Biography

Emily Deschanel

by Maggie Cage,

American actress, director and producer, Emily Deschanel is best known for her role Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the FOX series Bones.

Early Life And Education Of Emily Deschanel 

Emily Deschanel was born on October 11, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America as Emily Erin Deschanel. She was born as the daughter of Mary Jo Deschanel and Caleb Deschanel.

Her father was a cinematographer and director and her mother was an actress. She belongs to Swiss, Dutch, English, and Irish decent. And her parental grandfather was from France. She is American according to nationality. And her ethnicity is White. She has a younger sister Zooey Deschanel., who is actress, singer and songwriter.

Emily attended Harvard-Westlake and Crossroads School located in Los Angeles, United States. She earned graduate in a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Boston University's Professional Actors Training Program.

Emily Deschanel's Career

In 1994, she made her debut in film from in It Could Happen to You. In 2002, she made her notable appearance in Stephen King's Rose Red. In 2003 she appeared in British-American-Italian epic war drama film Cold Mountain, alongside Nicole KidmanJude LawRenée Zellweger, Natalie Portman, and many others. 

In 2004 she appeared in three films The Alamo, Spider-Man 2 and Old Tricks. The other famous movies she appeared are Boogeyman (2005), Glory Road (2006), My Sister's Keeper (2006) and The Perfect Family (2011).

Besides her movie career she is also active and has been featured in many television series like Crossing Jordan (2004), Bones (since 2005 to present), Drunk History (2014) and Sleepy Hollow (2015). She has also been nominated for many awards for her outstanding performances in television and movies. She has been nominated for awards like Satellite Awards, Teen Choice Awards and People's Choice Awards.

Emily Deschanel's Net Worth And Body Measurements 

As of 2019, she has an estimated net worth of $30 million, as per celebrity net worth. Furthermore, her net worth is $18 million according to the richest net worth. 

Emily Deschanel is a one of the most searched Vegetarian actress. She is very beautiful and has a perfect body which measures 35-24-25. She is tall lady with height 5 feet and 9 inches. She has a brown hair and blue eyes.

Emily is very popular for her roles and her fans even follow her in social medias like Facebook and Twitter. She is also active in Instagram.

Emily Deschanel's Personal Life 

Emily Deschanel is a talented actress with beautiful face. She was married to actor and writer David Hornsby in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. David is famous actor for his appearance in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She had a long affair before she got married to her spouse. Deschanel gave birth to her first son Henry Lamar Hornsby and on June 8, 2015 she gave birth to second son Calvin.

She is close friend with Michaela Conlin who is also co-star of Bones. She is famous among her friend and her friends term her as lady with soft heart and helping hands. She is a vegetarian. She is also huge supporter of animal’s right. Though Deschanel was raised Roman Catholic, she is no longer practicing it.

Moreover, in pursuit of promoting regular screening of breast cancer for the charitable program ‘Stand Up 2 Cancer’, she along with Katharine McPhee, Minka Kelly, Jaime King and Alyson Hannigan developed a video slumber party that featured on FunnyorDie.com.