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Jena Malone is an American actress who has appeared in over 40 feature films since beginning her career as a child actor in 1996. She gained critical acclaim for her film debut in Anjelica Huston's Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), followed by supporting parts in major studio films such as Contact with Jodie Foster (1997) and Stepmom with Julia Roberts (1998). She subsequently had roles in the cult film Donnie Darko, and the drama Life as a House (both 2001), before having starring roles in the independent American Girl (2002), the dark comedy Saved! (2004), and the drama The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005).

She co-starred as Lydia Bennet in the 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice before making her Broadway theater debut as Sister James in Doubt, in 2006. Subsequent film roles include supporting parts in the arthouse drama Lying, the biographical drama Into the Wild (2007), and the supernatural horror film The Ruins (2008). In 2011, she appeared in the action film Sucker Punch before being cast as Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games film series, appearing in a total of three films between 2013 and 2015. She also had roles in Nicolas Winding Refn's controversial horror film The Neon Demon, and Tom Ford's thriller Nocturnal Animals (both 2016). In 2021, she starred in Adopting Audrey.

Film

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† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 Bastard Out of Carolina Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright [1]
1997 Contact Young Ellie Arroway [2]
1998 Stepmom Anna Harrison [2]
1999 The Book of Stars Mary McGuire [3]
For Love of the Game Heather Aubrey [3]
2000 Cheaters Jolie Fitch [3]
2001 Donnie Darko Gretchen Ross [4]
Life as a House Alyssa Beck [5]
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Margie Flynn [3]
The Badge Ashley Hardwick [3]
American Girl Rena Grubb Also co-producer [6]
2003 The United States of Leland Becky Pollard [3]
Cold Mountain Ferry Girl [3]
2004 Saved! Mary Cummings [6]
Corn Emily Rasmussen [7]
Howl's Moving Castle Lettie (voice) English dub [8]
2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose Red Berry [9]
Pride & Prejudice Lydia Bennet [10]
2006 Container The Woman / Speaker (voices) [3]
Lying Grace [11]
2007 Four Last Songs Frankie [3]
The Go-Getter Joely [12]
Into the Wild Carine McCandless / Additional Narrator [13]
2008 The Ruins Amy [14]
2009 The Messenger Kelly [3]
The Soloist Cheery Lab Tech [3]
2010 Five Star Day Sarah Reynolds [3]
2011 Sucker Punch Rocket [6]
2012 For Ellen Susan [15]
In Our Nature Andie [16]
2013 Center Jenny Nark Vision1 Short film [17]
The Painted Lady The Painted Lady Short film [18]
Teenage American Girl (voice) Documentary [3]
The Wait Angela [19]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Johanna Mason [3]
2014 10 Cent Pistol Danneel [3]
Time Out of Mind Maggie Hammond [3]
Inherent Vice Hope Harlingen [20]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Johanna Mason Cameo [3]
2015 Angelica Constance [3]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Johanna Mason [3]
2016 Lovesong Mindy [3]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Jenet Klyburn Ultimate Edition only [21]
The Neon Demon Ruby [22]
Nocturnal Animals Sage Ross [3]
2017 Bottom of the World Scarlett [23]
2018 The Public Myra [3]
2020 Lorelei Dolores Also executive producer [24]
Antebellum Elizabeth Denton [25]
Stardust Angie Bowie [26]
2021 Adopting Audrey Audrey
2022 Swallowed Alice [27]
2023 Consecration Grace [28]
Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire Harmada [29]
2024 Little Death Jessica [30]
Love Lies Bleeding Bethany "Beth" Langston [31]
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Ellen Harvey/Lucy [32]
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 Ellen Harvey/Lucy [33]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 Hidden in America Willa Januson Television film [34]
Chicago Hope Stacy Morissey Episode: "Sweet Surrender" [34]
1997 Hope Lilly Kate Burns Television film [3]
Ellen Foster Ellen Foster Television film [3]
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street Debbie Straub 2 episodes [34]
1999 Touched by an Angel Casey Episode: "Hearts" [34]
2000 Cheaters Jolie Fitch Television film [3]
2001 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple California Morning "Lucy" Whipple Television film [3]
2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil Geli Raubal 2 episodes [3]
2008 Law & Order Michelle Landon Episode: "Lost Boys" [34]
2011 Robot Chicken Boy George / Singer (voices) Episode: "Beastmaster and Commander"
2012 Hatfields & McCoys Nancy McCoy 3 episodes [6]
Dakota Dakota 3 episodes [34]
2019 Too Old To Die Young Diana 6 episodes [34]
2021 Goliath Samantha Margolis 8 episodes [35]
TBA Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas Zeta (voice) Upcoming series [36]

