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'Zooey Claire Deschanel' (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, musician and singer-songwriter. Deschanel made her film debut in 1999's Mumford and soon became known for memorable, deadpan supporting roles in films such as Almost Famous (2000), The New Guy (2002), Big Trouble (2002) and The Good Girl (2002). She then began playing lead roles, including All the Real Girls (2003), Elf (2003), The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Winter Passing (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Tin Man (2007), Bridge to Terabithia (2007) The Happening (2008), Gigantic and Yes Man (2008). Since 2001, Deschanel has performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actress Samantha Shelton. She plays the piano, percussion, xylophone. She has sung in several of her films, and her debut album Volume One (recorded with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him) was released on March 18, 2008 which has evoked strong positive reactions from critics.