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Jena Malone

Jena Malone

Acting1984Sparks, Nevada, USA

Biography

Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician, and photographer. She made her film debut in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and has appeared in films including Ellen Foster (1997), Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), For Love of the Game (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), Life as a House (2001), Saved! (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Into the Wild (2007), The Ruins (2008), Sucker Punch (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2013–15), The Neon Demon (2016), Nocturnal Animals (2016), and Antebellum (2020).

Malone is also an indie pop musician who has released music both under her own name (as "Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains") and as one-half of the duo The Shoe.

Acting History

Future
Sylvia
as Sylvia
Buff
as Joss
2026
The Boroughs
TVas Claire
2025
One Battle After Another
as Greeting Code (voice)
2022
Swallowed
as Alice
Adopting Audrey
Executive Producer
2021
Goliath
TVas Samantha Margolis8 eps
2020
Antebellum
as Elizabeth
Stardust
as Angie Bowie
Lorelei
as Dolores
Lorelei
Executive Producer
2019
The Public
as Myra
Too Old to Die Young
TVas Diana10 eps
2017
Lovesong
as Mindy
Angelica
as Constance
2014
Inherent Vice
as Hope Harlingen
10 Cent Pistol
as Danneel
Memory 2.0
as Sophie
MTV Europe Music Awards
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
2013
Center Jenny
as Nark Vision1
Teenage
as American Girl (voice)
The Wait
as Angela
2012
For Ellen
as Susan
Dakota
as Dakota
The Painted Lady
as Painted Lady
Hatfields & McCoys
TVas Nancy McCoy
2010
Five Star Day
as Sarah Reynolds
Rachel
as Rachel
Rachel
as Rachel
2009
The Soloist
as Cheery Lab Tech
2008
Lying
as Grace
The Ruins
as Amy
Law & Order
TVas Michelle Landon1 eps
2007
Into the Wild
as Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
Four Last Songs
as Frankie
2006
Container
as The Woman / Speaker (voice)
2005
Pride & Prejudice
as Lydia Bennet
HBO First Look
TVas Self1 eps
2004
Corn
as Emily Rasmussen
Saved!
as Mary Cummings
Break Up
as Girl
Punk'd
TVas Self1 eps
Corn
Associate Producer
2003
Cold Mountain
as Ferry Girl
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TVas Geli Raubal2 eps
2002
The Badge
as Ashley Hardwick
American Girl
as Rena Grubb
American Girl
Co-Producer
2001
Donnie Darko
as Gretchen Ross
Life as a House
as Alyssa Beck
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as California Morning "Lucy" Whipple
2000
Cheaters
as Jolie Fitch
1999
The Book of Stars
as Mary McGuire
Touched by an Angel
TVas Casey Peña1 eps
1998
Stepmom
as Anna Harrison
Homicide: Life on the Street
TVas Debbie Straub2 eps
1997
Contact
as Young Ellie
Hope
as Lilly Kate Burns
Ellen Foster
as Ellen Foster
1996
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright
Chicago Hope
TVas Stacy Morissey1 eps
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Ellen Foster

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/21/1984(41 years old)
Place of Birth
Sparks, Nevada, USA
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