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->''"Zooey Deschanel is as pretty as she is gifted in the stagecraft of both acting and singing. [[Film/MeanGirls That's why her hair is so big]]: it's full of talent."''
-->-- '''Emma Jones''', MSN Entertainment

Zooey Claire Deschanel (January 17th, 1980) is an American actress, and if you're watching one of her performances, chances are she's either a DeadpanSnarker, a ManicPixieDreamGirl, or both. She's acted in ''Film/AlmostFamous'', ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', ''{{Elf}}'', ''Series/TinMan'', ''Failure to Launch'', ''TheHappening'', ''BridgeToTerabithia,'' ''Film/YesMan'' and ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer''. She also has a starring role in the Fox sitcom ''Series/NewGirl''. She has a role on Broadway, [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57432658-10391698/loretta-lynn-picks-zooey-deschanel-to-star-in-coal-miners-daughter-musical/ having been selected by country music legend Loretta Lynn to portray her in a musical adaptation of the movie "Coal Miners Daughter".]]

In addition to acting, Deschanel is also a talented singer, songwriter and keyboardist, and is one half of the indie folk/indie pop (or as she once described it, "arena folk") duo She & Him (the other half being singer/guitarist/producer M. Ward), and [[YesMan a couple of]] [[YourHighness her movies]] include at least one [[TheCastShowoff scene where she sings]]. She & Him have made three albums to date, titled ''Volume One'' (released March 18, 2008), ''Volume Two'' (released March 23, 2010) and ''[[ChristmasSongs A Very She and Him Christmas]]'' (released October 24, 2011), with a third album, ''Volume Three'', coming on May 13, 2013.

Her father Caleb is an award-winning cinematographer (best known for his work on such films as ''BeingThere'' and ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''), and her mother Mary Jo and sister Emily are both actresses as well, the former best known for playing Annie Glenn in ''TheRightStuff'' and the latter as ''{{Bones}}''. She [[RealLifeRelative appeared as Bones' cousin]] in an episode of the latter. She also was married to DeathCabForCutie lead singer/FaceOfTheBand Ben Gibbard from 2009 until 2011.

She's also an [[KatyPerry aspiring singer]].
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!!'''She provides examples of:'''
* {{Adorkable}}: Frequently. Her ''New Girl'' character is even called this in promotional material. Creator/AbbyElliott's ''SNL'' parody of her overuses the the term, too.
* BrainlessBeauty: Averted in most of her roles, played straight in the Siri commercial.
* CelebrityResemblance: Looks totally like KatyPerry.
* CharacterExaggeration/ {{Flanderization}}: As Jess from NewGirl, who's like an exaggerated version of Summer Finn.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Imagine if [[Music/PinkFloyd Syd Barrett]] and [[Creator/NormMacDonald Norm [=MacDonald=]]] had a love-child.
* DeadpanSnarker: Like [[Creator/NormMacDonald Norm [=MacDonald=]]] levels of deadpan.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Just ''try'' saying her last name without effecting a slight French accent.
* {{Hipster}}: Zooey has a reputation as being a "hipster sex symbol" due to her appearing in several independent films as well as the fact that she married indie rock musician Ben Gibbard. Although it should be noted that she's not crazy about being every hipster boy's dream girl.
* IllGirl: Her eating choices are somewhat limited, considering she has Celiac disease and is allergic to eggs and dairy in addition to being a vegan. One can only begin to imagine the difficulties Ben Gibbard must have had in dating her (How 'bout a cheese sandwich... wait, never mind, how about a tofu... no, that's still a sandwich... Screw this, let's go to the Indian place next door. You like curry?)
** Apparently, she is also either allergic to, or preferably intolerant of, soy. Has given up on strict veganism in deference to wanting more to eat than lettuce.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Most of her characters fit this trope. Deconstructed in FiveHundredDaysOfSummer.
* {{ADHD}}: She is so hyperactive, that she apparently has to get up 4 times to write a paragraph when she doesn't take her medication.
* {{Meganekko}}: Her first main-story scene in ''Hitchhiker's''.
** It looks like she'll also be one of these at least part of the time in ''New Girl''. See the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qqojuj1zoU network promo]].
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* SlidingScaleOfBeauty: Most of her characters are considered (In-universe) Special Average. World Class beauty in FiveHundredDaysOfSummer.
* ShowerScene
* TomboyishName: She's named after the male protagonist in J.D. Salinger's ''Literature/FrannyAndZooey''. It's basically just "Zoe" spelled differently.
* TypeCasting: In ManicPixieDreamGirl and/or DeadpanSnarker roles.
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