Zooey Claire Deschanel (IPA-en?zo?.i de????n?lpron; born January 17, 1980) is an American (United States) actress, musician and singer-songwriter. In 1999, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford (Mumford (film)) and soon became known for her deadpan supporting roles in films such as Almost Famous (2000) and The New Guy (2002). She then began playing lead roles in films, including All the Real Girls (2003), Eulogy (Eulogy (film)) (2004), Winter Passing (2005), Tin Man (Tin Man (TV miniseries)) (2007), Flakes (Flakes (film)) (2007), Yes Man (Yes Man (film)) (2008), (500) Days of Summer (2009), and Gigantic (Gigantic (film)) (2009).

Since 2001, Deschanel has performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actress Samantha Shelton. She plays keyboards, percussion, banjo and ukulele. She has sung in several of her films, and her debut album Volume One (Volume One (She & Him album)) (recorded with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him) was released on March 18, 2008.