10 things you never knew about Zooey Deschanel

8 December 2011

1.      Ok first things first, it is important we finally learn how to pronounce Zooey's name the right way - ‘Zoh-ee Day-Shuh-Nell‘- just how it's written yes?

 

2.      Zooey was named after Zooey Glass, the male character from the famous book ‘Franny and Zooey' by American author J.D. Salinger.

 

3.      Zooey was born into a super talented family and has show-business in her blood. Her father Caleb is an Oscar-winning cinematographer and her mother Mary Jo Deschanel is a famous actress.

 

4.      And her parents didn't just produce one famous daughter, Zooey also has a very famous sibling; her big sister is Emily Deschanel, the star of smash-hit US TV Drama, Bones.

 

5.      Zooey was amongst destined Hollywood stars at high school and her classmates include Jake Gyllenhall and Kate Hudson who she later went on to work together with, for the hit film ‘Almost Famous' in 2000.

 

6.      Zooey is the lead singer and the ‘She' in the musical band ‘She & Him.' The band wrote and sang the theme tune for New Girl.

 

7.      One of Zooey's favourite things to do is to write and listen to music and her favourite band is the Beach Boys!

 

8.      Should you be looking to woo over Ms Deschanel, you will have to pull out all the stops and take her somewhere very special. Zooey doesn't drink and she's allergic to dairy, eggs, wheat and gluten.

 

9.      Famous for her unique and quirky sense of fashion and style, Zooey is currently the face of famous make-up brand, Rimmel London, following in the footsteps of supermodel Kate Moss.

 

10.  Before she became famous, Zooey appeared in the music video for The Offspring single, ‘She's Got Issues'.