Not only is she America’s newest sweetheart, but now she might be an Oscar contender for Best Song. Zooey Deschanel has become a renaissance woman.

<Writing a song for a Disney animated film puts a songwriter into a long and legendary line that has produced 30 nominations and 10 wins going back to “When You Wish Upon a Star” in 1940.  And writing a song for a “Winnie the Pooh” movie is just as daunting a task, because it requires a songwriter to follow in the footsteps of Richard and Robert Sherman, who penned the well-known “Pooh” theme song and also wrote “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” “It’s a Small World” and “I Wan’na Be Like You,” among many others.

“The tradition of music in Disney animated films is pretty spectacular. But I tried not to think about it, because I might be overwhelmed if I did,” said actress and singer-songwriter Zooey Deschanel, who couldn’t exactly ignore that history when she was drafted to contribute to this year’s Disney version of the A.A. Milne stories.

“It kind of happened in little bits and pieces over the course of the year,” Deschanel told TheWrap.>

<Her models, she said, came from albums she loved both as a kid and as an adult: Harry Nilsson’s “The Point,” Carole King’s “Really Rosie” and the compilation “Free to Be … You and Me.”

“I listened to all of those again,” she said. “They all had classic chord progressions and catchy melodies with good lyrical hooks and very strong choruses. I wanted a song that was upbeat and made you feel happy walking out of the theater, and also one that kids would enjoy.”>

Deschanel has an energy that makes her adorable. The movie going public got to see her talents in 500 Days Of Summer, and it appears she is not slowing down.