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Director Role
1995 "Childhood" Michael Jackson Nick Brandt actress
2010 "Berkeley Girl" Harper Simon Benjamin Kutsko actress
2011 "I Think Bad Thoughts" Danko Jones Diamond Brothers actress
2011 "Electric Love" Dirty Vegas James Gooding actress
2011 "Time" Sky White Tiger Frank G. DeMarco actress
2012 "True Vulture" Death Grips Galen Pehrson voices, additional sound design
2013 "I Don't Recall" Lavender Diamond Jena Malone director
2014 "Harlem River" Kevin Morby Adarsha Benjamin actress
2014 "Dead Rabbit Hopes" The Shoe Alia Penner singer, actress
2014 "Broken Hearted Love Song" The Shoe Benjamin Kutsko singer, actress
2014 "His Gorgeousness" The Shoe Aliya Naumoff singer, actress
2014 "Encino" Henry Wolfe Benjamin Kutsko actress

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Doubt Sister James Broadway
2009 Mourning Becomes Electra Lavinia Mannon Off-Broadway

References

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  2. ^ a b Riggs, Thomas, ed. (2000). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Vol. 31. Detroit, Michigan: Gale / Cengage Learning. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-787-64636-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Jena Malone Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Brunett, Adam (July 22, 2004). "Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut: The Strange Afterlife of an Indie Cult Film". Indie Wire. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (October 26, 2001). "FILM REVIEW; Dyspeptic in Paradise, as Life Falls Apart; Then ..." The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019.
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  7. ^ Scheib, Ronnie (November 10, 2004). "Corn". Variety. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Ebert, Roger (June 9, 2005). "Howl's Moving Castle". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Dargis, Manohla (March 25, 2004). "A 60's Holdout and His Daughter, Searching for an Epic". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019.
  10. ^ Holden, Stephen (November 11, 2005). "Marrying Off Those Bennet Sisters Again, but This Time Elizabeth Is a Looker". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019.
  11. ^ Thompson, Anne (May 22, 2006). "Rookie helmer slides into Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 5, 2007.
  12. ^ Chocano, Carina (June 6, 2008). "The Go-Getter". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016.
  13. ^ Harvey, Dennis (September 1, 2007). "Into the Wild". Variety. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018.
  14. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (April 5, 2008). "Watch Out for That Malevolent Jungle Vine". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018.
  15. ^ Lowe, Justin (January 23, 2012). "'For Ellen': Sundance Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017.
  16. ^ Holden, Stephen (December 6, 2012). "'In Our Nature,' Directed by Brian Savelson". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019.
  17. ^ "Center Jenny (2013) - Cast & Crew on MUBI".
  18. ^ Williams, Maxwell (December 17, 2016). "Liz Goldwyn Launches Podcast That is Naughty by Nature". Cultured Magazine. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  19. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (January 31, 2014). "A Study of Sublimated Grief". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014.
  20. ^ Lane, Anthony (December 8, 2014). "Swinging Seventies". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019.
  21. ^ Osborn, Alex (March 10, 2016). "Batman v Superman: Jena Malone's Role Accidentally Revealed". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  22. ^ Robey, Tim (July 7, 2016). "The Neon Demon is the most offensive film of the year - and not because of the necrophilia". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019.
  23. ^ Yamato, Jen (August 28, 2014). "Jena Malone, Douglas Smith Lead 'Bottom Of The World'; Nick Braun Heads To 'Stanford'; David Coussins Joins 'Good Kids'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  24. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (February 13, 2019). "Jena Malone & Pablo Schreiber Star In 'Lorelei' From 'The Florida Project' Producers". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  25. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (April 16, 2019). "Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, More Join Janelle Monáe In Lionsgate Race Relations Pic From 'Get Out' & 'BlacKkKlansman' Outfit QC Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  26. ^ Moreau, Jordan (October 28, 2020). "'Stardust' Trailer: Johnny Flynn Transforms Into David Bowie in Upcoming Drama". Variety. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  27. ^ Gallupo, Mia (January 17, 2023). "Momentum Pictures Lands Queer Indie Horror 'Swallowed'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  28. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (February 10, 2023). "'Consecration' Review: Jena Malone in a Convent Thriller With Scattershot Demons". Variety. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  29. ^ Sharf, Zack (February 9, 2022). "'Rebel Moon' First Look: Zack Snyder Debuts Concept Art From His 'Star Wars'-Inspired Netflix Epic". Variety. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  30. ^ Patten, Dominic; D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 6, 2023). "Sundance Unveils Packed 2024 Lineup That Includes A.I., Pedro Pascal, Kristen Stewart, Satan, Devo & Steven Yeun". Deadline. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
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  32. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 31, 2022). "Kevin Costner's Western Epic Horizon Adds Jena Malone, Alejandro Edda, Tatanka Means & Michael Rooker". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  33. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (July 31, 2024). "'Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2' To Premiere At Venice Film Festival". Deadline. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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  35. ^ Thorne, Will (February 27, 2020). "Haley Joel Osment, 'Hunger Games' Alum Jena Malone and Clara Wong Join 'Goliath' Final Season (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  36. ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (October 1, 2020). "'Army Of The Dead: Lost Vegas': Netflix Anime Series Adds Joe Manganiello, Christian Slater, Vanessa Hudgens & More". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
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