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Highest Rated: 100% Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

Lowest Rated: 16% Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver (2024)

Birthday: Nov 21, 1984

Birthplace: Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA

Independent film ingénue turned mainstream character actress Jena Malone began her career at age 12, but avoided the path of preciousness in favor of emotionally challenging roles in often-bleak stories of families in crisis. Her film debut in the gritty memoir of childhood abuse, "Bastard out of Carolina" (Showtime, 1996) immediately earned critical notice and led to a string of acclaimed cable television movies showcasing Malone's remarkably mature performances as resilient young girls. Following a few mainstream offerings including the chick flick "Stepmom" (1998), Malone spent her teens amassing an impressive resume in independent films like the cult favorite "Donnie Darko" (2001), the satirical "Saved!" (2004) and Sean Penn's lauded "Into the Wild" (2007). With "Pride and Prejudice" (2005) and the military drama "The Messenger" (2009), Malone wisely explored her range and made a relatively seamless transition from her troubled onscreen childhood to versatile young adult roles before braking into the mainstream with hits like "Sucker Punch" (2011) and her role as Johanna Mason in "The Hunger Games" franchise.

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100% 84% Bastard Out of Carolina Watchlist 100% 91% Donnie Darko: 15th Anniversary Watchlist 94% 82% Love Lies Bleeding Watchlist Watchlist 90% 89% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Watchlist 89% 67% Lorelei Watchlist 88% 93% Howl's Moving Castle Watchlist 87% 80% Donnie Darko Watchlist 87% 89% Pride & Prejudice Watchlist 83% 56% Lovesong Watchlist

Jena Malone THE PUBLIC, FROM LEFT: JENA MALONE, EMILIO ESTEVEZ, 2018. © GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT Punk'd, Jena Malone, 03/17/2003, ©MTV DONNIE DARKO, Mary McDonnell, Jena Malone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, 2001, (c) Newmarket Releasing THE NEON DEMON, Jena Malone, 2016. ph: Gunther Campine/© Broad Green Pictures LOVESONG, FROM LEFT, RILEY KEOUGH, JENA MALONE, 2016. ©STRAND RELEASING LOVESONG, FROM LEFT, RYAN EGGOLD, JENA MALONE, 2016. ©STRAND RELEASING LOVESONG, FROM LEFT, BROOKLYN DECKER, JENA MALONE, RILEY KEOUGH, AMY SEIMETZ, 2016. ©STRAND RELEASING THE NEON DEMON, Jena Malone, 2016. © Broad Green Pictures American Idol, Jena Irene Asciutto (L), Jena Malone (R), Season 13, 1/15/2014, ©FOX View more photos

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