Zooey Claire Deschanel wallpapers & Biography
Zooey Claire 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 sultry 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), The Happening (2008), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and Our Idiot Brother (2011). She has also ventured into dramatic film with Maniac (2001), All the Real Girls (2003), Winter Passing (2005), Bridge to Terabithia (2007) and The Driftless Area (2015). 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.
For a few years beginning in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with actress Samantha Shelton.In 2006, Deschanel teamed up with M. Ward to form She & Him, and subsequently released their debut album, Volume One, in 2008. She has since released six albums: Volume Two (2010), A Very She & Him Christmas (2011), Volume 3 (2013), Classics (2014), Christmas Party (2016), and Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson (2022). She received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "So Long", which was featured on the soundtrack to the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh.
Deschanel is also the co-founder of the female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by Time Inc. in 2015.
Early life
Zooey Claire Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1980,the younger daughter of cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). Her paternal grandfather was French, from Oullins, Rhône, and her grandmother was from a Quaker family; she also has Swiss, Dutch, English, Irish, and other French ancestry. She was named after Zooey Glass, the protagonist of J. D. Salinger's 1961 novel Franny & Zooey.Her older sister is actress Emily Deschanel, who starred in the Fox crime comedy-drama series Bones.
Deschanel lived in Los Angeles, but spent much of her childhood traveling as her father shot films on location;
He attended Crossroads, a private preparatory school in Santa Monica, where he befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson. Time needed He sang throughout high school, planning a career in musical theatre and attended the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts.He attended Northwestern University for nine months before dropping out to pursue acting.
Personal life
Deschanel is allergic to eggs, dairy products, and soy She was allergic to gluten, but said in an interview with Armchair Expert in 2022 that she no longer suffers from it. She used to be a vegan,which she gave up because she found it difficult to eat enough calories on a vegan diet due to her sensitivity to wheat and soy. A year before abandoning the vegan diet, she appeared in episode eight of season one of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, in which the competing chefs were challenged to arrange a vegan lunch party for their family and friends without using soy or gluten. Deschanel is currently a pescetarian.
In December 2008, Deschanel became engaged to musician Ben Gibbard, the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service. They married on September 19, 2009, near Seattle , Washington. They announced their separation on November 1, 2011. Deschanel filed for divorce on December 27, 2011, citing "irreconcilable differences"The divorce was finalized on December 12, 2012
Deschanel confirmed her engagement to film producer Jacob Pechenik in January 2015, and they married in June 2015. They have two children: a daughter born in July 2015 and a son born in May 2017.
In August 2019, Deschanel met Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott while filming an episode of Carpool Karaoke: The Series.
On September 6, 2019, Deschanel and Pechenik announced their separation.Deschanel and Pechenik divorced on June 1, 2020.
On August 13, 2023, Deschanel and Scott announced their engagement at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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