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Zooey Deschanel
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- #001
Zooey Deschanel has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and takes medication for it.
- #002
Zooey Deschanel is the younger sister of actress Emily Deschanel.
- #003
Zooey Deschanel attended high school alongside her co-stars Kate Hudson and Jake Gyllenhaal.
- #004
Zooey Deschanel plays the piano and the baritone ukulele.
- #005
Zooey Deschanel sang her own song in the film Elf (2003).
- #006
Zooey Deschanel took six years of tap dancing lessons.
- #007
Zooey Deschanel is good friends with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Megan Fox.
- #008
Zooey Deschanel is part of the indie duo She & Him with M. Ward. Their first album is titled Volume One.
- #009
When Zooey Deschanel took maternity leave due to filming the fifth season of New Girl (2011), she was seven months pregnant with her daughter Elsie.
- #010
Zooey Deschanel's interests include jazz singing, philosophy, fashion and photography.
- #011
Zooey Deschanel attended Northwestern University for a year but dropped out.
- #012
Zooey Deschanel loves Ella Fitzgerald.
- #013
Zooey Deschanel wrote a script titled "Circus Girl" with her friend Jackson Nash. "Circus Girl" features a witch, sinister flying red balloons and a giant diamond. Deschanel plans to play the lead role of a cow in the film.
- #014
Zooey Deschanel is allergic to gluten, dairy products and eggs.
- #015
Six months after giving birth to her daughter Elsie, Zooey Deschanel returned to work to continue filming the fifth season of New Girl (2011).
- #016
Zooey Deschanel is part of the cabaret group called 'If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies'.
- #017
Zooey Deschanel got engaged to Jonathan Silver Scott on 14 August 2023.
- #018
Zooey Deschanel's father's grandfather was French. Her ancestry also includes English, German, Irish, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), other French origins, Swiss and Dutch.
- #019
Zooey Deschanel attended and graduated from the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica.
- #020
Zooey Deschanel ranked 12th on AskMen's 2012 list of the 99 most desirable women.
- #021
Zooey Deschanel is the daughter of Caleb Deschanel and Mary Jo Deschanel.
- #022
Zooey Deschanel is the sister-in-law of David Hornsby.
- #023
Zooey Deschanel has separated from her husband of four years, Jacob Pechenik.
- #024
Zooey Deschanel is a big fan of actress Parker Posey.
- #025
Zooey Deschanel pronounces her name "ZOH-ee" (not "Zoo-ee").
- #026
Zooey Deschanel had a relationship with screenwriter Jamie Linden (June 2012–August 2014).
- #027
Zooey Deschanel married her boyfriend of 10 months, Jacob Pechenik.
- #028
Zooey Deschanel ranked 6th on Maxim magazine's 2014 Top 100 Women list.
- #029
Zooey Deschanel is a registered Democrat.
- #030
Zooey Deschanel filed for divorce from her husband of four years, Jacob Pechenik.
- #031
Zooey Deschanel ranked 73rd on Maxim magazine's 2010 Top 100 Women list.
- #032
Zooey Deschanel ranked 17th on AskMen's 2013 list of the 99 most desirable women.
- #033
Zooey Deschanel filmed Your Highness (2011) alongside James Franco and Natalie Portman.
- #034
Zooey Deschanel ranked 95th on Maxim magazine's 2008 Top 100 Women list.
- #035
Zooey Deschanel was born at 6:57 a.m. PST.
- #036
Zooey Deschanel is regarded as a twee icon.
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