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'''Zooey Claire Deschanel''' (born [[January 17]], [[1980]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]]. Deschanel made her film debut in 1999's ''[[Mumford]]'' and soon became known for memorable, deadpan supporting roles in films such as ''[[Almost Famous]]'' (2000), ''[[Big Trouble (film)|Big Trouble]]'' (2002) and ''[[The Good Girl]]'' (2002). She then began playing female leads, in ''[[All the Real Girls]]'' (2003), ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'' (2003), ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (2005), and ''[[Tin Man (TV miniseries)|Tin Man]]'' in 2007. |
'''Zooey Claire Deschanel''' (born [[January 17]], [[1980]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]]. Deschanel made her film debut in 1999's ''[[Mumford]]'' and soon became known for memorable, deadpan supporting roles in films such as ''[[Almost Famous]]'' (2000), [[The New Guy|The New Guy]] (2002), ''[[Big Trouble (film)|Big Trouble]]'' (2002) and ''[[The Good Girl]]'' (2002). She then began playing female leads, in ''[[All the Real Girls]]'' (2003), ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'' (2003), ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (2005), and ''[[Tin Man (TV miniseries)|Tin Man]]'' in 2007. |
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Since 2001, Deschanel has performed in the jazz [[cabaret]] act [[If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies]] with fellow actress [[Samantha Shelton]]. Deschanel has sung in several of her films, and her debut album ''[[Volume One (She and Him album)|Volume One]]'' (recorded with [[M. Ward]] under the moniker [[She and Him]]) will be released in March 2008. |
Since 2001, Deschanel has performed in the jazz [[cabaret]] act [[If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies]] with fellow actress [[Samantha Shelton]]. Deschanel has sung in several of her films, and her debut album ''[[Volume One (She and Him album)|Volume One]]'' (recorded with [[M. Ward]] under the moniker [[She and Him]]) will be released in March 2008. |
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Deschanel turned down several supporting roles and played her first lead role in ''All the Real Girls'' (2003). Deschanel's 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,<ref name= "lat"/> and she received an [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress|Independent Spirit nomination for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmindependent.org/spiritawards/nominees/filmbyyearalpha.php?c=1&year=2004 |title=Spirit Awards}}</ref> Later in 2003, Deschanel played a deadpan department store [[elf]] opposite [[Will Ferrell]] in the comedy ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'', which became a box office hit.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1225341,00.html ''Talledega Nights'' is a return to the top for Will Ferrell1 | Will Ferrell | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Elf'' was the first of Deschanel's films in which she sang onscreen; she dueted with Ferrell in the bathroom shower scene on "[[Baby, It's Cold Outside (song)|Baby, It's Cold Outside]]", and was also heard singing it on the soundtrack with [[Leon Redbone]]. Subsequently, Deschanel has sung in ''Winter Passing'' ("[[My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean]]"), the 2005 television musical ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' ("An Opening For a Princess," "In a Little While," "Normandy," and "Yesterday I Loved You"), and the 2007 short film ''[[Raving (film)|Raving]]'' ("[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]"). Her piano composition "Bittersuite" was used thematically in the dark, off-beat 2004 [[dramedy]] ''[[Winter Passing]]'', in which she starred alongside Ferrell and [[Ed Harris]]. |
Deschanel turned down several supporting roles and played her first lead role in ''All the Real Girls'' (2003). Deschanel's 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,<ref name= "lat"/> and she received an [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress|Independent Spirit nomination for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmindependent.org/spiritawards/nominees/filmbyyearalpha.php?c=1&year=2004 |title=Spirit Awards}}</ref> Later in 2003, Deschanel played a deadpan department store [[elf]] opposite [[Will Ferrell]] in the comedy ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'', which became a box office hit.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1225341,00.html ''Talledega Nights'' is a return to the top for Will Ferrell1 | Will Ferrell | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Elf'' was the first of Deschanel's films in which she sang onscreen; she dueted with Ferrell in the bathroom shower scene on "[[Baby, It's Cold Outside (song)|Baby, It's Cold Outside]]", and was also heard singing it on the soundtrack with [[Leon Redbone]]. Subsequently, Deschanel has sung in ''Winter Passing'' ("[[My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean]]"), the 2005 television musical ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' ("An Opening For a Princess," "In a Little While," "Normandy," and "Yesterday I Loved You"), and the 2007 short film ''[[Raving (film)|Raving]]'' ("[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]"). Her piano composition "Bittersuite" was used thematically in the dark, off-beat 2004 [[dramedy]] ''[[Winter Passing]]'', in which she starred alongside Ferrell and [[Ed Harris]]. |
