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Jena Malone
Actor, Producer
Born November 21, 1984 in Sparks, Nevada, USA
Jena Malone was born in Reno, Nevada, raised in Sparks, Nevada; two cities that have merged together over time, to Deborah Malone and Edward Berge. Her grandfather owned a casino, Karl's Silver Club, in Reno. She was raised by her mother and her mother's partner. Beginning as a child actress, and then stepping up to roles as a young adult, Malone's career path has been compared to that of Jodie Foster, herself a former child actress and who has co-starred with Malone in two movies. Jena is often described as having a maturity beyond her years and, in her career thus far, she has often tackled roles that are difficult and are not standard fare for actors her age. Malone's first claim to fame was in performing the title role in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) for which she won the Young Artist Award, and which she filmed when she was merely ten years old. This movie dealt with issues of child abuse, violence and sex. Jena has said in later interviews that this movie and her participation in it continue to influence her life substantially. Showing self-assurance and a clear vision of personal goals from an early age, Jena, at age 14, was encouraged to try out for Air Force One (1997), a movie that was virtually guaranteed to be a success since box-office king Harrison Ford was cast in the lead, but Jena said she'd prefer to seek other roles that were of more interest to her. In the following years, Malone appeared in several made-for-TV movies for which she won or was nominated for many awards. In 1997, she lucked in to being cast in the blockbuster Contact (1997) where she portrayed the child version of Jodie Foster's lead character. Foster stated that she built her character by mimicking Jena. And, in 1998, Jena was cast in the major film Stepmom (1998) where she co-starred with Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris. Jena was given what was likely the best line in that movie where her character, bitter over her parents' divorce, confronts her father who has returned home briefly; at a moment of crisis, her dad tells her "You do NOT run out on your mother", and the rueful Malone exclaims "No -- that's YOUR job". Also, in 1998, Malone appeared in a two-part episode of the critically acclaimed TV series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993). Contrary to what might usually be expected of a teenage actress, in this episode, Jena played the complex role of the perpetrator of a crime, which she portrayed with subtlety. At age 15, Jena was legally emancipated and thus took direct control of her finances and her career. Malone began getting more attention and acclaim in her next set of films: the artistic cult film Donnie Darko (2001); the teenage journey The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) where she again co-starred with Jodie Foster; and the satirical Saved! (2004) which debuted Jena as the lead in a movie. Jena has expressed an interest in directing some day, and so she is preparing for roles behind the camera as well as in front. In 2002, she co-produced American Girl (2002) while also starring in it. And, in 2003, she undertook a formal study of photography. In early 2006, Malone debuted on the Broadway stage in the play "Doubt". A review by Broadway.com characterized her performance as "astonishing". Many people in Hollywood have jobs as actors. Watch for Jena Malone. She is an artist.
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Arrow
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The Neon Demon
Contact
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Homicide: Life On the Street
Goliath - Season 1
Into the Wild
Donnie Darko (Theatrical Cut)
Hatfields & McCoys Season 1
Pride & Prejudice
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking Season 1
One Battle After Another
Nocturnal Animals
Life as a House
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Filmography
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2025
One Battle After Another
2024
Love Lies Bleeding
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 Extended Preview
2023
Consecration
2022
SWALLOWED
2021
Adopting Audrey
2020
Stardust
Lorelei
Antebellum
2019
Too Old to Die Young - Season 1
2018
The Public
2017
Bottom Of The World
2016
Lovesong
Goliath - Season 1
The Neon Demon
Nocturnal Animals
2015
Angelica
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2014
Time Out of Mind
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Inherent Vice
2013
Teenage
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2012
Hatfields & McCoys Season 1
For Ellen
In Our Nature
2011
Sucker Punch (Extended Cut)
2010
5 Star Day
2009
The Messenger
The Soloist
2008
The Ruins
2007
The Go-Getter
Into the Wild
2006
Lying
Container
2005
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking Season 1
Pride & Prejudice
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2004
Saved!
2003
The United States of Leland
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2002
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
The Badge
2001
Life as a House
Donnie Darko (Theatrical Cut)
1999
The Book of Stars
For Love of the Game
1998
Stepmom
1997
Contact
Ellen Foster
1996
Hidden In America
1994
Touched By An Angel Season 1
1993
Homicide: Life On the Street
1990
Law & Order Season 1
Arrow
Arrow
Connections
Lukas Moodysson
So Yong Kim
Sean Penn
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