Don't Shoot The Messenger... He is Already Hurt
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Big Thoughts From A Small Mind - Found Mar. 12, 2010 ... but he also feels guilt for both pushing his old flame (Jena Malone) into the arms of another man, and for falling for woman whose husband is... |
Into the Wild: A Journey of Individualism into the Freedom of Nature
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Associated Content - Found Mar. 18, 2010 ... starring Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, and Kristen Stewart is based on a true... |
Review: The Messenger
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Ottawa Citizen - Found Mar. 16, 2010 Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Steve Buscemi, Eamonn Walker Rating: Four stars out of five There is a... |
EXCLUSIVE: Carla Gugino Promises S&M, 'Singing And Dancing' In ...
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MTV - Found Mar. 15, 2010 MTV's Josh Horowitz spoke with Carla Gugino , who stars with Vanessa Hudgens, Jena Malone, Jon Hamm, Michael Jai White and a large ensemble of... |
Theater Talkback: Fantasy Casting
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New York Times - Found Mar. 4, 2010 Watching the egregiously miscast young actress Jena Malone in last season?s jaw-dropper I thought it would be interesting to see her as... |
Oscar Breakdown: Best Original and Adapted Screenplays
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Film School Rejects - Found Mar. 4, 2010 Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Samantha Morton, Steve Buscemi? the movie is filled with powerful performances. |
Open Your Door To The Messenger
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Florida Times-Union - Found Mar. 10, 2010 Tony Stone, Samantha Morton as Olivia Pitterson, Jena Malone as Kelly and Steve Buscemi as Dale Martin. |
Movie review: The Messenger brings pleasure amidst the pain
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Vancouver Sun - Found Feb. 27, 2010 Photograph by: Handout, Files The Messenger Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Steve Buscemi, Eamonn Walker... The man who shot The Messenger - Globe and Mail Angels of death: Oscar-nominated The Messenger explores bad-news job ... - Vancouver Sun MOVIE REVIEWS (Week of Feb. 26) - WestEnder Explore All |
Review: The Messenger
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Montreal Gazette - Found Mar. 6, 2010 Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Steve Buscemi, Eamonn Walker Parents' guide: sexually suggestive scenes, coarse |
Review: The Messenger
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CBC - Found Feb. 25, 2010 ... to his damaged leg and scarred, drippy eye, there are emotional injuries, involving a former girlfriend (Jena Malone), now engaged to marry... Video: ?The Messenger? delivers, Shalit says - MSNBC EXCLUSIVE: Check Out Kat Dennings And Woody Harrelson In These ... - MTV Movie Review: Woody Harrelson's 'Defendor' lacks super powers - Hamilton Spectator Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes With: Woody Harrelson - Huffington Post Explore All |
Jena Malone Biography
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Jena Malone
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| Jena Malone | |
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at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | Jena Malone November 21, 1984 Sparks, Nevada, U.S. |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress and musician. Her film work has been mainly in independent films, and she has acted in theater.
She made her cinema debut with the movie Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), and has appeared in films including Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), Donnie Darko (2001), Saved! (2004), and Into the Wild (2007).
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Early life
Malone was born in Sparks, Nevada,1 and lived in 27 different locations by the age of nine, including Lake Tahoe, California.2 Malone was raised by her mother, Deborah, and her mother's girlfriend, whom she calls "Godmom".3 She began taking an interest in acting after watching her mother, who was involved in community theatre.4 She briefly moved to Las Vegas, hated it, and persuaded her mother to move on to Los Angeles.5 She completed high school early by taking the GED.6
Career
Malone progressed to professional acting with the 1996 film Bastard Out of Carolina.7 She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance8 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries for this role. From there, her roles have grown to include several Hollywood features. In 1997, she was nominated for a Golden Globe, Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie, for her role in Hope. After several years of home schooling, she briefly attended the Professional Children's School in New York.5 In January 2000, Malone won legal emancipation from her mother, to bar maternal interference with her career and earnings; Malone has said that her mother "mismanaged" some of her earnings.9
Malone co-produced the 2002 film American Girl, a drama in which she also acted. She had her first starring role in the 2004 film Saved!. In 2006, she made her professional stage debut in the Broadway production of the Tony Award winning play Doubt.
In 2007, it was announced that she was releasing her first single on The Social Registry, a New York City experimental music label. A number of tracks were posted to her MySpace page,10 Pitchfork Media has described her music as "pretty out-there-- bedroom electronics, spaced-out keyboards, and Malone's spare vocals."11
Malone appeared in the horror film The Ruins, which was released on April 4, 2008 and co-starred Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, and Jonathan Tucker and played Lavinia in an off-Broadway revival of Mourning Becomes Electra in 2009.
