Jena Malone

Malone began performing as a child and made her screen breakthrough in the mid-1990s, playing Bone Boatwright in the television adaptation of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, directed by Anjelica Huston. The role brought her critical notice for a young actress. She went on to play the young Ellie Arroway in Contact (1997) and appeared opposite Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon in Stepmom (1998), building a reputation for serious, emotionally demanding parts.

During the 2000s Malone became a fixture of independent film and cult cinema. She played Gretchen Ross in Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (2001), a psychological drama that found a devoted following, and took the lead as a devout teenager in the satire Saved! (2004). She was Lydia Bennet in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Carine McCandless in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007), moving between period comedy and rugged true-life drama.

Malone's profile widened when she played Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games franchise, starting with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and continuing in Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 (2015). She also appeared in Sucker Punch (2011), The Neon Demon and Nocturnal Animals (both 2016), and later in Love Lies Bleeding (2024). In addition to acting, Malone has recorded and performed music with her band the Shoe and has worked as a photographer.

Jena Malone was born on November 21, 1984 in Sparks, Nevada, United States. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), November 21, 1984 corresponds to the Queen of Hearts, making the Queen of Hearts her Birth Card.

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