Zooey Claire Deschanel was born January 17, 1980 she is a hotly searched and poular 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) and The New Guy (2002). She then began playing lead roles, including All the Real Girls (2003), Elf (2003), Winter Passing (2005), Tin Man (2007) and Yes Man (2008). Often confused lookwise with Katy perry, Zooey set the record traight recently:It's a little bit annoying, to be totally blunt. The only similarity that we have is that we look a little bit alike," she laughed. "I have met her before. She seems like a nice person. I'm happy that she's famous enough now that she's not going out and being mistaken for me."

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, banjo and ukulele. 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. It has evoked strong positive reactions from critics.

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Zooey has confirmed she is engaged to Death Cab For Cutie rocker Ben Gibbard

After months of speculation, the Yes Man star announced her wedding plans on Friday night during an appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Deschanel, 28, said, "I'm engaged to be married. He's a great guy." The couple has been dating since 2007

Top Chef Masters." The cooking competition spinoff -- this one featuring "world-renowned chefs" -- will premiere June 10 at 10 p.m. and has recruited a star-studded lineup of guest judges. They include Neil Patrick Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Morgan Spurlock, "Lost" writers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, "Flipping Out's" Jeff Lewis, and all of the previous "Top Chef" winners. Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons will also appear. With the large number of competitors, producers have tweaked the format of the original series. From Bravo's press release: In each episode, money will be at stake for the chefs, with the winners of eliminations being awarded cash donations for their charities. The first six episodes will consist of four chefs competing against each other to name one winner. The six winners of each episode will then meet up for the final four weeks when one person will get eliminated each episode until the finale where one winner is crowned Top Chef Master. The winning chef will receive $100,000 for the charity of his or her choice.