Jena Malone

Jena Malone

Infobox actor


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birthplace = Sparks, Nevada, U.S.A.
yearsactive = 1996 — present
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Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, primarily in independent films. She is also a musician. She made her screen debut with the movie "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1996), and has appeared in films including "Stepmom" (1998), "Donnie Darko" (2001), "Saved!" (2004), and "Into the Wild" (2007).

Biography

Early life

Malone was born in Sparks, Nevada, [ [http://www.tribute.ca/people/Jena+Malone/3064/14417 Jena Malone bio: Into the Wild Actor ] ] and lived in 27 different locations by the age of nine, including Lake Tahoe, California.cite web | title=LA Weekly | work=Jena at 15 | url=http://www.laweekly.com/2000-06-22/news/jena-at-15/ | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006] Malone was raised by her mother, Deborah, and her mother's girlfriend, whom she calls "Godmom". [Malone discussed this on a March 2004 appearance on "Loveline"] She began taking an interest in acting after watching her mother, who was involved in community theatre.cite web | title=YM | work=Meet Pride & Prejudice's Jena Malone | url=http://www.ym.com/jsp/stars/ontheverge/index.jsp | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006] She briefly moved to Las Vegas, hated it, and persuaded her mother to move on to Los Angeles.cite web | title=Indexed | work=Jena Malone, 2003 | url=http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/jena_malone.shtml | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006]

Career

Malone made the jump to professional acting with the 1996 film "Bastard Out of Carolina".cite web | title=About.com | work=Jena Malone on "Saved!" | url=http://movies.about.com/cs/saved/a/savedjm051704.htm | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006] She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performancecite web | title=LA Weekly | work=A Childhood in Hollywood | url=http://www.minorcon.org/malone.html | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006] 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, but did not last long. 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.cite web | title=FindArticles | work=Jena Malone: Emancipated at 15, can she do the same for the movies? | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_2_32/ai_83450567/pg_2 | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006]

Malone co-produced the 2002 film "American Girl", a drama in which she also acted. She was due to feature in the film "Vinyl",cite web | title=MTV.com | work=Jena Malone: Diss Belief? | url=http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/m/malone_saved_052004/ | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006] but had to withdraw due to filming conflicts, and was replaced by Michelle Trachtenberg.cite web | title=Dark Horizons.com | work=News Bites: Monday, June 7th 2004 | url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040607e.php | accessmonthday=June 17 | accessyear=2006] 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 Social Registry, a New York City experimental music label. A number of tracks were posted to her MySpace page, [Myspace: [http://www.myspace.com/ofwildanimals Jena Malone] . URL accessed 17 February 2007.] and the first single, a 7" vinyl record featuring two tracks, is scheduled for release in 2007. Pitchfork Media has described her music as "pretty out-there-- bedroom electronics, spaced-out keyboards, and Malone's spare vocals." [Pitchfork Media: " [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41227/Actress_Jena_Malone_Records_Social_Registry_7 Actress Jena Malone Records Social Registry 7"] ." Amy Phillips. URL accessed 17 February 2007.]

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.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

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* [http://www.myspace.com/ofwildanimals Jena Malone] at MySpace


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