Jena Malone

Acting · Born 1984-11-21 in Sparks, 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.

Filmography

• Donnie Darko as Gretchen Ross
• Contact as Young Ellie
• Cold Mountain as Ferry Girl
• Pride & Prejudice as Lydia Bennet
• Into the Wild as Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
• Life as a House as Alyssa Beck
• Stepmom as Anna Harrison
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Johanna Mason
• Nocturnal Animals as Sage Ross
• One Battle After Another as Greeting Code (voice)

TV

• Homicide: Life on the Street as Debbie Straub
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ellen Foster
• Chicago Hope as Stacy Morissey
• Law & Order as Michelle Landon
• Hatfields & McCoys as Nancy McCoy
• Goliath as Samantha Margolis
• Punk'd as Self
• Too Old to Die Young as Diana
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Geli Raubal
• Touched by an Angel as Casey Peña