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Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel was born on 17th January 1980. She is an American actress, musician, and also a singer-songwriter.
In 1999, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford, followed by her breakout role as young protagonist William Miller's troubled older sister Anita in Cameron Crowe's 2000 semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous. Deschanel soon became known for her deadpan or " Manic Pixie Dream Girl" supporting roles in films such as Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and Failure to Launch (2006). She then began playing lead roles in films, including Yes Man (2008) and (500) Days of Summer (2009).
For a few years starting in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actress Samantha Shelton. She plays keyboards, percussion, banjo and ukulele, and has sung in several of her films.
Deschanel teamed up with M. Ward to release their debut album Volume One (recorded with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him) which was released in March 2008. The follow-up album Volume Two was released in the U.S. in March 2010.
Deschanel is married to Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.
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Zooey Deschanel - news / articles
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Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel duet for fans -
29 December 2011
-(500) Days Of Summer co-stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel have treated fans to a special duet to celebrate the end of 2011.-The actors/singers have filmed a video of themselves performing a cover of Nancy Wilson's What Are You Doing New Year's Eve, with Gor
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Deschanel upset about blogger's attack -
11 July 2011
-Actress Zooey Deschanel has taken aim at a Los Angeles Times blogger, who took a quote she made at the Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge's Los Angeles gala on Saturday night (09Jul11) out of context and reverted to name-calling in a subsequent article.-The Yes Man star was ap
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Deschanel confirms engagement -
6 April 2009
-Actress Zooey Deschanel has confirmed she is engaged to Death Cab For Cutie rocker Ben Gibbard.-
-After months of speculation, the Yes Man star announced her wedding plans on Friday night (03Apr09) during an appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.-
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Zooey Deschanel - what members say
review by from reading, england
EXCELLENTLY ACTED MOVIE 15 November 2005
review by Savage from London, England
Sickly sweet 8 December 2007
review by InFilmFuture from Heywood
Hollywood Exagerrated, yet Brilliant! 30 October 2009
Zooey Deschanel - filmography
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Your Highness - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman
Director: David Gordon Green
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Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general.
Danny ..read more »
 
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from 4,552 members
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Your Highness
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Charles Dance, Noah Huntley, Rasmus Hardiker
Director: David Gordon Green
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Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general.
Danny ..read more »
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from 9,180 members
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500 Days of Summer
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg
Director: Marc Webb
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Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't. This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be--it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless ..read more »
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from 38,615 members
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500 Days of Summer
(2009)
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg
Director: Marc Webb
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Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't. This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be--it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless ..read more »
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from 8,009 members
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Yes Man
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper
Director: Peyton Reed
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Watch now: Unavailable
Carl Allen's life is going nowhere--the operative word being "no"--until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything--and anything. Unleashing the power of "YES" begins to transform Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work ..read more »
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from 54,405 members
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Yes Man - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper
Director: Peyton Reed
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In the romantic comedy YES MAN, divorce Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) finds himself stuck in a rut, too afraid to take a risk. At his best friend's insistence, he attends a New Age self-help seminar designed to turn naysayers into yea-sayers. Carl is reluctant at first, but finds the seminar to be ..read more »
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from 10,109 members
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The Go-Getter
(2007)
Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone
Director: Martin Hynes
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A teenage boy steals a car in order to go on a road trip to find his long-lost brother and tell him that their mother has died. The boy ends up finding his brother and himself as well.
