More Jena Malone Bios & Profiles
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Biography #2 (for The Ballad of Jack and Rose)
At the age of nineteen, Jena Malone has already worked alongside such screen legends as Jodie Foster (Contact, Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys), Susan Sarandon (Stepmom), Julia Roberts (Stepmom), Kevin Costner (For Love of the Game) and Kevin Kline (Life As A House), opposite Kevin Spacey in The United States of Leland (at Sundance 2003) and as part of the all-star ensemble in Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain. Her debut in Anjelica Huston's Bastard Out of Carolina earned Jena her first of three Young Artist Awards, along with nominations for Best Actress in a Miniseries by the Screen Actor's Guild, and Best Debut Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards. Jena was nominated twice in a row for Best Supporting Actress at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, and in 1998 Jena earned her first Golden Globe nomination for her work in the television movie Hope. Malone's other films include Donnie Darko, with Jake Gyllenhaal, the title role in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, with Glenn Close, The Badge, with Billy Bob Thornton, Hitler: The Rise of Evil, and upcoming, Saved and Vinyl.
Bio courtesy IFC Films for "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" (07-May-2005)
Biography #3 (for Cold Mountain)
Eighteen year-old Jena Malone has appeared opposite Jodie Foster in Contact and Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys, Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts in Stepmom, Kevin Costner in For the Love of the Game, and Kevin Kline in Life As a House. She was recently seen opposite Kevin Spacey in The United States of Leland and in the mini-series Hitler: the Rise of Evil with an all-star cast. Next up for Malone is Rebecca Miller's Rose and the Snake with Daniel Day Lewis and the comedy Saved with Mandy Moore and Macaulay Culkin. Jena made her debut in Bastard Out of Carolina, earning her the first of three Young Artist Awards, along with nominations for Best Actress in a Miniseries by the Screen Actor's Guild, and Best Debut performance by the Independent Spirit Awards. She was nominated two years running for Best Supporting Actress at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. In 1998, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in the television movie Hope.
Bio courtesy Miramax for "Cold Mountain" (02-Jan-2004)
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