She plays keyboards, percussion, banjo and ukulele, and has sung in several of her films. Deschanel played supporting roles in a series of films that include Manic (2001), with Don Cheadle and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Big Trouble (2002), with Tim Allen and Rene Russo, Abandon (2002) alongside Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt and Melanie Lynskey, and The Good Girl (2002) alongside Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal. in late 2002, The New York Times reported that Deschanel was “one of Hollywood’s most sought-after young stars,” and the Los Angeles Times wrote in early 2003 that Deschanel had become a recognizable type, due to “her deadpan, sardonic and scene-stealing performances” as the protagonist’s best friend. On April 27, 2008, she performed on The Simpsons, playing the role of Mary, Cletus’s daughter, and in June she starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in M. Night Shyamalan’s poorly received environmental thriller The Happening. Deschanel guest starred in a Christmas 2009 episode of Bones as Brennan’s never-before-seen cousin. Others include: the television musical Once Upon a Mattress (“An Opening For a Princess”, “In a Little While”, “Normandy”, and “Yesterday I Loved You”); an old cabaret song in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; and the 2007 short film Raving (“Hello, Dolly!”).
Zooey Deschanel vs. the Lady Who Called Her a ‘Snobby Cow’ [Feuds] Catfight, catfight! in one corner, local L.A. crackpot and fluff journalist extraordinaire, Patt Morrison. (See her interview a celebrity Beagle here.) in the other, doe-eyed indie nymph and elf-whisperer, Zooey Deschanel. Two enter! Both leave! We get something to talk about for five minutes! More » [link]