Jena Malone

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
11/21/1984
Birthplace:
Sparks, Nevada
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biography
This rising young child actress made a big splash on the big screen in 1997 playing Jodie Foster's character as a young girl in "Contact". Jena Malone had already garnered raves and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her debut performance in Anjelica Huston's gritty adaptation of "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1996). Originally filmed for TNT, the network's owner Ted Turner deemed the film too violent for showing. Eventually Showtime purchased the film and aired it to great applause. Malone demonstrated a veteran's aplomb in the difficult central role of a young girl who is subjected to Continued
Credits
Joely
2008
Amy
2008
Carine McCandless
2007
Lydia Bennet
2005
Mary
2004
Becky Pollard
2004
Ferry Girl
2003
Alyssa Beck
2001
Gretchen Ross
2001
Heather
1999
Mary
1999
Anna Harrison
1998
Frankie
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milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised primarily in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
1995 
Moved with mother to Los Angeles
 
Appeared in Michael Jackson's music video "Childhood"
1996 
Made screen debut in Anjelica Huston's "Bastard Out of Carolina" (Showtime); nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance
1996 
Cast as Beau Bridges' daughter in the Showtime movie "Hidden in America"
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