Zooey Deschanel denies nepotism, insisting having six-time Oscar nominee dad didn’t advance her career

nme.com:

Zooey Deschanel has insisted that having parents in film and TV made it easier for her to break into the industry.The New Girl actress has been labelled a “nepo baby” because her father Caleb is a cinematographer, who has worked on movies including The Lion King, The Patriot, My Sister’s Keeper, The Passion of Christ, The Godfather and Titanic.

He has also been nominated for six Oscars throughout his career.Meanwhile, her mother is Twin Peaks’ Mary Jo Deschanel, who also appeared in The Right Stuff and an episode of House.

Her sister Emily is also an actress, who has starred in the likes of Bones and Spider-Man 2. In a new interview on The School of Greatness podcast, Deschanel denied her family connections helped her much when she was establishing herself as an actress.“It’s funny because people be like, ‘Oh, nepotism’, I’m like no.

My dad’s a DP [director of photography, another term for cinematographer],” she said. “No one’s getting jobs because their dad’s a DP.