Zooey Deschanel, born January 17, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actress, musician and singer-songwriter.
As a musician, she records and performs with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him. They released the albums Volume One in 2008, and Volume Two in 2010. She plays keyboards, banjo, ukulele, and percussion, and has performed singing in some of her films.
As an actress, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford in 1999. Her next role, as William Miller’s troubled older sister Anita in Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film Almost Famous, brought her greater attention. Some of her other film appearances include Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Gigantic (2008), Yes Man (2008), and (500) Days of Summer (2009).





