About Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel is a well known and talented American actress, model, and singer-songwriter who has been seen working actively since 1998.
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| Full Name | Zooey Claire Deschanel |
| Date of Birth | 17 January 1980 |
| Birth Place | Los Angeles, California |
| Parents | Caleb Deschanel and Mary Jo Deschanel |
| Partner | Ben Gibbard(m.2009, div.2020) |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Occupation | actress, model, and singer-songwriter |
| Net Worth | $25 million. |
Personal Life and Relationship
Zooey Deschanel, whose real name is Zooey Claire Deschanel, was born on 17 January 1980 in Los Angeles, California as a daughter of Caleb Deschanel and Mary Jo Deschanel. Her father is a cinematographer and director, where her mother is an actress. Deschanel is the youngest child where she has a sister Emily Deschanel, an actress and seen in various movies.
Zooey Deschanel had gotten engaged with a musician, Ben Gibbard, who is known as lead vocal for Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service in December 2008. Later, on 19 September 2009, they got married, but on 1 November 2011, they decided to live separately. Then, she filed for divorce, and their divorce was legally finalized on June 1, 2020.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Zooey Deschanel holds an American nationality and belongs to Swiss, Dutch, English, Irish and French. She is currently 40 years old with a height of 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) and 55 kg. She had got the body measurements of 34-24-35 inches and had dark brown hair with blue eyes. As she was born on 17 January, her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Early Life and Education
In her early life, Zooey Deschanel traveled a lot as his father had to shoot in a different location. For her education, she joined Crossroads, a private preparatory school where she made future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson. She used to be interested in music, where she had sung songs from when she was in her school life. Later, she wanted to focus on her musical theatre career, for which she went to the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. After that, she went to Northwestern University to focus on her acting career; she decided to drop her study after nine months.
Acting Career
Early acting credits (1999-2002)
Zooey Deschanel started her acting career from an American sitcom television series, “Veronica’s Closet,” where she appeared as a guest in 1998. After that, she debuted in film after being cast in an American comedy-drama movie “Mumford” which was written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan in 1999. In the same year, she was seen cast in the music video “She’s Got Issues” by The Offspring. After that, in 2000, she was seen playing a role in an American comedy-drama movie “Almost Famous,” which was written and directed by Cameron Crowe, where the movie received critical praise for which it also won Golden Globe Award for Best Film Musical or Comedy.
Later, Deschanel was seen in another American drama movie, “Manic,” in 2001. After that, she played the supporting role in an American neo-noir crime comedy movie “Big Trouble” in 2002. Further, she was seen playing the supporting roles in the movies like “The New Guy,” “The Good Girl,” and “Abandon.” After that, she was also seen in an American sitcom television series “Frasier.” Later, she became recognized for her outstanding performance, and she was cast in more movies.
Breakthrough (2003-2010)
Zooey Deschanel was firstly seen playing the leading role in an American romantic drama movie, “All the Real Girls,” in the year 2003, where she was seen playing the role of Noel for which she received lots of critical acclaim for her outstanding role which is her career success movie. For her role in the movie, she became nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress. After that, she was cast in an American Christmas comedy movie, “Elf,” where she was seen as a deadpan department store worker where the movie was critically acclaimed world widely.
Besides, she was seen appearing in the movie “Eulogy,” which is a comedy-drama movie that was written and directed by Michael Clancy in the year 2004. In 2005, she was seen in the British-American science-fiction comedy movie “The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy.” Likewise, she had been seen in movies, including “Winter Passing” and “Failure to Launch.” From 2006 to 2007, she was seen cast into an American dark comedy-drama television series, “Weeds.” She was also cast in the movie “The Gospel According to Janis,” but the movie was canceled.
Further, Zooey Deschanel had been cast in an American coming-of-age fantasy adventure movie “Bridge to Terabithia” and later was seen providing her voice over a penguin in an American computer-animated mockumentary comedy movie “Surf’s Up.” She was also seen appearing in the movies like “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” and “Flakes.” Later, she was also seen in a miniseries “Tin Man” and seen in an American animated sitcom “The Simpsons.”
Likewise, in 2008, she was seen in the thriller movie “The Happening” and played a role in an independent comedy movie “Gigantic” in year 2008. She was seen in a comedy movie “Yes Man” and in the romantic comedy-drama movie “500 Days of Summer”. In December 2009, she was also seen in a crime procedural comedy-drama television series “Bones.”
New Girl (2011-2018)
Zooey Deschanel was seen in a comedy-drama movie “Our Idiot Brother” in 2011, which received positive feedback. After that, she was seen in several movies like “Your Highness,” but she received negative feedback this time.
Later, she was seen appearing in an American television sitcom “New Girl,” created by Elizabeth Meriwether, where she had been seen as a producer. For this, she became able to be nominated for Emmy Award and nominated in Golden Globe three times. Further, she was seen in an American movie “Rock the Kasbah,” and in the neo-noir dramedy movie, “The Driftless Area,” and seen providing her voice over computer-animated musical comedy movie “Trolls.”
Music Career
Singing and Performing
In her singing career, Zooey Deschanel recorded the music under the moniker “She & Him,” where they had released their able, titled “Volume One.” Later, they released their second album, “Volume Tow.” Later, she was seen in the side projects in “The Place We Ran From” music. Further, she was seen performing “God Bless America” and then also seen performing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” She had also contributed to a cover of Buddy Holly’s “It’s So Easy.” She was also seen in “Rave On Buddy Holly,” where she was seen performing “Oh Boy!” with She & Him.
Later, they released the “Avery She & Him Christman” album in September 2011, and after that, she was seen with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, recoding “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve.” Later, she was seen featuring bandmate M. Ward’s sixth solo album, “A Wasteland Companion.” Later, they had also released another album, “Volume 3”. After that, they had been seen releasing their album titled “Classics.”
Also, she was seen working as a guest vocalist on the album “No Pier Pressure” and in “Christmas Party.”
Net Worth
The estimated net worth of Zooey Deschanel is $25 million.
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