Zooey Deschanel Secretly Marries Jacob Pechenik; Gives Birth to Baby Girl!

Zooey Deschanel has welcomed a healthy baby girl with Jacob Pechenik, her rep confirmed to E! News Monday afternoon. In addition, the NEW GIRL star's rep also confirmed that the pair recently got married in a super-secret ceremony!

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Actress and singer-songwriter Zooey Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford in 1999, followed by her breakout role as Anita Miller in Cameron Crowe's 2000 semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous. Deschanel soon became known for her deadpan comedy and roles in films such as The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002),Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Yes Man (2008), and (500) Days of Summer (2009).

She has portrayed the role of Jessica Day on the FOX comedy series NEW GIRL since 2011, for which she has received an Emmy Award nomination and three Golden Globe Award nominations.

For a few years starting in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actressSamantha Shelton. Besides singing, she plays keyboards, percussion, banjo and ukulele.In 2006, Deschanel teamed up with M. Wardto release their debut album Volume One, under the name She & Him which was released in March 2008. Their follow-up album Volume Two was released in the U.S. in March 2010, with their Christmas album A Very She & Him Christmas being released in 2011, Volume 3 in 2013, and Classics in 2014. She also often sings in her films. [Bio source]

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