8 Great TV Performances

5. Zooey Deschanel

Let’s get one thing straight. Zooey Deschanel and Jessica Day are not the same person. Sure, Deschanel skyrocketed into the collective consciousness with her star-making turn as the “adorkable” title star on Fox’s “New Girl,” about a 30-something single woman living in L.A. with three male roommates. But while “adorkable” has become synonymous with Deschanel for many media outlets, she carefully skirts any comparison to her onscreen character.

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