Jena Malone — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician, and photographer. She made her film debut in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and has appeared in films including Ellen Foster (1997), Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), For Love of the Game (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), Life as a House (2001), Saved! (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Into the Wild (2007), The Ruins (2008), Sucker Punch (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2013–15), The Neon Demon (2016), Nocturnal Animals (2016), and Antebellum (2020).

Malone is also an indie pop musician who has released music both under her own name (as "Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains") and as one-half of the duo The Shoe.

Filmography

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Interesting facts

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In 2006, she made her Broadway debut in the play "Doubt."
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Since 2002, she has been studying photography at College of Northern California.
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Jena has a half-sister, Madison.
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In 1999, Jena sued her own mother. Malone accused her of mismanaging her own income. In 2000, the court ruled that Jena's mother has no right to interfere in her daughter's financial affairs.
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In late May 2016, Jena Malone gave birth to a son with her partner Ethan DeLorenzo, whom they named Ode Mountain DeLorenzo-Malone.
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Jena is the leader of the musical group The Shoe, whose first album, "I'm Okay," was released in June 2014.