000 women (2003). She additionally gained a Best feminine Lead nomination (for All the $64000 women (2003)) at the subsequent year's freelance Spirit Awards, however lost out to Charlize Theron.

Zooey has appeared in such films as (500) Days of Summer, Our Idiot Brother, Yes Man (opposite Jim Carrey), Elf (opposite can Farrell), Your Highness, The Happening (opposite Mark Wahlberg), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and is that the star of the FOX sitcom New woman.

Zooey is usually compared to golden era Hollywood starlets and is additionally a gifted singer. She has said in interviews that she believes her singing ability was pivotal in gaining the role of Jovie in Elf (2003). She additionally sang (and acted) in the Disney-produced musical, Once Upon a Mattress (2005) (TV).

Spouse
Benjamin Gibbard     (19 September 2009 - present) (filed for divorce)

Trade Mark

Often plays odd, uncommon girls

Long dark hair with bangs

Her big blue eyes.

Trivia

Named for the male character in J.D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey".

Daughter of Caleb Deschanel and Mary Jo Deschanel.

Went to highschool together with her virtually Famous (2000) co-star Kate Hudson.

Younger sister of actress Emily Deschanel.

Graduated from Crossroads college for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica.

She spent many summers at camp upstate big apple at French Woods competition of the Performing Arts. She was additionally featured within the video for The Offspring's song "She's Got Issues" and also the accompanying MTV documentary The Offspring Complete Music Video assortment (2005) (V). She additionally plays ukulele for the band 'If All the celebs Were Pretty Babies'.

Attended Northwestern University for one year, however dropped out.

Wrote a screenplay titled "Circus Girl" with friend Jackson Nash. "Circus Girl" involves a witch, evil flying red balloons and a large diamond. Zooey plans to star within the film because the nerdy main character.

Is a huge fan of actress Parker Posey.

Interests embody jazz singing, philosophy, fashion and photography.

Did her own singing within the movie Elf (2003).

Plays the piano and also the baritone ukulele.

Has performed with Jackson Nash's comedy cluster, Manifest Destinyfest.

Turned down a task in Bully (2001) to star in huge hassle (2002).

Loves Ella Fitzgerald.

Is part of the cabaret cluster known as 'If All the celebs Were Pretty Babies'.

She pronounces her name "ZOH-ee" (not "Zoo-ee").

Her last name is pronounced "day-shuh-NELL", with "day" slightly a lot of accented than the center syllable.

Is part of indie pair known as She & Him with M. Ward. Their debut album is named Volume One.

Ranked #95 on the Maxim magazine Hot one hundred ladies of 2008 list.

[December 2008] Engaged to Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.

Allergic to gluten, dairy, and eggs.

Was ranked #73 on Maxim magazine Hot one hundred ladies of 2010 list.

Sister-in-law of David Hornsby.

Ranked #39 within the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest ladies within the World".

Good friends with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Voted #12 on raise men's prime ninety nine 'most desirable' ladies of 2012.

Personal Quotes

I love previous music, old movies, screwball comedies, vintage garments and primarily i am an old style gal.

I don't need to travel to a different rollercoaster ride of a movie. If i would like that, i will move to Magic Mountain. i am extremely fascinated by the young administrators that do various things in cinema. i feel the flicks folks can hold onto are the Rushmore (1998)s and also the Being John Malkovich (1999)s. Those are the sort of films i would like to do; that is what i am enthusiastic about.

I'm blessed with plenty of energy and stamina. i can not stand sitting still. I visited a spa once with my mom and that i was like, "Get me out of here!'"

I don't like to travel out considerably. i am not scandalous. I'm not, like, during this to be famous. I additionally realize it thus embarrassing after you examine folks and it's like they were thus trashed at Skybar and stumbling around. i do not need to be that person. that is simply thus embarrassing to own that written regarding you.

I'm the worst at selecting what movies are planning to do well. I actually have no plan. i am extremely shocked if a movie i favor will well.

For a moment i used to be like, "Oh my God, anyone that might unharness an album as an actor is that the biggest fool ever", however I happened to own sung all my life before i used to be an actor. Why are musicians allowed to become actors? nobody ever offers them flack for that.

I will do the Chipmunk voice and impressions of Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds and Julie Andrews within the Sound of Music (1965). I might in all probability do the complete Von Trapp family.

It's an addiction. i really like garments. i favor to travel down Melrose and appearance in all the windows and that i move to totally different flea markets. I actually have legion costumes. You never understand when you are going to own to decorate up sort of a milkmaid from the 1600s.

I was labeled a 'theatre type' in highschool, that created it onerous to suit in and feel a part of things.

People say: "Oh yeah, jobs for the boys". I wish. you've to fight even tougher with a family like mine.

You have to stay reminding yourself it isn't regarding cash, as a result of there's plenty of cash to be created during this business if you are willing to try to to no matter. however that is not what i am considering. I continue solely to require movies as a result of i really like the script and since i actually need to try to to it.

I don't suppose i am considerably like anyone else, really. i am positive there are aspects of alternative actors that I share, however i do not see anybody else and go, "Damn, they stole my thing". I'm me, and that i like that there are those that have an appreciation for that.

I don't need to be a babe. i do not need self-importance to ever get within the approach, as a result of i feel to keep up that, you've got to remember of yourself all the time, which gets within the approach of acting. My job's to not be the attractive person. My job is to be the most effective actor I will be.

I continually opt for roles that are, you know, hopefully totally different from the last role. i do not wanna do identical issue over and all over again as a result of that is, well, 1st of all that is no fun.

It's a heap tougher to try to to an ensemble as a result of your energy goes in such a large amount of totally different places, and you've got to hide everyone. you've got to form of split your attention.

[interview in "In Style" magazine, 9/06] The first album I ever got was "Like a Virgin". It was during the Iran Contra conflict-I thought she was saying, "Like a Persian".

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.

I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.

I started out doing theater, and I did a lot of school plays, theater summer camp, and all that. And then I did a play with a theater company when I was seventeen, and then I got representation, and then I just started audition for stuff. And then I got some things, and I got more things, and people started giving me jobs, and, you know... it's good.

[on playing the sexually-charged Natalie in 'Our Idiot Brother'] I like characters who are complex, so I follow those roles.I love independent cinema. I feel very close to that world because it's about art. And I say no to a lot of work because it looks boring. I'd rather work really hard on a great movie that few people see than a crap movie everyone sees.

The fact that people are associating being girlie with weakness--that needs to be examined...Are we bitches because we have our own opinions? If that makes me a bitch, or that makes women bitches, then maybe we're all bitches.

Where Are They Now

(November 2009) Filming Your Highness (2011) with James Franco and Natalie Portman.