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Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980 in
Los Angeles, California) is an United
States|American actor|actress. She is the daugher
of cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and
actor|actress Mary Jo Deschanel. Her sister Emily
Deschanel is also an actress.

Noted for her unconventional beauty and a
chameleon-like ability to change personas to suit
a given role, Deschanel has steadily expanded her
Hollywood profile, appearing first in Mumford
(1999) and most recently as Trillian
(character)|Trillian in the movie adaptation of
Douglas Adams's science fiction series The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (movie)|The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

Deschanel has appeared on the chat circuit
(including Jay Leno and Letterman) and presented
film industry awards. Her TV portfolio also
includes "Frasier" and various MTV clips including
Offspring's video "She's Got Issues". 

She appears with fellow actress Samantha Shelton
in a cabaret act named If All the Stars Were
Pretty Babies. 

The name "Zooey" was inspired by the male
character of the same name in J. D. Salinger's
novel Franny and Zooey. 

==Filmography==
{| prettytable
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Other notes
|-
| 2007 in film|2007 || Surf's Up ||  || Announced
|-
| 2006 in film|2006 || Failure to Launch ||  ||
Filming
|-
| 2006 in film|2006 || Flakes (2006 film)|Flakes
|| Miss Pussy Katz || Post-production
|-
| 2006 in film|2006 || Live Free or Die || Cheryl
|| Post-production
|-
| 2005 in film|2005 || Winter Passing || Reese
Holden || 
|-
| 2005 in film|2005 || The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy (movie)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy || Trillian || 
|-
| 2004 in film|2004 || Eulogy (movie)|Eulogy ||
Kate Collins || 
|-
| 2003 in film|2003 || Elf (movie)|Elf || Jovie ||

|-
| 2003 in film|2003 || House Hunting || Christy ||

|-
| 2003 in film|2003 || It's Better to be Wanted
for Murder Than Not to be Wanted at All || Gas
station girl || 
|-
| 2003 in film|2003 || All the Real Girls || Noel
|| 
|-
| 2003 in film|2003 || Whatever We Do || Nikki || 
|-
| 2002 in film|2002 || Abandon (movie)|Abandon ||
Samantha Harper || 
|-
| 2002 in film|2002 || Sweet Friggin' Daisies ||
Zelda || 
|-
| 2002 in film|2002 || The New Guy || Nora || 
|-
| 2002 in film|2002 || Big Trouble || Jenny Herk
|| 
|-
| 2002 in film|2002 || The Good Girl || Cheryl || 
|-
| 2001 in film|2001 || Manic (movie)|Manic ||
Tracy || 
|-
| 2000 in film|2000 || Almost Famous || Anita
Miller || 
|-
| 1999 in film|1999 || Mumford || Nessa Watkins ||

|}

==External links ==
*imdb name|id=0221046|name=Zooey Deschanel
*http://www.fedge.net/~zdeschanel/ The Nature of
Zooey Deschanel
*http://www.fan-sites.org/zooey/ Absolutely Zooey
Deschanel

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