Born Jan. 17, 1980, in Los Angeles, Deschanel got her first break when she landed a guest spot on the sitcom "Veronica's Closet." A year later, she made her film debut as a troubled teen in Mumford (1999), and the following year she joined the ensemble cast of director Cameron Crowe's megahit Almost Famous.
With her career off the launching pad, Deschanel has worked steadily ever since with roles in The Good Girl (2002), All the Real Girls (2003), the Will Ferrell comedy Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and Failure to Launch (2006). Also a talented vocalist, Deschanel appeared in the 2005 TV remake of Once Upon a Mattress.
(500) Days of SummerWhen his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), unceremoniously dumps him, greeting-card copywriter and hopeless romantic Tom (Golden Globe nominee Joseph Gordon-Levitt) begins sifting through the year-plus worth of days they spent together, looking for clues to what went awry. As he recalls the good... Read More
Yes ManBased on the comedic memoir by Danny Wallace, this film stars Jim Carrey as Carl, a man who, as an antidote to unhappiness, resolves to say "yes" to everything -- yes, everything -- that comes his way. Carl's new practice initially proves successful in lifting his spirits. But soon, he's... Read More
The HappeningWhen a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military... Read More
All the Real GirlsPaul (Paul Schneider) lives large in a small Southern town, where he's made a sexual conquest of nearly every single, eligible female. Every one, that is, except for his best friend's sister, Noel (Zooey Deschanel), a committed virgin. When Paul falls unexpectedly for Noel, he swears he's not out... Read More
Winter PassingUpon learning that a New York City publishing agent (Amy Madigan) will pay dearly for the love letters her novelist father (Ed Harris) wrote to her late mother, a desperate Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) returns to Michigan after seven years away from home. But instead of the reclusive man she... Read More
Our Idiot Brother (2011) | R | |
Your Highness (2011) | NR | |
New Girl (2011) | NR | |
PG-13 | ||
Yes Man (2008) | PG-13 | |
The Happening (2008) | R | |
Gigantic (2008) | R | |
Wholphin: Issue 5 (2008) | NR | |
The Go-Getter (2007) | R | |
Flakes (2007) | NR | |
R | ||
Surf's Up (2007) | PG | |
Bridge to Terabithia (2007) | PG | |
Tin Man (2007) | NR | |
The Good Life (2007) | R | |
Live Free or Die (2007) | R | |
Failure to Launch (2006) | PG-13 | |
PG | ||
Winter Passing (2005) | R | |
Once Upon a Mattress (2005) | TV-PG | |
Eulogy (2004) | R | |
All the Real Girls (2003) | R | |
PG | ||
The New Guy (2002) | PG-13 | |
The Good Girl (2002) | R | |
Abandon (2002) | PG-13 | |
Big Trouble (2002) | PG-13 | |
Manic (2001) | R | |
Almost Famous (2000) | R | |
Mumford (1999) | R | |
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