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In 2004, Deschanel also starred in ''[[Eulogy (film)|Eulogy]]'', and as [[Trillian (character)|Trillian]] in the film adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' [[science fiction]] novel ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005). Deschanel then played [[Sarah Jessica Parker]]'s neurotic roommate in ''[[Failure to Launch]]'' (2006), and appeared on four episodes of the [[Showtime]] television series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'' from 2006 to 2007, playing [[Andy Botwin]]'s quirky ex-girlfriend, Kat. In [[September 2006]], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that Deschanel would play 1960s singer [[Janis Joplin]] in the film ''[[The Gospel According to Janis]]'', to be co-written and directed by [[Penelope Spheeris]].<ref name= "jan">Fleming, Michael. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950313.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&query=%22zooey+deschanel%22+AND+%22janis%22 "Wheels turning on Spheeris' Joplin bio: Deschanel takes 'Janis' role"], [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], 2006-09-18. Retrieved on [[2007]]-[[12-01]].</ref> Deschanel planned to sing all of Joplin's songs, and took four months of singing lessons "to approximate Joplin's gritty vocals."<ref name= "jan"/> The film, scheduled to begin shooting on November 13, 2006,<ref name= "jan"/> was postponed indefinitely.{{fact|date=December 2007}} |
In 2004, Deschanel also starred in ''[[Eulogy (film)|Eulogy]]'', and in 2005 as [[Trillian (character)|Trillian]] in the film adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' [[science fiction]] novel ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005). Deschanel then played [[Sarah Jessica Parker]]'s neurotic roommate in ''[[Failure to Launch]]'' (2006), and appeared on four episodes of the [[Showtime]] television series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'' from 2006 to 2007, playing [[Andy Botwin]]'s quirky ex-girlfriend, Kat. In [[September 2006]], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that Deschanel would play 1960s singer [[Janis Joplin]] in the film ''[[The Gospel According to Janis]]'', to be co-written and directed by [[Penelope Spheeris]].<ref name= "jan">Fleming, Michael. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950313.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&query=%22zooey+deschanel%22+AND+%22janis%22 "Wheels turning on Spheeris' Joplin bio: Deschanel takes 'Janis' role"], [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], 2006-09-18. Retrieved on [[2007]]-[[12-01]].</ref> Deschanel planned to sing all of Joplin's songs, and took four months of singing lessons "to approximate Joplin's gritty vocals."<ref name= "jan"/> The film, scheduled to begin shooting on November 13, 2006,<ref name= "jan"/> was postponed indefinitely.{{fact|date=December 2007}} |
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In 2007, Deschanel appeared in two children's films, ''[[Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film)|Bridge to Terabithia]]'' and the animated film ''[[Surf's Up (2007 film)|Surf's Up]]'', in which she voiced a penguin named [[List of Characters in Surf's Up#Lani Aliikai|Lani Aliikai]]. In December 2007, she played DG, the lead in the new [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] miniseries ''[[Tin Man (TV miniseries)|Tin Man]]'', a re-imagining of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s children's book ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''. |
In 2007, Deschanel appeared in two children's films, ''[[Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film)|Bridge to Terabithia]]'' and the animated film ''[[Surf's Up (2007 film)|Surf's Up]]'', in which she voiced a penguin named [[List of Characters in Surf's Up#Lani Aliikai|Lani Aliikai]]. In December 2007, she played DG, the lead in the new [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] miniseries ''[[Tin Man (TV miniseries)|Tin Man]]'', a re-imagining of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s children's book ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''. |
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A friend of actor [[Jason Schwartzman]] since childhood, she dated him for several years before breaking up in 2005. She also dated |
A friend of actor [[Jason Schwartzman]] since childhood, she dated him for several years before breaking up in 2005. She also dated playwright Jeff Smeenge, and [[Hunter Burgan]], the bassist from [[AFI (band)|AFI]], for a time. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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Revision as of 14:13, 14 February 2008
Zooey Deschanel | |
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| Born | Zooey Claire Deschanel |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Parent(s) | Caleb Deschanel (father) Mary Jo Deschanel (mother) |
| Relatives | Emily Deschanel (older sister) |
Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and singer. Deschanel made her film debut in 1999's Mumford and soon became known for memorable, deadpan supporting roles in films such as Almost Famous (2000), The New Guy (2002), Big Trouble (2002) and The Good Girl (2002). She then began playing female leads, in All the Real Girls (2003), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), and Tin Man in 2007.
