Zooey Deschanel's biography

Zooey Claire Deschanel is 42 years old actor born at Los Angeles. She was born on Thursday 17th of January 1980. She is often nicknamed as Zo, Zuzu. According to year of birth 1980 she belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 17th of January means Zooey is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.

Zooey is native english speaker. She is white american. Zooey is citizen of United States of America. Zooey is agnostic. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as singer-songwriter, musician, voice actor, singer, composer, television actor, film actor, banjoist. She is recently known as recording artist.

Zooey Deschanel's dad

Zooey Deschanel's father's name is Caleb Deschanel. He is known as cinematographer. Zooey´s father was born on Thursday 21st of September 1944 in Philadelphia.

Zooey Deschanel's mom

Zooey Deschanel's mother's name is Mary Jo Deschanel. Mary is known as actor. Zooey´s mother was born on Sunday 25th of November 1945 in Los Angeles. Zooey Deschanel was born when she was 35 years old.

Zooey Deschanel's family

Zooey Deschanel's ex husband

Benjamin Gibbard

Zooey Deschanel and Benjamin Gibbard have been together since 2009 for 3 years. He is known as singer. Her ex husband was born on Wednesday 11th of August 1976 in Bremerton.

Zooey Deschanel's schools

We found 2 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Crossroads School, Northwestern University.

Detailed informations about her schools

Graduated from Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica.
Attended Northwestern University for one year, but dropped out.

Zooey Deschanel's career

Zooey´s main focus is to be actor and composing. Zooey is famous thanks to Elf, The New Guy. You could see Zooey also in New Girl. Zooey is also a member of She & Him.

Is Zooey Deschanel gay ?

Zooey is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Zooey Deschanel's Awards

Zooey received award for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for work New Girl in 2012

Zooey Deschanel's Rankings

Ranked #95 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.
Was ranked #73 on Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2010 list.
Ranked #39 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked #17 on Askmen's list of the top 99 "most desirable" women for 2013.
Ranked #6 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Zooey Deschanel's Nominations

Zooey was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for work New Girl in 2012

What else you don't know about Zooey Deschanel ?

Zooey´s middle name is Claire.

Zooey Deschanel's quotes

I love old music, old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.
I'm blessed with a lot of energy and stamina. I can't stand sitting still. I went to a spa once with my mom and I was like, "Get me out of here!'"
I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
For a while I was like, "Oh my God, anyone that would release an album as an actor is the biggest fool ever", but I happened to have sung all my life before I was an actor. Why are musicians allowed to become actors? No one ever gives them flack for that.
I can do the Chipmunk voice and impressions of Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds and Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music (1965). I could probably do the whole Von Trapp family.
It's an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to different flea markets. I have lots of costumes. You never know when you're going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s.
I was labeled a 'theatre type' in high school, which made it hard to fit in and feel part of things.
People say: "Oh yeah, jobs for the boys". I wish. You've got to fight even harder with a family like mine.
I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, really. I'm sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don't see anybody else and go, "Damn, they stole my thing". I'm me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.
I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun.
It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.
[interview in "In Style" magazine, 9/06] The first album I ever got was "Like a Virgin". It was during the Iran Contra conflict-I thought she was saying, "Like a Persian".
Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.
I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.
I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.
The fact that people are associating being girlie with weakness--that needs to be examined...Are we bitches because we have our own opinions? If that makes me a bitch, or that makes women bitches, then maybe we're all bitches.
[on Mary Helen Bowers] Mary Helen knows how to make ordinary women look like ballerinas. She's the real deal.
A lot of people are like, You can't change human nature - people are inherently negative. I don't think that's true. If you expect the best of people, they'll step up.
Feeling like an outsider is part of my nature, and it's what makes me who I am. So I think I'll find a way to make myself feel like an outsider, no matter what situation I'm in.
[on her resemblance to Katy Perry] Friends of mine would call me up and say 'I saw you at the restaurant last night. I waved to you. You just blinked and looked at me like I'm a stranger'. It turned out that it was all just Katy Perry.
[in a 2009 interview] I just basically make decisions by the seat of my pants.
I am a year round tights girl, I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket. In them, I know that I can do a sweet row of cartwheels anytime, anywhere without anyone catching a glimpse of my knickers.

Zooey Deschanel's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Zooey Deschanel looks. We will focus on her height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. She is tall as 5' 5" (165 cm). Zooey weights 121lbs (55 kg). Body build is slim. Her eyes are tinted blue. Zooey´s hair is shade of brown - dark. If you are really curious, you may find interesting her shoe size is 8.

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