counradesto: zooey deschanel and emily deschanel

Sunday, January 22, 2012

zooey deschanel and emily deschanel

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For a few years starting in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actress Samantha Shelton. Besides singing, she plays keyboards, percussion, banjo and ukulele. She also often sings in her films. Deschanel teamed up with M. Ward to release their debut album Volume One (recorded with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him) which was released in March 2008. The follow-up album Volume Two was released in the U.S. in March 2010. She married Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard in September 2009, and filed for divorce from him in December 2011.

Deschanel performing as part
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Emily Deschanel at the 2009
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Zooey Deschanel in Elie Saab,
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zooey deschanel « Romance in
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Zooey Deschanel and Emily
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Emily and Zooey Deschanel
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Zooey Deschanel and Emily
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Born in Los Angeles in 1980, Deschanel is the daughter of cinematographer/director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). She is of French (from her paternal grandfather) and Irish descent. She was named after Zooey Glass, the male protagonist of J. D. Salinger's 1961 novella Franny and Zooey. Her elder sister, Emily Deschanel, is also an actress and stars in the TV series Bones.