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Emily Deschanel Biography
Birth Name:
Emily Erin Deschanel
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Her father is Oscar-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
- Was a member of Interact Theatre Company in Los Angeles
- Named one of six actors to watch in Interview magazine's annual Young Hollywood issue in 2004
- Landed her first TV starring role in 2005, when she was cast as Dr
- Temperance Brennan on the Fox crime drama Bones
- First major big-screen part came with the horror movie Boogeyman (2005); subsequently appeared in Glory Road (2006) and My Sister's Keeper (2009), among others
Relationships
- Henry Hornsby -- Son