Jena Malone
Jena Malone's debut as a sexually abused young girl in
Bastard out of Carolina, directed by
Anjelica Huston, earned her the first of three Young Artist Awards, along with nominations for Best Actress in a Miniseries by the Screen Actors Guild and Best Debut Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards. She was nominated twice in a row for Best Supporting Actress at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards and, in 1998, earned her first Golden Globe nomination for her work in the television movie
Hope directed by
Goldie Hawn.
Malone's most recent credits include Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn, Four Last Songs, Lying, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and The Go-Getter, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She also starred with Jodie Foster in Contact and The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys; with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts in Stepmom; with Kevin Costner in For Love of the Game; with Kevin Kline in Life as a House; and with Mandy Moore in Saved. Other credits include the cult classic Donnie Darko; The United States of Leland; Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain; Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice; The Ballad of Jack and Rose; The Badge; Cheaters; Book Of Stars; Origins of Evil; The Ballad Of Lucy Whipple; and Hidden in America. She made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt.
Jena Malone Facts
Selected Filmography
