Zooey deschanel biography imdb movies

American actress, model, musician, and singer-songwriter Zooey Deschanel made her film debut in the 1999 comedy feature Mumford.^[1] She went on to gain public attention by co-starring in the comedy-dramaAlmost Famous (2000), the independentdramaManic (2001) opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt,^[2] and the comedy drama The Good Girl (2002).

She landed her first major role as an 18-year-old virgin in the romantic dramaAll the Real Girls (2003), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.^[4] One of Deschanel's biggest commercial successes came with the Christmas-fantasy filmElf (2003), which grossed over $220 million worldwide.^[5]

In 2005, Deschanel played Tricia McMillan in Garth Jennings' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, an adaption of the media franchise of the same name.^[6] She followed this with a series of comedy films, including Winter P