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Zooey Claire Deschanel (pronounced /'zo?.i de???'n?l/; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter. In 1999, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford, followed by her break out role as young protagonist William Millers troubled older sister Anita in Cameron Crowes 2000 semi autobiographical film Almost Famous. Deschanel soon became known for her deadpan supporting roles in films such as Elf (2003), The Hitchhikers 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[1]. She plays keyboards, percussion, banjo and ukulele, and has sung in several of her films. Deschanels debut album Volume One (recorded with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him) was released on March 18, 2008. The follow up album Volume Two was released in the U.S. on March 23, 2010. Zooey Deschanel, born in Los Angeles, California, is the daughter of cinematographer/director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). She is of French and Irish descent.[2] She was named after Zooey Glass, the male protagonist of J. D. Salingers 1961 novella Franny and Zooey.[3] Her older sister Emily Deschanel is also an actress, and stars in the TV series Bones. Deschanel lived in lower Los Angeles, but spent much of her childhood traveling because her father shot films on location; she later said that she "hated all the traveling[...] Im really happy now that I had the experience, but at the time I was just so miserable to have to leave my friends in Los Angeles and go to places where they didnt have any food I liked or things I was used to."[4] She grew up in Canada, Yugoslavia, England and South Africa. She attended Crossroads, a private preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, where she befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson.[3] She sang throughout high school, planning to pursue a career in musical theatre.[2] She attended Northwestern University for seven months before dropping out to work as an actress.[4] [edit] Career [edit] Acting Deschanel appeared in a guest role on the television series Veronicas Closet before making her film debut in Lawrence Kasdans 1999 comedy Mumford, and later in the year she appeared (non-singing) in the music video for The Offsprings single "Shes Got Issues". In her second film, director Cameron Crowes semi-autobiographical Almost Famous (2000), Deschanel played Anita Miller, the protagonists rebellious older sister. The film received critical praise,[5] but was not a box office success. Deschanel played supporting roles in a series of films that included Manic (2001), with Don Cheadle and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Big Trouble (2002), with Tim Allen and Rene Russo, Abandon (2002) alongside Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt and Melanie Lynskey, and The Good Girl (2002) alongside Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal. In late 2002, The New York Times reported that Deschanel was "one of Hollywoods most sought-after young stars,"[3] and the Los Angeles Times wrote in early 2003 that Deschanel had become a recognizable type, due to "her deadpan, sardonic and scene-stealing [film] performances" as the protagonists best friend.[2] Deschanel objected to her typecasting, arguing, "A lot of these roles are just a formula idea of somebodys best friend, and its like, I dont even have that many friends. In high school, I stayed home all the time, so I dont know how Im everybodys best friend now."[2] Deschanel appeared in Frasier, starring as Rozs out-of-control cousin, Jen, in the Season 10 episode Kissing Cousin in 2002. That year she also appeared in the film The New Guy as Nora, the guitar player in the lead characters band, Suburban Funk. After turning down several supporting roles, Deschanel played her first lead role in All the Real Girls (2003). Her performance as Noel, a sexually curious 18-year-old virgin who has a life-changing romance with an aimless 22-year-old, received critical praise,[2] and she received an Independent Spirit nomination for Best Actress.[6] Later in 2003, Deschanel played a deadpan department store worker opposite Will Ferrell in the comedy
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