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8->''"We don't need to look like men or dress like men or talk like men to be powerful. We can be powerful in our own way, our own feminine way."''
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10Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress of French, Swiss, Dutch and Irish descent. If you're watching one of her performances, chances are she's either playing a DeadpanSnarker, a ManicPixieDreamGirl, or both.
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12She's acted in such films as ''Film/{{Mumford}}'', ''Film/AlmostFamous'', ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'', ''Film/{{Elf}}'', ''Series/TinMan'', ''Film/FailureToLaunch'', ''Film/TheHappening'', ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'', ''Film/YesMan'', ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'', and ''Film/OurIdiotBrother''. She also had a starring role in the Fox sitcom ''Series/NewGirl'' for seven seasons. In 2013 she guest starred in an episode of Fox's ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad,'' playing a parody of the types of characters she's usually typecast as.
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14In 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 a couple of her movies include at least one [[TheCastShowoff scene where she sings.]] ''She & Him'' have made six albums, one EP, and thirteen singles to date. Four of the albums charted in the Billboard 200 (one in the Top 10).
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16Her father Caleb is an award-winning cinematographer (best known for his work on such films as ''Film/BeingThere'' and ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''), and her mother Mary Jo and sister Creator/{{Emily|Deschanel}} are both actresses as well, the former best known for playing Annie Glenn in ''Film/TheRightStuff'' and the latter as ''Series/{{Bones}}''. (Zooey [[RealLifeRelative appeared as Bones' cousin]] in an episode of the latter.) She was married to Music/DeathCabForCutie lead singer Ben Gibbard from 2009 until 2011. In 2015 she and her current boyfriend and fiancé, film producer Jacob Pechenik, announced they were expecting a baby together. The two got married before the birth of their daughter, Elsie Otter, in July. She gave birth to their son, named Charlie Wolf, in May 2017. Deschanel also converted to Judaism, Pechenik's religion. They have since divorced and as of 2021 Deschanel is dating Jonathan Scott of ''Series/PropertyBrothers''.
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19!!Filmography
20* ''Film/{{Mumford}}'' (1999) as Nessa Watkins
21* ''Film/AlmostFamous'' (2000) as Anita Miller
22* ''Film/TheGoodGirl'' (2002) as Cheryl
23* ''Literature/BigTrouble'' (2002) as Jenny Herk
24* ''Film/TheNewGuy'' (2002) as Nora
25* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' (2002) as Jen
26* ''Film/AllTheRealGirls'' (2003) as Noel
27* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' (2003) as Jovie
28* ''[[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (2005) as Trillian
29* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (2005) as French Maid, Candy Striper Stripper, Dream Girl (voice)
30* ''Film/FailureToLaunch'' (2006) as Katherine "Kit"
31* ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' (2006–07) as Kat Wheeler
32* ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' (2007) as Miss Edmunds
33* ''Film/{{Flakes}}'' (2007) as Miss Pussy Katz
34* ''Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord'' (2007) as Dorothy Evans
35* ''Series/TinMan'' (2007) as DG
36* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (2008, 2012–13) as Mary Spuckler (voice)
37* ''Film/TheHappening'' (2008) as Alma Moore
38* ''Film/YesMan'' (2008) as Allison
39* ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' (2009) as Summer Finn
40* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (2009) as Margaret Whitesell
41* ''WebVideo/DrunkHistory'' (2010) as Mary Todd Lincoln
42* ''Film/OurIdiotBrother'' (2011) as Natalie "Nat" Rochlin
43* ''Film/YourHighness'' (2011) as Belladonna
44* ''Series/NewGirl'' (2011–18) as Jess Day
45* ''Film/RockTheKasbah'' (2015)
46* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' (2016) as Bridget (voice)
47* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsHoliday'' (2017)
48* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' (2016) as Jess Day
49* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' (2020) as Bridget (voice)
50* ''[[Series/TheDatingGame The Celebrity Dating Game]]'' (2021– ) co-host
51* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'' (2023) as Bridget (voice)
52* ''WesternAnimation/StorybotsAnswerTime'' as Cat Burglar
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54!!Discography (as part of ''She & Him'')
55* ''Volume One'' (March 18, 2008)
56* ''Volume Two'' (March 23, 2010) - Peaked at number 6 in the Billboard 200, her highest-charting album
57* ''A Very She & Him Christmas'' (October 24, 2011)
58* ''Volume 3'' (May 7, 2013)
59* ''Classics'' (December 2, 2014)
60* ''Christmas Party'' (October 28, 2016)
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62!!'''Manic Pixie Dream Tropes:'''
63* AdamWesting: Her guest starring role in the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Independent Movie" had her basically playing a parody of the types of characters she's prone to play. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] outright in the episode itself where Steve actually calls Zooey's character a "ManicPixieDreamGirl."
64* BrainlessBeauty: While she rarely plays these roles, her very ''first'' role was one of these, playing an empty-headed teenage model on ''Veronica's Closet''. She also [[AdamWesting portrayed herself]] as one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOwN5kpgWGc this iPhone commercial]].
65* TheCastShowoff: Several of her movies let her show off her singing voice.
66* CelebrityResemblance: She looks a lot like Music/KatyPerry. This is lampshaded when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKKbboquS9s she appeared in the music video]] for Katy's song "Not the End of the World", where the aliens abduct Zooey, mistaking her for Katy.
67* ChristmasSongs: She's recorded two Christmas albums as part of She & Him.
68* ClarkKenting: A number of people get freaked out about how [[https://i.insider.com/5ec434263f73707c96333a09?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp utterly unrecognizable]] she looks just by not having her signature bangs.
69* CreatorBacklash: Meta. While it’s almost always the first word people use to describe her, she doesn’t like being called “quirky”. She has said in interviews that it’s a polite way of calling someone weird, and that if she weren’t pretty, people would just call her weird.
70* DevelopmentHell: In 2012 it was announced that Deschanel had been [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57432658-10391698/loretta-lynn-picks-zooey-deschanel-to-star-in-coal-miners-daughter-musical/ selected by]] country music legend Loretta Lynn to portray her in a forthcoming musical adaptation of ''Film/CoalMinersDaughter''. As of 2021 said musical has yet to be produced.
71* EndearinglyDorky: She's built her career on this trope. Her ''New Girl'' character is even referred to as "adorkable" in promotional material. Creator/AbbyElliott's ''SNL'' parody of her overuses the the term, too.
72* GirlyGirl: A big part of her usual persona.
73* {{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.
74* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Played With. Despite being famous for fulfilling this type of role, most of them are not usually straight examples, and ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' is openly a deconstruction.
75* TypeCasting: In ManicPixieDreamGirl and/or DeadpanSnarker roles.

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