L.A. Natives Zooey Deschanel (Crossroads ‘96) to guest star on big sister Emily Deschanel (Crossroads ‘94) show BONES

Emily and I went to high school together at Westlake (before the merger) for one year in 7th grade before she transfered to Crossroads. We met up again in college at Boston University – she in the drama program and I in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA – or College of Lost Ambitions). Emily was a hot commodity in the drama program – many a man were wild for her. There was one in particular Warren who use to say her name repeatedly – Emily Daschanel – Emily Daschanel – as if the two words were one. Emily is dope. I don’t know her sister but the little one definitely has the ”it” factor. Their father Caleb Dashcenel is a rather important cinematographer – but don’t you jaded valley-ites or mid-westerners start accusing the family of nepotism. Some things acutally do require talent regardless of who you know and Hollywood is a tough town to penetrate no matter how many advantages you have.

Zooey Deschanel is set to guest star (as “Margaret Whitesell”) on big sis Emily’s  (“Dr. Temperance Brennan”) show Bones on December 10th, 2009. Fox set up a conference call with the girls and media to talk about the upcoming episode “The Goop on the Girl” in which Zooey Deschanel plays her sister’s newly discovered distant relative. This is the first on-screen pairing of the Deschanel sisters and it would be so great to see more sibling acts in the biz. I’m all for it! Go Wolverines/ Terriors (those are the mascots for Harvard Westlake and Boston University)!

Fox sent me some details about the show they act together in here:

When a man dressed as Santa Claus blows himself up during a botched bank robbery, Brennan and Booth work to identify the bomber and determine his motives. Meanwhile, Brennan makes plans to spend Christmas in El Salvador, but her father (guest star Ryan O’Neal) convinces her to spend the holidays with him and Margaret Whitesell (guest star Zooey Deschanel), a newly discovered distant relative, in the all-new “The Goop on the Girl” episode of BONES airing Thursday, Dec. 10 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

EMILY DESCHANEL

FILM:  Nick Cassavetes’ film “My Sister’s Keeper”, Jerry Bruckheimer’s  “Glory Road”, Anthony Minghella’s “Cold Mountain”, John Lee Hancock’s “The Alamo”, Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2”, Stephen Kay’s “Boogeyman” and Jane Weinstock’s “Easy.”

TV: Dr. Temperance Brennan on BONES, guest appearances on the series “Crossing Jordan,” “Providence” and “Law & Order: SVU” and the Stephen King miniseries “Rose Red.”

THEATRE: “Emily” in “Our Town”, “Natasha” in “Three Sisters.”

An animal rights activist passionately involved with the charity Farm Sanctuary, Dechanel works to end cruelty to farm animals and promotes compassionate living through rescue, education and advocacy. She is also involved with the Humane Society and Women for Women International. Deschanel was born in Los Angeles and continues to reside in her hometown. She received her B.F.A. in Theater from Boston University.

ZOOEY DESCHANEL:

Zooey made her feature film debut in 1999 in Lawrence Kasdan’s ensemble drama “Mumford”. She then co-starred with Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand in Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous.” She then starred in “Manic” alongside Don Cheadle, “The Good Girl” with Jennifer Aniston, “Abandon” for director Stephen Gaghan, “Big Trouble” for director Barry Sonnenfeld and in “All the Real Girls,” for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Lead Actress. She also starred in the boxoffice hit film “Elf” with Will Ferrell for director Jon Favreau for which she received critical acclaim for her engaging performance and remarkable singing voice, in the box office hit “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” with Sam Rockwell, Mos Def and John Malkovich, in “Winter Passing” opposite Ed Harris and Will Ferrell and in “Failure to Launch” with Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker. Her other recent feature film credits include the independent films “Live Free or Die” with Aaron Stanford; “The Good Life” for writer/director Stephen Berra; “The Go-Getter” with Lou Taylor-Pucci and “Flakes” with Aaron Stanford for director Michael Lehmann. She also starred in “Bridge to Teribithia” based on the Newberry Award winning children’s novel, the animated feature film “Surf’s Up” in which she provided the voice of a surfing penguin alongside Shia LaBeouf and Jeff Bridges, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” opposite Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, and the thriller “The Happening” for director M. Night Shyamalan. More recently she starred with Paul Dano in “Gigantic” and alongside Jim Carrey in the Warner Bros. film “Yes Man” and Mason Novack’s “500 Days of Summer”.

Audiences will next see her star in “Your Highness” opposite Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman.

In addition to Zooey’s work on-screen, she has also earned rave reviews for her collaboration with M. Ward on her debut album “She + Him Volume 1.”

Zooey, who was named after the male character in J. D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey, spent much of her childhood on-location with her actress mother, Mary Jo, and her father Caleb, an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer. She credits her father with instilling in her a keen visual sense and great style.

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