Zooey Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous (2000). Deschanel is known for her deadpan roles in comedy films such as The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Yes Man (2008), and 500 Days of Summer (2009). From 2011 to 2018, she starred as Jess Day on the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. Deschanel is also a co-founder of the female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by Time Inc. in 2015.

Filmography

• 2026Trash Mountain — Abbi
• 2025Merv — Anna Finch
• 2024Harold and the Purple Crayon — Terry
• 2023Dreamin' Wild — Nancy
• 2023Trolls Band Together — Bridget (voice)
• What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel — Self, Executive Producer
• 2022Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School — Songs
• StoryBots: Answer Time — Cat Burglar
• Physical — Kelly Kilmartin
• 2020Trolls World Tour — Bridget (voice)
• 2017Trolls Holiday — Bridget (voice)
• 2016Trolls — Bridget (voice)
• 2015Rock the Kasbah — Ronnie
• 2015The Driftless Area — Stella
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Jessica 'Jess' Day
• New Girl — Jessica 'Jess' Day, Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Director
• 2011Our Idiot Brother — Natalie Rochlin
• 2011Winnie the Pooh — additional voice, Songs
• 2011Your Highness — Belladonna
• 2009(500) Days of Summer — Summer
• 2008Gigantic — Happy
• 2008The Happening — Alma Moore
• 2008Yes Man — Renee Allison
• 2007Bridge to Terabithia — Ms. Edmunds
• 2007Flakes — Miss Pussy Katz
• 2007Raving — Katie
• 2007Surf's Up — Lani Aliikai (voice)
• 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — Dorothy Evans
• 2007The Go-Getter — Kate
• 2007The Good Life — Frances
• Tin Man — DG
• 2006Failure to Launch — Kit
• 2006Live Free or Die — Cheryl
• 2006Winter Passing — Reese Holden
• American Dad! — French Maid / Candy Striper Stripper (voice), Dream Girl (voice)
• Bones — Margaret Whitesell
• 2005Once Upon A Mattress — Lady Larken
• 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Trillian
• Cracking Up — Heidi
• 2004Eulogy — Kate Collins
• 2004Players in Pigtails
• 2003All the Real Girls — Noel
• 2003Elf — Jovie
• 2003House Hunting — Christy
• 2003It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All — Gas Station Girl
• 2003Whatever We Do — Nikki
• 2002Abandon — Samantha Harper
• 2002Big Trouble — Jenny Herk
• 2002Manic — Tracy
• 2002Sweet Friggin' Daisies — Zelda
• 2002The Good Girl — Cheryl
• 2002The New Guy — Nora
• 2000Almost Famous — Anita Miller
• 1999Mumford — Nessa Watkins
• Veronica's Closet — Elena
• Frasier — Jen
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Simpsons — Mary Spuckler (voice), Quirk Girl (voice)
• Heather of the Valley
• Trolls 4 — Bridget (voice)

Appearances as themselves (41)

• About Last Night — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• Trixie Motel — Self
• The Celebrity Dating Game — Self - Host
• Celebrity IOU — Self
• Gone Mental with Lior — Self
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
• 2019The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• 2015Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Musical Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2012Ben Lee: Catch My Disease — Self
• 2012FOX 25th Anniversary Special — Self (voice) (uncredited)
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED — Self - Guest Judge
• 2011These Amazing Shadows — Self
• Conan — Self, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Top Chef Masters — Herself - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008The Happening: A Day for Night — Self
• 2008The Happening: Elements of a Scene — Self
• 2008Visions of 'The Happening' — Self
• 2005Celebrity Mix — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' — Self
• 2005Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
• Live from E! — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• White House Christmas — Self - Host
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host