Since 2001, Deschanel has performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actress Samantha Shelton. Deschanel has sung in several of her films, and her debut album Volume One (recorded with M. Ward under the moniker She and Him) will be released in March 2008.
Biography
Early life
Zooey (Template:PronEng) Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). She is of Irish and French ancestry (her surname means "from the channels" in French).[1] She was named after Zooey Glass, the male protagonist of J. D. Salinger's 1961 short story collection Franny and Zooey.[2] Her older sister Emily is also an actress.
Deschanel lived in 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[...]I'm 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 didn't have any food I liked or things I was used to."[3] She attended Crossroads, a private preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, where she befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson.[2] She also attended the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts summer camp and sang throughout high school, planning to pursue a career in musical theatre.[1] She attended Northwestern University for seven months before dropping out to work as an actress.[3]
Career
Deschanel appeared in a guest role on the television series Veronica's Closet before making her film debut in Lawrence Kasdan’s 1999 comedy Mumford, and later in the year she appeared in the music video for The Offspring's single "She's Got Issues". In her second film, director Cameron Crowe's autobiographical Almost Famous (2000), Deschanel played Anita Miller, the protagonist's rebellious older sister. The film received critical praise,[4] but was not a box office success. Deschanel continued to sing, and in 2001 formed If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies, a jazz cabaret act with fellow actress Samantha Shelton.[2] The pair performs around Los Angeles on an ad-hoc basis.[5]
Deschanel played supporting roles in a series of films that included Manic (2001), Big Trouble (2002), Abandon (2002), and The Good Girl (2002). In late 2002, The New York Times reported that Deschanel was "one of Hollywood's most sought-after young stars,"[2] 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 protagonist's best friend.[1] Deschanel objected to her typecasting, arguing, "A lot of these roles are just a formula idea of somebody's best friend, and it's like, I don't even have that many friends. In high school, I stayed home all the time, so I don't know how I'm everybody's best friend now."[1]
Deschanel turned down several supporting roles and played her first lead role in All the Real Girls (2003). Deschanel's 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,[1] and she received an Independent Spirit nomination for Best Actress.[6] Later in 2003, Deschanel played a deadpan department store elf opposite Will Ferrell in the comedy Elf, which became a box office hit.[7] Elf was the first of Deschanel's films in which she sang onscreen; she dueted with Ferrell in the bathroom shower scene on "Baby, It's Cold Outside", and was also heard singing it on the soundtrack with Leon Redbone. Subsequently, Deschanel has sung in Winter Passing ("My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean"), the 2005 television musical Once Upon a Mattress ("An Opening For a Princess," "In a Little While," "Normandy," and "Yesterday I Loved You"), and the 2007 short film Raving ("Hello, Dolly!"). Her piano composition "Bittersuite" was used thematically in the dark, off-beat 2004 dramedy Winter Passing, in which she starred alongside Ferrell and Ed Harris.
