ACTOR

Zooey Deschanel

1980 - Today

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Zooey Claire Deschanel ( ZO-ee day-shə-NEL; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous (2000). Deschanel is known for her deadpan roles in comedy films such as The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Yes Man (2008), The Happening (2008), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and Our Idiot Brother (2011). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zooey Deschanel has received more than 31,660,032 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Zooey Deschanel is the 4,104th most popular actor (down from 3,244th in 2019), the 6,079th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,045th in 2019) and the 1,845th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Zooey Deschanel ranks 4,104 out of 13,578. Before her are Tang Wei, Loretta Swit, Lee Aaker, Sig Ruman, Dorothy Gish, and Hu Die. After her are Steven Williams, Tantoo Cardinal, Raaj Kumar, Wolf Kahler, Ulrich Tukur, and Jetta Goudal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Zooey Deschanel ranks 69. Before her are Marit Bjørgen, Yasuhito Endō, Jacinda Ardern, Gustaf Skarsgård, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Matthew Gray Gubler. After her are Sarah Shahi, Kim So-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Tiziano Ferro, Christian Poulsen, and Theofanis Gekas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zooey Deschanel ranks 6,079 out of 20,380. Before her are Loretta Swit (1937), Lee Aaker (1943), Tommy Gunn (1967), Amy Lowell (1874), Dorothy Gish (1898), and Tommy Flanagan (1930). After her are E. E. Smith (1890), Donald Johanson (1943), Rene Bond (1950), Steven Williams (1949), Charley Borah (1906), and Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Zooey Deschanel ranks 1,845. Before her are Allen Garfield (1939), Mickey Kuhn (1932), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Loretta Swit (1937), Lee Aaker (1943), and Dorothy Gish (1898). After her are Steven Williams (1949), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), Chuck Connors (1921), Scott Patterson (1958), Barry Newman (1938), and George Eads (1967).

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Television and Movie Roles

(500) Days of Summer
Summer
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
Jul 17o 20097.285 / 10
Yes Man
Renee Allison
Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.
Dec 9o 20086.676 / 10
The Happening
Alma Moore
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
Jun 11o 20085.399 / 10