Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Claire Deschanel
Born:Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 17, 1980 (age 32)
Occupation: Actress, model, singer, songwriter, musician
Years active: 1998–present
Spouse: Ben Gibbard (m. 2009)
Parents: Caleb Deschanel- Mary Jo Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel got her big break aged 17 playing a model in TV sitcom "Veronica's Closet" (1997). She got her first film role the following year in Mumford (1999). Mostly thanks to a role in Cameron Crowe's popular biopic, Almost Famous (2000), Zooey's rise to fame has been steadily increasing as the 21st century wears on. Her distinctive acting style found her critical acclaim in 2003 when she was voted Best Actress at the Mar Del Plata Film Festival for her role in David Gordon Green's All the Real Girls (2003). She also gained a Best Female Lead nomination (for All the Real Girls (2003)) at the following year's Independent Spirit Awards, but lost out to Charlize Theron.
Zooey Deschanel has appeared in such films as (500) Days of Summer, Our Idiot Brother, Yes Man (opposite Jim Carrey), Elf (opposite Will Farrell), Your Highness, The Happening (opposite Mark Wahlberg), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and is the star of the FOX sitcom New Girl. Zooey Deschanel also sang (and acted) in the Disney-produced musical, Once Upon a Mattress (2005) (TV).