Zooey Deschanel's divorce from Ben Gibbard is finalised a year after split



A judge has finalized Zooey Deschanel's divorce from her rocker husband a year after they separated.

Court records show a judge finalized the actress' divorce from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Gibbard and Deschanel, who stars in Fox's New Girl, were married in September 2009. They had no children together.

Divorced: Zooey Deschanel and her now ex-husband Ben Gibbard pictured in July last year

The actress filed for divorce in December 2011 after separating two months earlier.

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The judgment does not provide financial details of the breakup, although it states that the former couple's marriage cannot be repaired by counseling or mediation.

Deschanel was nominated last week for a Golden Globe for her work on New Girl.

Just months prior to the announcement that they 'amicably separated', Zooey – who is now dating screenwriter Jamie Linden - said she enjoyed being married because it 'solidified' the couple's commitment to each other.



She explained: 'You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding. It sort of just solidifies your commitment.'

Meanwhile, Ben has previously admitted he was 'awestruck' that Zooey even agreed to speak to him in the first place because she was so 'beautiful'.