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Zooey Claire Deschanel (; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, model, and producer. In 1999, Deschanel made her film debut in ''Mumford'', followed by her breakout role as Anita Miller in Cameron Crowe's 2000 semi-autobiographical film ''Almost Famous''. Deschanel soon became known for her deadpan comedy roles in films such as ''The Good Girl'' (2002), ''The New Guy'' (2002), ''Elf'' (2003), ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), ''Failure to Launch'' (2006), ''Yes Man'' (2008), and ''(500) Days of Summer'' (2009).〔Douthat, Ross (August 24, 2009). "True Love" in ''National Review'', 61 (15):50.〕 She also received acclaim for her dramatic turns in films ''Manic'' (2001), ''All the Real Girls'' (2003), ''Winter Passing'' (2005) and ''Bridge to Terabithia'' (2007). She has played Jessica Day on the Fox sitcom ''New Girl'' since 2011, for which she has received an Emmy Award nomination and three Golden Globe Award nominations. ''USA Today'' described her performance as "Given a role tailored to launch her from respected indie actor to certified TV star, Deschanel soars, combining well-honed skills with a natural charm." For a few years starting in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act ''If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies'' with fellow actress Samantha Shelton. Besides singing, she plays keyboards, percussion, banjo, and ukulele. In 2006, Deschanel teamed up with M. Ward to release their debut album ''Volume One'', under the name She & Him which was released in March 2008. Their follow-up album ''Volume Two'' was released in the U.S. in March 2010, with their Christmas album ''A Very She & Him Christmas'' being released in 2011, ''Volume 3'' in 2013, and ''Classics'' in 2014. She also received Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media nomination for her song "So Long" which featured in ''Winnie the Pooh'' soundtrack. Deschanel is also co-founder of female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by Time, Inc. in 2015.〔(LA Times: Why Zooey Deschanel's media startup HelloGiggles sold to Time Inc. )〕 ==Early life== Deschanel was born January 17, 1980, in Los Angeles, California. She is the younger daughter of Academy Award–nominated cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). Her paternal grandfather was French, from Oullins, Rhône; her ancestry also includes Swiss, Dutch, English, Irish, and other French roots. She was named after Zooey Glass, the male protagonist of J. D. Salinger's 1961 novella ''Franny and Zooey''. Her older sister is actress Emily Deschanel, who stars in the Fox crime comedy-drama series ''Bones''. Deschanel lived in Los Angeles, but spent much of her childhood traveling because her father shot films on location; she later said that she "hated all the traveling ... I'm really happy now that I had the experience, but at the time I was just so miserable to have to leave my friends in Los Angeles and go to places where they didn't have any food I liked or things I was used to." She attended Crossroads, a private preparatory school in Santa Monica, where she befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson.〔 She sang throughout high school, planning to pursue a career in musical theatre and attending French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts.〔 She attended Northwestern University for nine months before dropping out to pursue acting.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zooey Deschanel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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