List of Zooey Deschanel performances

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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-drama Almost Famous (2000), the independent drama Manic (2001) opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt,[2] and the comedy drama The Good Girl (2002).[3] She landed her first major role as an 18-year-old virgin in the romantic drama All the Real Girls (2003),[3] 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 film Elf (2003), which grossed over $220 million worldwide.[5]

Deschanel at the 2012 PaleyFest

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 Passing (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), The Go-Getter (2007), and Peyton Reed's Yes Man (2008). Deschanel played a radiant dream girl in the independent romantic drama (500) Days of Summer (2009), also opposite Gordon-Levitt, for which she garnered a nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture at the 14th Satellite Awards.[7] She voiced Bridget in the animated family comedy Trolls (2016), which earned her an Annie Award nomination for Voice Acting in a Feature Production.[8]

Deschanel made her television debut in the sitcom Veronica's Closet in 1998. She later starred as DG in the miniseries Tin Man (2007), a science fiction re-imagining of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The miniseries averaged more than 6.3 million viewers during its first night, making it the top rated cable miniseries of 2007.[9] She voiced Mary Spuckler in three episodes of The Simpsons, since debuting in the 2008 episode "Apocalypse Cow", and guest-starred with her sister Emily in a 2009 episode of the Fox crime procedural drama Bones. In 2011, she landed a starring role in the Fox sitcom New Girl. For her portrayal as goofy school teacher Jessica Day, she received nominations for three Golden Globe Awards[10] and a Primetime Emmy Award,[11] and won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[12]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 Mumford Nessa Watkins [13]
2000 Almost Famous Anita Miller [14]
2001 Manic Tracy [2]
2002 The Good Girl Cheryl [15]
Abandon Samantha Harper [16]
Big Trouble Jenny Herk [17]
The New Guy Nora [18]
Sweet Friggin' Daisies Zelda Short film [19]
2003 Whatever We Do Nikki [19]
All the Real Girls Noel [20]
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All Gas Station Girl [19]
House Hunting Christy Short film [19]
Elf Jovie [21]
2004 Eulogy Kate Collins [22]
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tricia "Trillian" McMillan [6]
Winter Passing Reese Holden [23]
2006 Failure to Launch Kit [24]
Live Free or Die Cheryl [25]
2007 The Good Life Frances [26]
The Go-Getter Kate [27]
Bridge to Terabithia Ms. Edmunds [28]
Flakes Miss Pussy Katz [29]
Raving Katie Short film [19]
Surf's Up Lani Aliikai (voice) [30]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Dorothy Evans [31]
2008 Gigantic Harriet "Happy" Lolly [32]
The Happening Alma Moore [33]
Yes Man Allison [34]
2009 500 Days of Summer Summer Finn [35]
2011 Our Idiot Brother Natalie [36]
Your Highness Belladonna [37]
2015 Rock the Kasbah Ronnie [38]
The Driftless Area Stella [39]
2016 Trolls Bridget (voice) [40]
2020 Trolls World Tour
2022 Dreamin' Wild Nancy [41]
2023 Trolls Band Together Bridget (voice)
2024 Harold and the Purple Crayon Terri [42]
TBA Merv TBA Post-production [43]