In 2004, Deschanel also starred in Eulogy, and in 2005 as Trillian in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' science fiction novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Deschanel then played Sarah Jessica Parker's neurotic roommate in Failure to Launch (2006), and appeared on four episodes of the Showtime television series Weeds from 2006 to 2007, playing Andy Botwin's quirky ex-girlfriend, Kat. In September 2006, Variety announced that Deschanel would play 1960s singer Janis Joplin in the film The Gospel According to Janis, to be co-written and directed by Penelope Spheeris.[8] Deschanel planned to sing all of Joplin's songs, and took four months of singing lessons "to approximate Joplin's gritty vocals."[8] The film, scheduled to begin shooting on November 13, 2006,[8] was postponed indefinitely.[citation needed]
In 2007, Deschanel appeared in two children's films, Bridge to Terabithia and the animated film Surf's Up, in which she voiced a penguin named Lani Aliikai. In December 2007, she played DG, the lead in the new Sci Fi Channel miniseries Tin Man, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
In March 2007, Deschanel contributed vocals to two songs ("Slowly" and "Ask Her To Dance") on the album Nighttiming by Jason Schwartzman's band Coconut Records. In May 2007, singer-songwriter M. Ward, who had previously performed with Deschanel onstage, said that he was "just finishing work" on her debut album,[9] which will feature songs written by Deschanel and produced by Ward. In January 2008, Rolling Stone reported that Deschanel and Ward were recording under the moniker She and Him, and that the album, titled Volume One, would be released by Merge Records on March 18, 2008.[10][11]
In 2008, Deschanel will star opposite Mark Wahlberg in M. Night Shyamalan's environmental thriller The Happening, and opposite Jim Carrey in the romantic comedy Yes Man.
Personal life
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A friend of actor Jason Schwartzman since childhood, she dated him for several years before breaking up in 2005. She also dated playwright Jeff Smeenge, and Hunter Burgan, the bassist from AFI, for a time.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1999 | Mumford | Nessa Watkins | |
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Anita Miller | |
| 2001 | Manic | Tracy | |
| 2002 | Abandon | Samantha Harper | |
| Sweet Friggin' Daisies | Zelda | ||
| The New Guy | Nora | ||
| Big Trouble | Jenny Herk | ||
| The Good Girl | Cheryl | ||
| 2003 | Elf | Jovie | |
| House Hunting | Christy | ||
| It's Better to be Wanted for Murder Than Not to be Wanted at All | Gas station girl | ||
| All the Real Girls | Noel | ||
| Whatever We Do | Nikki | ||
| 2004 | Eulogy | Kate Collins | |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Mattress | Lady Larken | |
| Winter Passing | Reese Holden | ||
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Tricia McMillan/Trillian | ||
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Kit | |
| Weeds | Kat | ||
| Live Free or Die | Cheryl | ||
| 2007 | Flakes | Miss Pussy Katz | |
| Raving | Katie | Short Film | |
| The Good Life | Frances | ||
| The Go-Getter | Kate | ||
| Bridge to Terabithia | Miss Edmunds | ||
| Surf's Up | Lani Aliikai (voice) | ||
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Dorothy Evans | ||
| Tin Man | DG | TV miniseries | |
| 2008 | The Happening | Alma Moore | post-production |
| Yes Man | TBA | post-production | |
| 2010 | Gospel According to Janis | Janis Joplin | in-production |
References
- ^ a b c d e "A Scene Stealer Steps off the Sidelines: With a calculated move, actress Zooey Deschanel sheds the 'best friend' persona" (reprint), Los Angeles Times, 2003-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ a b c d De Vries, Hilary. "A NIGHT OUT WITH -- Zooey Deschanel; Now, Life Is a Cabaret", The New York Times, 2002-09-15. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ a b "From A to Zooey" (reprint), Boston Globe, 2003-02-23. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ Almost Famous - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ "STYLE; The Standard-Bearers", The New York Times, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ "Spirit Awards".
- ^ ''Talledega Nights'' is a return to the top for Will Ferrell1 | Will Ferrell | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly
- ^ a b c Fleming, Michael. "Wheels turning on Spheeris' Joplin bio: Deschanel takes 'Janis' role", Variety, 2006-09-18. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ Interview: M. Ward", The Onion A. V. Club. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ "Rock & Roll Daily: Eminem Was Hospitalized With Pneumonia, Britney Spears: Possibly Schizophrenic, Bun B and Black Keys Join SXSW Lineup and More", Rolling Stone, 2008-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Amazon.com listing.