List of Zooey Deschanel performances

American actress Zooey Deschanel made her film debut in the 1999 comedy featureMumford.[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] Deschanel's biggest commercial success, as of 2017, came with the Christmas-fantasy film Elf (also in 2003), which grossed over $220 million worldwide.[5]
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 it by being featured in 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 nomination for Voice Acting in a Feature Production.[8]
Deschanel made her television debut in the sitcom series Veronica's Closet in 1998. She later starred as DG in the 2007 miniseriesTin 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 episode of The Simpsons since debuting on the 2008 episode "Apocalypse Cow", and also guest-starred alongside her sister Emily in a 2009 Christmas episode of the Fox crime procedural drama Bones. In 2011, she made her breakthrough in the Fox sitcom series New Girl. For her portrayal as a goofy school teacher named Jessica Day, she has received three Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy,[10] a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series,[11] and won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[12]
== Films ==
Title 	Year	Role 	Notes 	Ref.
Mumford 	1999	Nessa Watkins 	 	[13]
Almost Famous 	2000	Anita Miller 	 	[14]
Manic 	2001	Tracy 	 	[2]
The Good Girl 	2002	Cheryl 	 	[15]
Abandon 	2002	Samantha Harper 	 	[16]
Big Trouble 	2002	Jenny Herk 	 	[17]
The New Guy 	2002	Nora 	 	[18]
Sweet Friggin' Daisies 	2002	Zelda 	Short film 	[19]
Whatever We Do 	2003	Nikki 	Short film 	[19]
All the Real Girls 	2003	Noel 	 	[20]
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All	2003	Gas Station Girl 	 	[19]
House Hunting 	2003	Christy 	Short film 	[19]
Elf 	2003	Jovie 	 	[21]
Eulogy 	2004	Kate Collins 	 	[22]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 	2005	Trillian 	 	[6]
Winter Passing 	2005	Reese Holden 	 	[23]
Failure to Launch 	2006	Kit 	 	[24]
Live Free or Die 	2006	Cheryl 	 	[25]
The Good Life 	2007	Frances 	 	[26]
The Go-Getter 	2007	Kate 	 	[27]
Bridge to Terabithia 	2007	Ms. Edmunds 	 	[28]
Flakes 	2007	Miss Pussy Katz 	 	[29]
Raving 	2007	Katie 	Short film 	[19]
Surf's Up 	2007	Lani Aliikai 	Voice; also in video game	[30]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 	2007	Dorothy Evans 	 	[31]
Gigantic 	2008	Harriet "Happy" Lolly	 	[32]
The Happening 	2008	Alma Moore 	 	[33]
Yes Man 	2008	Allison 	 	[34]
500 Days of Summer 	2009	Summer Finn 	 	[35]
Our Idiot Brother 	2011	Natalie 	 	[36]
Your Highness 	2011	Belladonna 	 	[37]
Rock the Kasbah 	2015	Ronnie 	 	[38]
The Driftless Area 	2015	Stella 	 	[39]
Trolls 	2016	Bridget 	Voice 	[40]
== Television ==
Title 	Year(s) 	Role 	Channel 	Notes 	Ref.
Veronica's Closet 	1998 	Elena 	NBC 	Episode: "Veronica's Fun and Pirates Are Crazy" 	[41]
Frasier 	2002 	Jen 	NBC 	Episode: "Kissing Cousin" 	[42]
Cracking Up 	2004 	Heidi 	Fox 	Episode: "Birds Do It" 	[43]
Once Upon a Mattress 	2005 	Lady Larken 	ABC 	Television film 	[42]
American Dad! 	2005–2013	Various voices 	Fox 	2 episodes 	[44]
Weeds 	2006–2007	Kat Wheeler 	Showtime 	4 episodes 	[45]
Tin Man 	2007 	DG 	Sci-Fi Channel	Miniseries 	[46]
The Simpsons 	2008–2013	Mary Spuckler 	Fox 	3 episodes; voice role 	[47]
Bones 	2009 	Margaret Whitesell 	Fox 	Episode: "The Goop on the Girl" 	[48]
Funny or Die Presents	2010 	Mary Todd Lincoln 	HBO 	Sketch: "Drunk History Vol.5" 	[49]
New Girl 	2011–2018	Jessica Day 	Fox 	7 seasons[a]
Director ("House Hunt")
Also producer and co-executive producer	[53]
Saturday Night Live 	2012 	Host / Various characters	NBC 	Episode: "Zooey Deschanel/Karmin" 	[54]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 	2016 	Jessica Day 	Fox 	Episode: "The Night Shift", crossover episode with New Girl	[55]
Trolls Holiday 	2017 	Bridget 	NBC 	Television special; voice role 	[56]
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