Television

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Year(s) Title Role Channel Notes Ref.
1998 Veronica's Closet Elena NBC Episode: "Veronica's Fun and Pirates Are Crazy" [44]
2002 Frasier Jen Episode: "Kissing Cousin" [45]
2004 Cracking Up Heidi Fox Episode: "Birds Do It" [46]
2005 Once Upon a Mattress Lady Larken ABC Television film [45]
2005–2013 American Dad! Various voices Fox 2 episodes [47]
2006–2007 Weeds Kat Wheeler Showtime 4 episodes [48]
2007 Tin Man DG Sci-Fi Channel Miniseries [49]
2008–2013 The Simpsons Mary Spuckler (voice) Fox 3 episodes [50]
2009 Bones Margaret Whitesell Episode: "The Goop on the Girl" [51]
2010 Funny or Die Presents Mary Todd Lincoln HBO Sketch: "Drunk History Vol.5" [52]
2011–2018 New Girl Jessica "Jess" Day Fox Main role; 140 episodes
Director ("House Hunt")
Also producer and co-executive producer
[53]
2012 Saturday Night Live Host / Various characters NBC Episode: "Zooey Deschanel/Karmin" [54]
2016 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jessica "Jess" Day Fox Episode: "The Night Shift", crossover episode with New Girl [55]
2017 Trolls Holiday Bridget (voice) NBC Television special [56]
2021 The Celebrity Dating Game Co-Host ABC Television Series [57]
2022 Storybots: Answer Time Cat Burglar Lady Netflix Episode: Keys
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Herself Paramount+ /
WOW Presents Plus
Guest judge (season 8)
Episode: "The Letter L"
[58]
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked Episode: "All Stars Untucked: The Letter L"
2023 Physical Kelly Apple TV+ Season 3 [59]

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Notes Ref.
1999 "She's Got Issues" The Offspring [60]
2002 "Idiot Boyfriend" Jimmy Fallon [61]
2008 "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" (version one) She & Him [62]
2009 "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" (version two) [63]
2010 "In the Sun" [64]
2010 "Thieves" [65]
2011 "Don't Look Back" [66]
2012 "Hey Girl" Herself [67]
2013 "I Could've Been Your Girl" She & Him Also director [68]
2014 "Stay Awhile" [69]
2015 "On the Island" Brian Wilson [70]
2020 "Not the End of the World" Katy Perry [71]

Video games

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Year Title Role Ref.
2007 Surf's Up Lani Aliikai (voice) [72]

Discography

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Deschanel performing in New York City in 2008

Soundtrack performances

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Year Title Soundtrack album Ref.
2003 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Leon Redbone) Elf [73]
2005 "In a Little While" (with Matthew Morrison) Once Upon a Mattress [74]
2008
  • "Yes Man"
  • "Sweet Ballad"
  • "Uh-huh"
  • "Keystar" (with Von Iva)
  • "Can't Buy Me Love" (with Jim Carrey)
Yes Man [75]
2011
  • "A Very Important Thing to Do"
  • "Everything is Honey" (with Jim Cummings and Robert Lopez)
  • "Finale" (with Jim Cummings, Robert Lopez and cast)
Winnie the Pooh [76]
2011 "Hey Girl" (original soundtrack) New Girl [77]
2014 "Fallinlove2nite" cover (with Prince and 3rdeyegirl) New Girl [78]
2015 "Bitch" Rock the Kasbah [79]
2016 "Hello"
"I'm Coming Out"
"Mo Money Mo Problems" (with cast)
""Can't Stop the Feeling!" (with cast)
Trolls [80]

Guest album appearances

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Year Title Album Artist Ref.
2007 "Chiquitita" Open Your Heart EP Lavender Diamond
2007
  • "Slowly"
  • "Ask Her To Dance"
Nighttiming Coconut Records [81]
2008
  • "The Next Messiah"
  • "Carpetbaggers"
  • "Trying My Best to Love You"
  • "Jack Killed Mom"
Acid Tongue Jenny Lewis [82]
2009
  • "Never Had Nobody Like You"
  • "Rave On"
Hold Time M. Ward [83]
2010
  • "Get on the Road"
  • "Point Me at Lost Islands"
The Place We Ran From Tired Pony [84]
[85]
2011 "It's So Easy" Listen to Me: Buddy Holly (tribute album) Various artists [86]
2012
  • "Me and My Shadow"
  • "Sweetheart"
A Wasteland Companion M. Ward [87]
2012 "The Hippie Girl" (with Ben Gibbard) Chasing Away The Dots Mike Coykendall [88]
2012 "Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)" Former Lives Benjamin Gibbard [89]
2015 "You're the Reason" A mixtape from Ben Lee Ben Lee [90]

Notes

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