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Name: Zooey Claire Deschanel

DOB: -- January 17, 1980

Birthplace: -- Los Angeles, California

Family: -- . Her father, Caleb Deschanel is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer. Her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir) is an actress who starred in "Twin Peaks". Sister of actress Emily Deschanel.(Actress in Bones)

Height: -- 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Eye color: -- Blue

Education:-- Graduated from Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica. She spent several summers at camp upstate New York at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. Attended Northwestern University.

Nicknames: --She pronounces her name "ZOH-ee" (not "zoo-ee"). Other nicknames include Zo.

Movies: -- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) .... Dorothy Evans ... aka The Assassination of Jesse James (USA: short title) Surf's Up (2007) (voice) .... Lani Aliikai Raving (2007) Flakes (2007) .... Miss Pussy Katz Bridge to Terabithia (2007) .... Ms. Edmonds The Go-Getter (2007) .... Kate The Good Life (2007) .... Frances Live Free or Die (2006) .... Cheryl Failure to Launch (2006) .... Kit Once Upon a Mattress (2005) (TV) .... Lady Larken Winter Passing (2005) .... Reese Holden The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) .... Trillian Eulogy (2004) .... Kate Collins "Cracking Up" .... Heidi (1episode, 2004) - Birds Do It (2004) TVEpisode .... Heidi Elf (2003) .... Jovie House Hunting (2003) .... Christy It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All (2003) .... Gas Station Girl ... aka Wanted (USA: informal title) All the Real Girls (2003) .... Noel Whatever We Do (2003) .... Nikki Abandon (2002) .... Samantha Harper Sweet Friggin' Daisies (2002) .... Zelda The New Guy (2002) .... Nora Big Trouble (2002) .... Jenny Herk The Good Girl (2002) .... Cheryl Manic (2001) .... Tracy Almost Famous (2000) .... Anita Miller ... aka Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut (USA: director's cut (DVD title)) Mumford (1999) .... Nessa Watkins

Television: -- "Weeds" .... Kat (4episodes, 2006-2007) - Doing the Backstroke (2007) TVEpisode - Pittsburgh (2006) TVEpisode .... Kat - Yeah, Just Like Tomatoes (2006) TVEpisode .... Kat - Mile Deep and a Foot Wide (2006) TVEpisode .... Kat "American Dad!" .... Candy Striper Stripper/ ... (1episode, 2005) - Stan Knows Best (2005) TVEpisode (voice) .... Kim - French Maid/Candy Striper Stripper "Frasier" .... Jen (1episode, 2002) - Kissing Cousin (2002) TVEpisode .... Jen "Veronica's Closet" .... Elena (1episode, 1998) - Veronica's Fun and Pirates Are Crazy (1998) TVEpisode .... Elena

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Awards: -- 2003 Won Best Actress for: All the Real Girls (2003) voted Best Actress at the Mar Del Plata Film Festival for her role in David Gordon Green's All the Real Girls (2003). She also gained a Best Female Lead nomination (for All the Real Girls (2003)) at the following year's Independent Spirit Awards, but lost out to Charlize Theron.

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• Gospel According to Janis (2008) (in production) .... Janis Joplin
• The Happening (2008) (filming)
• "Tin Man" (2007) (mini) TVSeries (post-production) .... DG
  



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