Emily Deschanel

ABOUT EMILY DESCHANEL

Actress who played anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan on the television series Bones . Her role earned her four award nominations from 2006 to 2012.

Her debut in film was as a paint-throwing fur activist in the movie It Could Happen to You.

She is the eldest daughter of cinematographer Caleb Deschanel .

She is the older sister of actress Zooey Deschanel . She married David Hornsby in September 2010, and the couple had a son the following year and a second son in 2015.

She starred on Fox's hit TV series Bones alongside David Boreanaz .