Zooey Deschanel is an American Actress, model, and singer-songwriter , born in 1980 into a showbiz family. At the age of 17, Zooey played a role in Veronica's closet and her first film role was in Mumford in 1999, she had quit university and then started her full time career in acting. Zooey was also voted to be the best actress in the Mar Del Plata Film Festival in which she played a role in David Gordon Green's All the Real Girls in 2003. Zooey had also gained the best Female Lead nomination at the following year's independent Spirit Awards. Zooey had also appeared in other films such as 500 days of summer, Our Idiot Brother, and many more. Zooey is also a talented singer and she had also sang a Disney-produced musical The Wonderful World of Disney: Once Upon a Mattress.