Emily Erin Deschanel (born October 11, 1976) is an American actress, director and producer. She is best known for starring in the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama series Bones as Dr. Temperance Brennan from 2005 to 2017.

Filmography

• 2024Continue — Janet Tex
• 2024ReEntry — Elenore
• 2023Big Boys — Nicole
• 2022A Decent Home — Executive Producer
• Devil in Ohio — Suzanne Mathis
• The Rookie — Sarah Nolan
• Animal Kingdom — Angela
• 2015Unity — Narrator (voice)
• BoJack Horseman — Bones (voice)
• Drunk History — Babe Didrikson, Marina Raskova
• Sleepy Hollow — Dr. Temperance Brennan
• 2012How I Became An Elephant — Producer
• 2011The Perfect Family — Shannon Cleary
• 2009My Sister's Keeper — Dr. Farquad
• The Cleveland Show — Julia Roberts (voice), Emily Deschanel (voice)
• Free Radio — Emily Deschanel
• 2008The Diagnosis
• 2006Glory Road — Mary Haskins
• American Dad! — Emily Deschanel (voice)
• Bones — Temperance 'Bones' Brennan, Producer, Director, Co-Producer
• 2005Boogeyman — Kate Houghton
• 2005Mute — Claire
• 2004Spider-Man 2 — Receptionist
• 2004The Alamo — Rosanna Travis
• 2003Cold Mountain — Mrs. Morgan
• 2003Easy — Laura Harris
• Rose Red — Pam Asbury
• Crossing Jordan — Michelle
• 2001The Heart Department — Maude Allyn
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Cassie Germaine
• Providence — Annie Frank
• 1994It Could Happen to You — Paint-Throwing Fur Activist
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Simpsons — Emily Deschanel (voice)
• Friend Thing — Anne Madsen
• Monkey Bread

Appearances as themselves (11)

• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2017Back to the Lab: A Bones Retrospective — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter