Cast & creator
Zooey Deschanel
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Simpsons
Zooey 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 deadpan 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), and 500 Days of Summer (2009). 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. Deschanel is also a co-founder of the female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by Time Inc. in 2015.
Also known as: Zooey Claire Deschanel
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television credits
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1975–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (115)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Simpsons
Mary Spuckler (voice)
1989The Simpsons
Quirk Girl (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
American Dad!
French Maid / Candy Striper Stripper (voice)
2005American Dad!
Dream Girl (voice)
2005
Bones
Margaret Whitesell
2005
Conan
Self
2010Conan
Self - Musical Guest
2010Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Musical Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Frasier
Jen
1993
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jessica 'Jess' Day
2013
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Musical Guest
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
New Girl
Jessica 'Jess' Day
2011New Girl
Producer
2011New Girl
Co-Executive Producer
2011New Girl
Director
2011
Bridge to Terabithia
Ms. Edmunds
2007
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
Trolls World Tour
Bridget (voice)
2020
Live from E!
Self
2002
Veronica's Closet
Elena
1997
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
Trolls
Bridget (voice)
2016
(500) Days of Summer
Summer
2009
Physical
Kelly Kilmartin
2021
Trolls Band Together
Bridget (voice)
2023
Celebrity IOU
Self
2020
Winnie the Pooh
additional voice
2011Winnie the Pooh
Songs
2011
StoryBots: Answer Time
Cat Burglar
2022
Almost Famous
Anita Miller
2000
Failure to Launch
Kit
2006
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Trillian
2005
Yes Man
Renee Allison
2008
Surf's Up
Lani Aliikai (voice)
2007
Elf
Jovie
2003
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dorothy Evans
2007
The Happening
Alma Moore
2008
The New Guy
Nora
2002
Tin Man
DG
2007
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Terry
2024
Your Highness
Belladonna
2011
Cracking Up
Heidi
2004
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2020
Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School
Songs
2022
Trixie Motel
Self
2022
The Good Girl
Cheryl
2002
Trolls Holiday
Bridget (voice)
2017
About Last Night
Self
2022
Merv
Anna Finch
2025
White House Christmas
Self - Host
1998
Big Trouble
Jenny Herk
2002
Our Idiot Brother
Natalie Rochlin
2011
Top Chef Masters
Herself - Guest
2009
The Celebrity Dating Game
Self - Host
2021
Rock the Kasbah
Ronnie
2015
Gone Mental with Lior
Self
2020
Manic
Tracy
2002
Abandon
Samantha Harper
2002
Once Upon A Mattress
Lady Larken
2005
Live Free or Die
Cheryl
2006
What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel
Self
2023What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel
Executive Producer
2023
These Amazing Shadows
Self
2011
Eulogy
Kate Collins
2004
All the Real Girls
Noel
2003
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Winter Passing
Reese Holden
2006
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self (voice) (uncredited)
2012
Flakes
Miss Pussy Katz
2007
The Go-Getter
Kate
2008
The Driftless Area
Stella
2015
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
Self
2019
Trolls 4
Bridget (voice)
Gigantic
Happy
2008
Mumford
Nessa Watkins
1999
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
2005
Dreamin' Wild
Nancy
2023Celebrity Mix
Self (archive footage)
2005
Visions of 'The Happening'
Self
2008
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
2005The Happening: Elements of a Scene
Self
2008
The Good Life
Frances
2007
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
2012
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
Self
2015The Happening: A Day for Night
Self
2008
Sweet Friggin' Daisies
Zelda
2002
Whatever We Do
Nikki
2003Heather of the Valley
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
Gas Station Girl
2003
House Hunting
Christy
2003
Teen Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1999
Trash Mountain
Abbi
2026
Players in Pigtails
2004
Raving
Katie
2007