Jena Malone

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Emile Hirsch as Francis Doyle and Malone as Margie Flynn in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress.

Contents

1 Biography

1.1 Early life
1.2 Career

2 Selected filmography
3 References

3.1 Footnotes
3.2 External links

Biography

Early life

Malone was born in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and lived in 27 different locations by the age of nine. She began taking an interest in acting after watching her mother, who was involved in community theatre. She briefly moved to Las Vegas, hated it, and persuaded her mother to move on to Los Angeles. Malone made the jump to feature films with the 1996 film Bastard Out of Carolina. She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries for this role.

Career

From there, her roles grew in stature, including several Hollywood features. In 1997, she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie, for her role in Hope. After several years of being homeschooled, 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, barring her from interfering with her career and earnings; Malone has said that her mother "mismanaged" some of her earnings.

Malone was a co-producer for the 2002 film American Girl, a teen comedy which she also acted in. She was due to feature in the film Vinyl, but had to withdraw due to filming conflicts, and was replaced by Michelle Trachtenberg.

Selected filmography

Lying
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) (voice)
Saved! (2004)
Cold Mountain (2003)
The United States of Leland (2003)
American Girl (2002)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Corn (2002) - actress and associate producer
Life as a House (2002)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Cheaters (2000) (TV)
Stepmom (1998)
Contact (1997)
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

References

Footnotes

External links

[] at TV.com

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