She then began playing lead roles in films, including Yes Man (2008) and (500) Days of Summer (2009). Her older sister, Emily Deschanel, is also an actress and stars in the TV series Bones. She is also a great granddaughter of French President, Paul Deschanel. Deschanel lived in Los Angeles, but spent much of her childhood traveling because her father shot films on location; she later said that she “hated all the traveling. Deschanel appeared in a guest role on the television series Veronica’s Closet before making her film debut in Lawrence Kasdan’s 1999 comedy Mumford, and later in the year she appeared (non-singing) in the music video for The Offspring’s single “She’s Got Issues”.