See also
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright | |
| Hidden in America | Willa | (TV-Movie) | |
| 1997 | Contact | Young Ellie | |
| Ellen Foster | Ellen Foster | (TV-Movie) | |
| Hope | Lilly Kate Burns | (TV-Movie, Golden Globe Nomination) | |
| 1998 | Stepmom | Anna Harrison | |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Heather Aubrey | |
| The Book of Stars | Mary McGuire | ||
| 2000 | Cheaters | Jolie Fitch | (TV Movie) |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | California Morning 'Lucy' Whipple | (TV-Movie) |
| Donnie Darko | Gretchen Ross | ||
| Life as a House | Alyssa Beck | ||
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Margie Flynn | |
| Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Geli Raubal | ||
| The Badge | Ashley Hardwick | ||
| American Girl | Rena Grubb | (also co-producer) | |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Becky Pollard | |
| Cold Mountain | Ferry Girl | ||
| 2004 | Corn | Emily Rasmussen | (also associate producer) |
| Saved! | Mary | ||
| Howl's Moving Castle | Lettie | (voice) | |
| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Red Berry | |
| Pride and Prejudice | Lydia Bennet | ||
| 2006 | Lying | Grace | |
| Container | The Woman/Speaker (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Four Last Songs | Frankie | |
| The Go-Getter | Joely | ||
| Into the Wild | Carine McCandless | ||
| 2008 | The Ruins | Amy | |
| 2009 | The Messenger | Kelly | |
| The Soloist | Lab Technician | ||
| Five Star Day | Sarah Reynolds | post-production | |
| 2011 | Sucker Punch | Rocket |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Role |
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| 1996 | CableACE Award | Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | Nominated | Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright in Bastard Out of Carolina |
| Independent Spirit Award | Best Debut Performance | Nominated | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Nominated | ||
| Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Movie/Mini-Series - Young Actress | Won | ||
| YoungStar Award | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Made For TV Movie | Nominated | ||
| 1998 | Saturn Award | Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress | Won | Young Ellie in Contact |
| Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Nominated | Lilly Kate Burns in Hope | |
| YoungStar Award | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie | Nominated | ||
| Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Leading Young Actress | Won | Ellen Foster in Ellen Foster | |
| 1999 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award | Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama | Nominated | Anna Harrison in Stepmom |
| Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress | Won | ||
| YoungStar Award | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film | Won | ||
| 2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award | Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama/Romance | Nominated | Heather Aubrey in For Love of the Game |
| Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress | Nominated | ||
| YoungStar Award | Best Young Actress/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama | Nominated | ||
| 2001 | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | Mary McGuire in The Book of Stars |
| 2004 | Sonoma Valley Film Festival | Imagery Honors | Won | -- -- |
| 2005 | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Nominated | Mary in Saved! |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | Carine McCandless in Into the Wild shared with rest of cast |
References
- ^ Jena Malone bio: Into the Wild Actor
- ^ "LA Weekly". Jena at 15. http://www.laweekly.com/2000-06-22/news/jena-at-15/. Retrieved June 17 2006.
- ^ Malone discussed this on a March 2004 appearance on Loveline
- ^ "YM". Meet Pride & Prejudice's Jena Malone. http://www.ym.com/jsp/stars/ontheverge/index.jsp. Retrieved June 17 2006.
- ^ a b "Indexed". Jena Malone, 2003. http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/jena_malone.shtml. Retrieved June 17 2006.
- ^ "Jena Malone: Coming of Age". Jena Malone, 2001. http://www.teenhollywood.com/printerversion.asp?r=5859. Retrieved April 27 2009.
- ^ "About.com". Jena Malone on "Saved!". http://movies.about.com/cs/saved/a/savedjm051704.htm. Retrieved June 17 2006.
- ^ "LA Weekly". A Childhood in Hollywood. http://www.minorcon.org/malone.html. Retrieved June 17 2006.
- ^ "FindArticles". Jena Malone: Emancipated at 15, can she do the same for the movies?. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_2_32/ai_83450567/pg_2. Retrieved June 17 2006.
- ^ Myspace: Jena Malone. URL accessed February 17, 2007.
- ^ Pitchfork Media: "Actress Jena Malone Records Social Registry 7"." Amy Phillips. URL accessed February 17, 2007.
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jena Malone |
- Jena Malone at the Internet Movie Database
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- Jena Malone at MySpace
- Jena Malone at Allmovie
- Jena Malone at Yahoo! Movies

















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