• Height 5′ 6″ / 168 cm
• She attended the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, an elite performance summer camp located in New York. Zooey attended Northwestern University before dropping out to pursue her acting career.
• She wrote a screenplay titled “Circus Girl” with friend Jackson Nash. Circus Girl involves a witch, evil flying red ballons, and a giant diamond. Zooey Deschanel plans to star in the film as the nerdy main character.
• She is a big fan of actress Parker Posey. When she is not on set filming, she enjoys: jazz music, philosophy, fashion, and photography. In fact she did her own singing in the movie Elf (2003).
• She plays the piano and the baritone ukulele.One of her favorite songs is “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey.
• She is part of the cabaret group called If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies.
• She shares her birthday with James Earl Jones and Jim Carrey.
• Named for the male character in J.D. Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey”.
• Daughter of Caleb Deschanel and Mary Jo Deschanel.
• Went to high school with her Almost Famous (2000) co-star Kate Hudson.
• Sister of actress Emily Deschanel.
• Graduated from Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica.
• She spent several summers at camp upstate New York at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. She was also featured in the video for The Offspring’s song “She’s Got Issues” and the accompanying MTV documentary The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection (2005) (V). She also played ukulele for the band ‘If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies’.
• Attended Northwestern University.
• Wrote a screenplay titled “Circus Girl” with friend Jackson Nash. “Circus Girl” involves a witch, evil flying red balloons and a giant diamond. Zooey plans to star in the film as the nerdy main character.
• Is a big fan of actress Parker Posey.
• Interests include jazz singing, philosophy, fashion and photography.
• Did her own singing in the movie Elf (2003).
• Plays the piano and the baritone ukulele.
• One of her favorite songs is “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey.
• Has performed with Jackson Nash’s comedy group, Manifest Destinyfest.
• Turned down a role in Bully (2001) to star in Big Trouble (2002).
• Loves Ella Fitzgerald.