Zooey Deschanel

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Recent Role:
Jessica Day on New Girl
Gender:
Female
Born:
1-17-1980
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name:
Zooey Claire Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California. She was born into a famous family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is a cinematographer. Her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel, and her sister, Emily Deschanel, are both actresses.



Zooey grew up traveling around the world. Her parents made the rule that



More you couldn't act until you could drive yourself to the auditions. Zooey is now a well known actress. She is well known for her role in Almost Famous. She has also starred in films such as Elf, Bridge to Terabithia, and Surf's Up. She was also the star in the Sci-Fi miniseries, Tin Man.

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    9.5 Superb

    How could you not love her?

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    Zooey Deschanel is one of few actresses that I actually find funny. I love all of her roles in all of her shows, movies, etc. and she has a lovely singing voice that she usually displays in all of her performances. Let's not forget that she is freaking beautiful as well. And her "bubbly" character on Fox's new sitcom, New Girl, is spectacular. She will be successful for as long as she continues in the acting business. And singing business. And the looking good business.

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    1.5 Abysmal
    Ok, so here's the deal. hide show

    She is a pretty girl, and she got a nice smile, but her acting skill is terrible. It's like you have to ask yourself everytime you see her act, "what? What was that?". I watched "Tin Man" and I personally felt that she made the series a lot less enjoyable (all the supporting actor and actress did a great job though, tin man and her evil sister are my favorite). Everytime I see her in that movie, I just want her out of the way. It's like watching a scary movie and you can't wait for the scene to be over. After the movie, I decided to search online and see what other people think of her acting. It turns out a lot of people like her, I came to the conclusion that
    Zooey Deschanel bribed all of you guys. Someone that's in a coma can get better acting done then her. But whatever the case, I do hope she does well in her career, and perhaps she only did a bad job in "Tin Man" and is actually a good actress. I don't plan to watch another movie with her in it though, "Tin Man" was about 4:30 hours long, so I had to watch 4:30 hours of "what? what was that?" just to see the ending. Soooo i dunno...not much of a risk taker...
    Ooh and btw, I have never written a review about an actress before, I felt like I needed to after watching "Tin Man" to warn everyone of the danger.

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    8 Great
    She's great! hide show

    Zooey Deschannel is great, I love her acting and she is very funny, and pretty to boot. I just came here to her page because I just read the article on the front page about how she is going to be in the show Bones (and maybe a love interest to Booth in that episode?) and that will be great, she is a very talented actress. They should build a comedy series around her if she ever gets tired of making movies. She was awesome in Yes Man, not a bad movie but her and Jim Carrey were very talented.

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    10 Perfect
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    I love Zooey Deschanel as an actress. I have not seen all of her movies, but the ones i have seen she played her roles excellent, like in failure to launch. She is also really pretty, which Is pretty important for an actor or actress. Over the weekend my friend and I started talking about her and we both knew she was just by the acting she had done in past movies. II would totally go and see all the movies she is in, but they are mostly chick flicks and I have no chick to go with haha. Anyway i think she plays an excellent role irregardless to what it is

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    She is da-bombdigity! hide show

    She is one of the best actresses ever. Between her moives as Elf, The Happening or Euology... or her music as Why do you let my stay here, I Thought I saw your face today or Change is hard, Or even her acclaimed mini-series Tin Man I don't know which she is best at. She is truly one of a kind in this generation. Zooey is one of the best actresses out there and deserves more. I am a fan of hers no doubt, I can wait to see her in her upcoming film and hope more roles are on the way.

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