| Zooey Claire Deschanel is an American actress. She is the daughter of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Weir; her sister, Emily Deschanel, is also an actress. The name "Zooey" was inspired by the male character of the same name in J. D. Salinger's novel Franny and Zooey. Deschanel has appeared as a television actress on the show Frasier and in various music videos, including The Offspring's "She's Got Issues." She has most recently been on Showtime's "Weeds," as Andy Botwin's quirky ex-girlfriend, Kat. Her staring role was in All the Real Girls (2003), as sexually curious 18-year-old virgin who has a life-changing romance with an aimless 22-year-old man (Paul Schneider). For the role, Deschanel was voted Best Actress at the Mar del Plata Film Festival and also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. She has performed vocally in several of her films (Elf, Once Upon a Mattress, The New Guy, Winter Passing). A friend of actor Jason Schwartzman since childhood, she dated him for several years before breaking up in 2005. She also dated Hunter Burgan, the bassist from AFI, for a time.
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