Jena Malone is an American actress and musician. She made her movie debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina and has appeared in films including Ellen Foster, Contact, Stepmom, Donnie Darko, Saved!, Pride & Prejudice, Into the Wild, The Ruins, Sucker Punch and The Hunger ...
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer, Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress
Nominations
Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Female Buttkicker, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance,...
Movies
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Sucker Punch, Donnie Darko, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Stepmom, Pride & Prejudice, Into the Wild, The Ruins, Bastard out of Carolina, Inherent Vice, For Love of the Game, Life as a House, Saved!, The Dangerous Lives o...
TV Shows
Hatfields & McCoys
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Trademark
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Usually portrays teenage girls with problems or from dysfunctional families
I have this camera so I just taped myself doing this little piece of voice-over and I sent [director Sean Penn] a DVD. Four days later, he called me back and said he usually never hires anyone without meeting them, but could I do it? Literally, I would wash the floor for him. I just respect every part of what he's done with his career. (On landing her role in Into the Wild (2007)).
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What's the point of doing anything without music?
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[In reference to growing up without a father figure but rather with two mothers] I grew up with two moms. They were lovers until I was nine. Then they split up. I was the product of a one-night stand. But I met my father once when I was four. He lives somewhere in Reno. The thing is, I had two loving parents. Love in any shape or form is a beautiful thing. I didn't grow up missing my father.
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[When told by an interviewer that she has a good head on her shoulders for someone who's grown up in the scary world of Hollywood:] But the scary world is all around us. Whether the walls are Hollywood or the walls are New York or the walls are Afghanistan. It's just a scary world, you have to know what you want from it, what your intentions are, and know that those things continually change.
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I get to play a lot of teenage girls with supposed problems. But I don't see them as problems - just part of the process of growing up.
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I started acting as a child because I loved stories and wanted to be part of them. I thought it would be something I could do for a few years, but it shows no sign of going away.
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(August 30, 2016) Engaged to her longtime boyfriend and father of her 3-month-old son Ode, Ethan DeLorenzo.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 31, a son named Ode Mountain DeLorenzo Malone in late May 2016. Child's father is her boyfriend (now fiancé), Ethan DeLorenzo.
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Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election of the United States.
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Is in relationship with a photographer Ethan DeLorenzo and they became engaged in August 2016. They have a son together.
At the age of 12, she was the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) until 2001 when 7 year old Dakota Fanning was nominated for I Am Sam (2001).
$4 Million
