There was a time when the world of film and television seemed surrendered to the bubbly, unique and eternally positive and pop actresses. So much so that the derogatory term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” was even coined to describe that archetypal character who in the cinema leads to discover life with humor and joy. And no one embodied it more than Zooey Deschanel, the actress who for a few years was everything… And then she disappeared from our lives. However, she’s never quite gone. And is that, can anyone say what happened to Zooey Deschanel?
Born in the industry
Zooey Clare Deschanel was born on January 17, 1980. (that is, she is already 43 years old) and she was born fully involved in the industry. His mother, Mary Jo Deschanel, is known for her role as Eileen Hayward in ‘Twin Peaks’. and in the film ‘2010: Odyssey Two’, the sequel to the Stanley Kubrick film. His father, Caleb Deschanel, is a director and cinematographer who directed episodes of, precisely, ‘Twin Peaks’ and has been nominated six times for the Oscar for best photography (with films such as ‘The Passion of the Christ’, ‘The Patriot’ or ‘ Flying free’.
Although Zooey hated that she was constantly traveling for her parents’ work, That didn’t stop him from entering the family business… Like her sister, Emily Deschanel, who starred in ‘Bones’ for twelve years. Zooey studied at the university for a little over a semester: she wanted, no matter what, to get into acting. At the age of 18, he made his debut in an episode of ‘Verónica’s secret’ and a year later he already appeared in ‘Mumford’ under the command of Lawrence Kasdan. Take nepo baby.
At the age of twenty, he already appeared in ‘Almost Famous’, alongside Kate Hudson. It was the year 2000, and Cameron Crowe was the first step towards fame. Little by little, he made his way, appearing in films that did not go down in history until ‘All the real girls’ gave him his first awards and nominations, a little indie sensation directed by David Gordon Green, responsible for the latest ‘Halloween’ trilogy. From here, he was chaining success after success.
Success Dream (New) Girl
‘Elf’, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, ‘A Bridge to Terabithia’, ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’, ‘Say Yes’… And probably the movie we all remember it for : ‘(500) days together’. It may not have been as successful at the box office as many of the films he had already made., but he did put his face on all the posters and became an icon. It was so bad that Joss Whedon contacted her to appear as The Wasp in ‘The Avengers’, before the script cut her out for Black Widow… and Evangeline Lilly took over.
Meanwhile, his musical project, She & Him, along with M. Ward, was becoming an indie hit, and his first album, ‘Volume One’, sold more than 300,000 copies in the United States. Seven records later (the last one, a tribute to Brian Wilson, was released last year) the band still intends to continue touring and even put music to the latest Snoopy special.
Between She & Him, ‘(500) days together’ and the buzz caused in Hollywood, He ended up signing for the series that would change his life: In 2011, ‘New girl’ started, in which, in addition to being the main actress, she was also a producer and helped model the character. The rest you already know: seven seasons that culminated in 2018. Since then she has appeared in a video clip of Katy Perry laughing at her resemblance, providing a voice in the sequel to ‘Trolls’ and in a film, ‘Dreamin’ wild’, which has so far not left the festival circuit. Then what?
The vegan life, the better life
The truth is that she continues trying to succeed as a producer (although for the moment the series she opted for has not gone ahead) and, Thanks to his vegan lifestyle, he ended up presenting the web series ‘Your Food’s Roots’, where he talks about how the food you eat affects you in one way or another. And it is that ‘New Girl’, in addition to being her biggest success, also became her stigma, preventing the producers from seeing her as anything more than a paper prototype that has almost died out in Hollywood: that of the “quirky girl”.
In addition to continuing his musical career, the actress has started a podcast (like everyone else) rewatching the episodes of ‘New Girl’ one by one with distinguished guests who participated in the series. ‘Welcome to our show’ has 124 episodes and Zooey is accompanied by Hannah Simone and Lamorne Morris, two of the original actors.. There are still 22 programs left to see all the episodes, so you have time to catch up.
They say that the most probable answer to a riddle is the simplest. So to the question “Why don’t we see Zooey Deschanel more?” the answer is… because he wants to take care of his family. The actress has two children from her second marriage and she is now dating Jonathan Scott, one of the stars of the real estate shows ‘The house of my dreams’ and ‘Brother against brother’. So that we understand each other: that of the brothers who reform houses. According to Deschanel, He tries to spend as much time as possible with his children and even drives them to class and attends all the meetings of fathers and mothers. It seems that for now we will have to settle for listening to her with She & Him and on her podcast, because her big return to acting is yet to come.