American actress Emily Deschanel was born on October 11, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of acclaimed cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel, she graduated from the Boston University with a BFA in theater. She made her acting debut in 1994, playing a fur activist in the romantic comedy It Could Happen to You. Her next acting stint came a full six years later, appearing in the short film It’s a Shame About Ray.
Most of Deschanel’s roles were in films, progressing from small roles in releases like Spider-Man 2, The Alamo and Cold Mountain to more prominent roles in Boogeyman and Glory Road. She also appeared as a guest on several television shows, such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Crossing Jordan and Providence. Her first regular television stint came in 2005, when she took a lead role in the crime series Bones. She played the role of Temperance Brennan, a socially-awkward forensic anthropologist and author who works with FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) in cases regarding human remains. For this, she earned a Satellite Award nomination in 2006, and a Teen Choice Award nomination the next year.
Deschanel is a fervent advocate of animal rights. A vegan, she is also a member of PETA, and participates in their advocacies.
-Interview magazine named her one of "6 Actors to Watch" in their annual "Young Hollywood" issue [October 2004]
-Is good friends with Melanie Lynskey and Jorja Fox; both are supporters of PETA and the Humane Society.
-Her paternal grandfather was French and the remainder of her ancestry is Irish American
-Is a vegan
-Was bridesmaid at wedding of best friend Melanie Lynskey to Jimmi Simpson (14 April 2007).
-While attending Boston University, she lived on Hooker Street in Brighton, which she calls a "cool neighborhood.".
-She owns a duplex and lives with her sister, Zooey
-She owned a dog, a female Wheaten terrier, who now lives with her ex-boyfriend
-She is real life best friends with Michaela Conlin who plays Angela Montenegro, her best friend on the show
-Her father is famous cinamatographer,Caleb Deschanel
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AMAZING VIDEO of Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz
-2006: Nominated Satellite Award Best Actress in a Series, Drama
for: "Bones"
-2007: Nominated Teen Choice Award, Choice TV Actress: Drama
for: "Bones"
1994: It Could Happen to You
2000: It's a Shame About Ray
2001: The Heart Department
2002: Rose Red
2003: Cold Mountain, Easy
2004: Old Tricks, Spider-Man 2, The Alamo
2005: BONES, Boogeyman, That Night
2006: Glory Road
(When asked about her chemistry with Bones co-star David Boreanaz)
-You know, I think David (Boreanaz) and I immediately had a kind of chemistry as actors together. We work hard, we work together every weekend, we work hard at keeping the chemistry there. I think what's great is the writers write all these different scenes, where we get to explore the characters in different ways, so it keeps it really fresh and interesting. We're not getting stuck in some kind of rut.
-David (Boreanaz) is also the first to drop his pants. On our [Bones] Christmas episode, everyone had to drop their pants on camera, and David was so happy. He spends a lot of time with his son, Jaden. At his last birthday party, David got him a bouncy castle, and I noticed that Jaden just had to take off his clothes in the castle. Like father, like son, I guess.
-I'm a vegan, but you can be really unhealthy as a vegan, too. Vegan just means that you don't use animal products, so you don't wear leather, you don't wear wool, and you don't eat animal products. But you can eat French fries and stuff like that all day long.