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Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her
father, Caleb Deschanel is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps
most notably for The Passion Of The Christ) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel
(née Weir) is an actress who starred in Twin Peaks. Driven from an early
age to become a successful actress, Zooey got her big break aged 17 playing
a model in TV sitcom Veronica's Closet. She got her first film role the following
year in Mumford, which prompted her to quit university to pursue acting full-time.
Mostly thanks to a role in Cameron Crowe's popular biopic, Almost Famous, Zooey's
rise to fame has been steadily increasing as the 21st century wears on. Her
distinctive acting style found her critical acclaim in 2003 when she was voted
Best Actress at the Mar Del Plata Film Festival for her role in David Gordon
Green's All The Real Girls. She also gained a Best Female Lead nomination (for
the same film) at the following year's Independent Spirit Awards, but lost out
to Charlize Theron.
Zooey, often compared to golden era Hollywood starlets is also
a talented singer. She has said in interviews that she believes her singing
ability was pivotal in gaining the role of Jovie in Elf. She also sang (and
acted) in the Disney-produced musical, Once Upon A Matress.
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