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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2025
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Simpsons
2008
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2021
American Dad!
2005
Conan
2011
Bones
2009
Saturday Night Live
2014
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2005
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
109
Directing
1
Producing
3
Sound
2
2026
Trash Mountain
as Abbi
2025
Merv
as Anna Finch
2025
The Simpsons
as Quirk Girl (voice)
2025
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2025
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
2024
Harold and the Purple Crayon
as Terry
2024
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
as Self
2023
Dreamin' Wild
as Nancy
2023
Trolls Band Together
as Bridget (voice)
2023
What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel
as Self
2023
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest Judge
2023
Physical
as Kelly Kilmartin
2023
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
as Self - Guest Judge
2022
About Last Night
as Self
2022
Trixie Motel
as Self
2022
StoryBots: Answer Time
as Cat Burglar
2022
White House Christmas
as Self - Host
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2021
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2021
The Celebrity Dating Game
as Self - Host
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Musical Guest
2020
Trolls World Tour
as Bridget (voice)
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Gone Mental with Lior
as Self
2020
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2020
Celebrity IOU
as Self
2019
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
as Self
2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
2018
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2017
Trolls Holiday
as Bridget (voice)
2016
Trolls
as Bridget (voice)
2016
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Jessica 'Jess' Day
2015
The Driftless Area
as Stella
2015
Rock the Kasbah
as Ronnie
2015
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
as Self
2015
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2014
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2014
Live from E!
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
American Dad!
as Dream Girl (voice)
2013
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2013
Conan
as Self - Guest
2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
2012
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self
2012
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
2011
Your Highness
as Belladonna
2011
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2011
Our Idiot Brother
as Natalie Rochlin
2011
Winnie the Pooh
as additional voice
2011
New Girl
as Jessica 'Jess' Day
2011
Conan
as Self
2011
Teen Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
2011
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2011
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Musical Guest
2010
Conan
as Self - Musical Guest
2009
(500) Days of Summer
as Summer
2009
Bones
as Margaret Whitesell
2009
Top Chef Masters
as Herself - Guest
2008
Yes Man
as Renee Allison
2008
The Happening
as Alma Moore
2008
Gigantic
as Happy
2008
Visions of 'The Happening'
as Self
2008
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
as Self
2008
The Happening: A Day for Night
as Self
2008
The Simpsons
as Mary Spuckler (voice)
2007
Bridge to Terabithia
as Ms. Edmunds
2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
as Dorothy Evans
2007
The Good Life
as Frances
2007
Surf's Up
as Lani Aliikai (voice)
2007
Flakes
as Miss Pussy Katz
2007
The Go-Getter
as Kate
2007
Raving
as Katie
2007
Tin Man
as DG
2006
Live Free or Die
as Cheryl
2006
Failure to Launch
as Kit
2006
Winter Passing
as Reese Holden
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Trillian
2005
Once Upon A Mattress
as Lady Larken
2005
Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
2005
Don'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'
as Self
2005
American Dad!
as French Maid / Candy Striper Stripper (voice)
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2004
Eulogy
as Kate Collins
2004
Players in Pigtails
2004
Cracking Up
as Heidi
2003
Elf
as Jovie
2003
All the Real Girls
as Noel
2003
Whatever We Do
as Nikki
2003
House Hunting
as Christy
2003
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
as Gas Station Girl
2002
Big Trouble
as Jenny Herk
2002
The New Guy
as Nora
2002
The Good Girl
as Cheryl
2002
Manic
as Tracy
2002
Abandon
as Samantha Harper
2002
Sweet Friggin' Daisies
as Zelda
2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2002
Frasier
as Jen
2000
Almost Famous
as Anita Miller
1999
Mumford
as Nessa Watkins
1998
Veronica's Closet
as Elena
Heather of the Valley
Trolls 4
as Bridget (voice)