66%
from 26 members
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Tin Man
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Alan Cumming
Director: Nick Willing
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Small-town waitress DG has always felt like an outsider and experienced strange, recurring visions of a magical storm. However, dreams soon become reality when the evil witch Azkadellia transports DG and her parents to the Outer Zone. This sci-fi miniseries offers an alternative take on the classic ..read more »
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from 3,481 members
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Tin Man - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Alan Cumming
Director: Nick Willing
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Small-town waitress DG has always felt like an outsider and experienced strange, recurring visions of a magical storm. However, dreams soon become reality when the evil witch Azkadellia transports DG and her parents to the Outer Zone. This sci-fi miniseries offers an alternative take on the classic ..read more »
61%
from 1,404 member
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Bridge to Terabithia
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Anna Sophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel
Director: Gabor Csupo
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Fifth grader Jesse Aaron's hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including him. However, Jess and Leslie soon begin a friendship, and create a magical kingdom in the forest, where the two of them reign together as king and queen. ..read more »
64%
from 22,781 members
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Failure to Launch
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Adam Alexi-Malle
Director: Tom Dey
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Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) has a highly unusual job: she's an interventionist. Parents of young men who are still living at home well into adulthood can hire her to date their sons, which lends the often troubled men the fortitude to strike out on their own. Trip (Matthew McConaughey) seemingly ..read more »
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from 31,509 members
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Failure to Launch - HD
(2006)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Adam Alexi-Malle
Director: Tom Dey
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Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker, SEX AND THE CITY) has a highly unusual job in this at times cartoonish romantic comedy: she's an interventionist. What this means is that parents of young men who are still living at home well into adulthood can hire her to date their sons, which lends the often ..read more »
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from 127 members
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Winter Passing
(2005)
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Ed Harris
Director: Adam Rapp
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Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have ..read more »
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from 20 members
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Manic
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Michael Bacall, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Cheadle
Director: Jordan Melamed
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Watch now: Unavailable
Jordan Melamed's directorial debut is a strikingly honest depiction of life in a juvenile mental ward. Following a disturbing and violent fight at school, Lyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is admitted--against his will--to Northwoods Mental Institution. There he joins a group of troubled teens: withdrawn ..read more »
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from 923 members
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Eulogy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Hank Azaria, Debra Winger, Kelly Preston
Director: Michael Clancy
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A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
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from 3,590 members
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2004)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def
Director: Garth Jennings
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The long-awaited film version of Douglas Adams' THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, based on his five-book series, is a funny, wacky, highly creative ride through a bizarre universe. Martin Freeman (Tim from THE OFFICE) stars as Arthur Dent, a British everyman suddenly thrust into intergalactic ..read more »
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from 66,895 members
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Elf - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart
Director: Jon Favreau
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Will Ferrell makes yet another memorable splash on the big screen in Jon Favreau's sweet and hilarious Christmas fable. Ferrell is Buddy, an innocent figure who was raised as an elf in the North Pole by his adoptive father, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart). When Buddy discovers that he's actually a human ..read more »
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from 1,157 member
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All the Real Girls
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider
Director: David Gordon Green
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David Gordon Green directs ALL THE REAL GIRLS, an achingly sincere drama that captures the complexities of first love--and loss--with breathtaking honesty. Paul (Paul Schneider), a small town charmer, has spent his life living it up with his buddies Tip (Shea Whigham), Bo (Maurice Compte), and Bust-..read more »
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from 2,170 members
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Elf
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart
Director: Jon Favreau
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Will Ferrell makes yet another memorable splash on the big screen in Jon Favreau's sweet and hilarious Christmas fable. Ferrell is Buddy, an innocent figure who was raised as an elf in the North Pole by his adoptive father, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart). When Buddy discovers that he's actually a human ..read more »
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from 30,115 members
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The New Guy
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Eddie Griffin, Lyle Lovett, DJ Qualls
Director: Edward Decter
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THE NEW GUY is an energetic, sweet-natured comedy that gleefully discombobulates the unfortunate social class system that has plagued high schools since the beginning of time. Teenager Dizzy Harrison (DJ Qualls) is the laughing stock of Texas' Rocky Creek High School. But his loser status changes ..read more »
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from 1,784 member
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The Good Girl
(2002)
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly
Director: Miguel Arteta
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THE GOOD GIRL, directed by Miguel Arteta and written by Mike White, stars Jennifer Aniston as Justine, a sullen 30-year-old woman stuck in a dead-end job at the Retail Rodeo department store. In addition to her mind-numbing occupation, Justine also has to contend with her dim-witted husband Phil (..read more »
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from 10,597 members
Not currently released
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Gigantic
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman
Director: Matt Aselton, Sebastian Schipper
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Gigantic is a funny, oddly romantic love story about the unanticipated anxiety that comes when two crazy people unexpectedly collide.
Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano) is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (Ed Asner, Jane Alexander), ..read more »
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Zooey Deschanel facts
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...l as the lead character. Don Cheadle offers excellent support as always, as do Zooey Deschanel who certainly appears as kooky as her name would suggest.
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