Jena Malone

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Jena Malone (2013)

Jena Laine Malone (born November 21, 1984 in Sparks , Nevada ) is an American actress , film producer and musician .

life and career

Jena Malone was born in Nevada. She and her single mother lived in a total of 27 locations near Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas , sometimes in a trailer or family car. Malone wanted to become an actress when she was ten. With nothing to lose, the family moved to Los Angeles with her mother to begin her acting career. After just a few months, she received both a role in Michael Jackson's music video for Childhood and a guest appearance in an episode of Chicago Hope .

Malone made her cinema debut in 1996 at the age of twelve as a victim of abuse in the drama Defenseless - Shadows Over Carolina , directed by Anjelica Huston . The following year she played the lead role in the television production Ellen Foster the fate of an orphan girl. She also preferred mainly dramatic roles and avoided shallow comedies . She became known to a larger audience on the side of Jake Gyllenhaal in the film Donnie Darko .

Due to her preference for more demanding roles, Malone preferred to move in the independent scene. In addition to her leading role, she first acted as a co-producer in American Girl . In the following years she worked with actors such as Kevin Costner , Jodie Foster , Vince Vaughn , Ben Foster , Woody Harrelson and Keira Knightley .

In 2013 she took on the role of Johanna Mason in the science fiction film The Hunger Games - Catching Fire . She took on this role again in the sequels The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) and The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2 (2015).

In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Awards won

Young Artist Awards

  • 1996: Best Performance by a Young Actress for Defenseless - Shadows Over Carolina
  • 1998: Best Actress for Ellen Foster
  • 1999: Best Supporting Actress for Side by Side

Saturn Awards

  • 1998: Best Actress for Contact

DVD Exclusive Awards

  • 2001: Best Supporting Actress for The Book of Stars

Nominations

CableACE Awards

  • 1996: Best Actress for Defenseless - Shadows Over Carolina

Independent Spirit Awards

  • 1996: Best debut for Defenseless - Shadows over Carolina

Satellite Awards

  • 1996: Best Actress for Defenseless - Shadows Over Carolina
  • 2005: Best Actress for Saved! - The high school missionaries

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • 1996: Best Actress for Defenseless - Shadows Over Carolina
  • 2008: Best Cast for Into the Wild

Young Artist Awards

  • 2000: Best Supporting Actress for For the Love of Play

Golden Globe Awards

  • 1998: Best Actress for Hope

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

  • 1999: Best Supporting Actress for Side by Side
  • 2000: Best Supporting Actress for For the Love of Play

Web links

Commons : Jena Malone  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filmography on imdb.com
  2. ↑ Biography on moviesection.de
  3. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Malone, Jena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malone, Jena Laine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, film producer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Sparks , Nevada, United States