Zooey Deschanel: American actress, musician and singer-songwriter

The single best album by Zooey Deschanel

She & Him: Volume One

(500) Days of Summer

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Marc Webb
Writers (WGA): Scott Neustadter (screenplay) and Michael H. Weber (screenplay)
Release Date: 2 September 2009 (USA)
Genre: Comedy
Tagline: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
Plot: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman (Deschanel) who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man (Gordon-Levitt) who falls for her.

Yes Man (2009)

Starring Jim Carey and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Peyton Reed
Writers (WGA): Nicholas Stoller (screenplay) and Jarrad Paul (screenplay)
Release Date: 19 December 2008 (USA)
Genre: Comedy
Tagline: One word can change everything.
Plot: A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.

Gigantic (2008)

Starring Jane Alexander, Edward Asner, and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Matt Aselton
Writers: Matt Aselton (written by) and Adam Nagata (written by)
Genre: Comedy | Romance more
Plot: A comedy centered around a mattress salesman and the young woman whom he meets at his store.

The Happening (2008)

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writer (WGA): M. Night Shyamalan (written by)
Release Date: 13 June 2008 (USA)
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Tagline: We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening.
Plot: A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it.

Surfs Up (2007)

Starrring Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges and Zooey Deschanel

Directors: Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
Writers: Don Rhymer (screenplay) and Ash Brannon (screenplay)
Release Date: 8 June 2007 (USA)
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family | Sport more
Tagline: Hang six Summer 2007.
Plot: A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.

Raving (2007)

Director: Julia Stiles
Writer: Julia Stiles (screenplay)
Genre: Short | Drama more
Plot: In New York City, a young woman forms a curious bond with a lonely older man after they encounter one another on a street corner.

Flakes (2007)

Starring Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Michael Lehmann
Writers (WGA): Chris Poche (written by) & Karey Kirkpatrick (written by)
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Aspiring rock musician Neal Downs manages a cereal bar. Stylish Miss Pussy Katz is the creator of radically-themed art clothing. When the cereal bar, brings in an offbeat crew of locals, who debate the arcana of cereal history and ideal milk/flake ratios, an aspiring capitalist rips off their concept.

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

Starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Gabor Csupo
Writers (WGA): Jeff Stockwell (screenplay) and David Paterson (screenplay)
Release Date: 16 February 2007 (USA) more
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy more
Tagline: Discover a place that will never leave you, and a friendship that will change you forever. more
Plot: A preteen's life is changed after befriending the new girl at school.

The Go-Getter (2007)

Starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel and Jena Malone

Director: Martin Hynes
Writer (WGA): Martin Hynes (written by)
Genre: Comedy | Drama more
Tagline: Life doesn't come with a roadmap.
Plot: When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.

The Good Life (2007)

Starring Donal Logue, Bruce McGill, Bill Paxton, Zooey Deschanel, Deborah Rush and Harry Dean Stanton

Director: Stephen Berra
Writer: Stephen Berra (writer)
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Tagline: A story about a mostly normal young man who makes the most out of fitting in when he obviously doesn't.
Plot: A young man (Webber) is encouraged by a new friend (Deschanel) to cope with living in a town where he doesn't necessarily fit in.

Live Free or Die (2006)

Starring Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Dunn, and Zooey Deschanel

Directors: Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin
Writers (WGA): Gregg Kavet (written by) & Andy Robin (written by)
Genre: Comedy | Crime more
Tagline: From 2 of the writers of Seinfeld more
Plot: Lackluster criminals look to pull a job in the Granite State.

Failure to Launch (2006)

Starring Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Tom Dey
Writers (WGA): Tom J. Astle (written by) & Matt Ember (written by)
Release Date: 10 March 2006 (USA) more
Genre: Comedy | Romance more
Tagline: To leave the nest, some men just need a little push.
Plot: A thirtysomething slacker suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he'll finally vacate their home.

Once Upon a Mattress (2005) TV

Starring Carol Burnett, Brittany Gray, Tracey Ullman, Denis O'Hare, and Zooey Deschanel

Director:Kathleen Marshall
Writers (WGA): Marshall Barer (musical) and Dean Fuller (musical)
Release Date: 18 December 2005 (USA) more
Genre: Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Plot: In this hilarious tweaking of the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea", Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son

Winter Passing (2005)

Starring Zooey Deschanel, Darrell Larson, and John Bedford Lloyd

Director: Adam Rapp
Writer: Adam Rapp (writer)
Release Date: 8 September 2006
Genre: Comedy | Drama more
Tagline: Sometimes you go looking for something you want. . . and find what you need.
Plot: Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Starring Bill Bailey, Anna Chancellor, Warwick Davis, Mos Def, and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Garth Jennings
Writers (WGA): Douglas Adams (book) and Douglas Adams (screenplay)
Release Date: 29 April 2005 (USA) more
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi more
Tagline: Don't Panic more
Plot: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Eulogy (2004)

Starring Hank Azaria, Jesse Bradford, and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Michael Clancy
Writer (WGA): Michael Clancy (written by)
Release Date: 24 February 2005 (Australia)
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Tagline: Last rites. Last words. Last laughs. more
Plot: A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.

Elf (2003)

Starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen, and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Jon Favreau
Writer (WGA): David Berenbaum (written by)
Release Date: 7 November 2003 (USA) more
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy more
Tagline: This holiday, discover your inner elf.
Plot: After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.

House Hunting (2003)

All the Real Girls (2003)

Starring Paul Schneider and Zooey Deschanel

Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: David Gordon Green (story) and Paul Schneider (story) ...
Release Date: 1 August 2003 (UK)
Genre: Drama | Romance
Tagline: Love is a puzzle. These are the pieces.
Plot: Small-town love story of a young man with a reputation for womanizing and his best friend's sister.

The New Guy (2002)

Starring DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett, Eliza Dushku, and Zooey Deschanel

Director: Ed Decter
Writer (WGA): David Kendall (written by)
Release Date: 10 May 2002 (USA)
Genre: Comedy
Tagline: A zero will rise
Plot: A high school senior branded uncool in the ninth grade gets himself expelled so he changes his image to cool kid at the town's other high school.