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- NAME: Zooey Deschanel
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Television Actress, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: January 17, 1980 (Age: 33)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
- Full Name: Zooey Claire Deschanel
- AKA: Zooey Deschanel
- ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn
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Actress Zooey Deschanel has appeared in such films as (500) Days of Summer, and on the hit TV sitcom New Girl.
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In 2011, Deschanel conquered the small screen with another quirky-girl persona. Her sitcom The New Girl debuted that fall and quickly won over television audiences. Her cute and goofy character, Jess, moves in with three single guys after splitting with her boyfriend. Deschanel received an Emmy Award nomination for the show in 2012.
Music Career
The multitalented Deschanel has also enjoyed some success as a recording artist. She met singer and songwriter M. Ward in 2006. The pair worked on a song together for the soundtrack of Deschanel's 2007 film The Go-Getter, and they really hit it off. They formed their own musical group, She & Him, and released their first self-titled album in 2008. Two years later, She & Him, Volume 2 came out.
Deschanel has also been tapped to play famed country singer Loretta Lynn in a musical based on Lynn's autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter.
Personal Life
Deschanel married singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie in 2009, but the pair announced their plans to divorce only two years later.
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