# Jena Malone on screen and stage

Jena Malone is an American actress who has appeared in over 40 feature films since beginning her career as a child actor in 1996. She gained critical acclaim for her film debut in Anjelica Huston's Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), followed by supporting parts in major studio films such as Contact with Jodie Foster (1997) and Stepmom with Julia Roberts (1998). She subsequently had roles in the cult film Donnie Darko, and the drama Life as a House (both 2001), before having starring roles in the independent American Girl (2002), the dark comedy Saved! (2004), and the drama The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005).
She co-starred as Lydia Bennet in the 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice before making her Broadway theater debut as Sister James in Doubt, in 2006. Subsequent film roles include supporting parts in the arthouse drama Lying, the biographical drama Into the Wild (2007), and the supernatural horror film The Ruins (2008). In 2011, she appeared in the action film Sucker Punch before being cast as Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games film series, appearing in a total of three films between 2013 and 2015. She also had roles in Nicolas Winding Refn's controversial horror film The Neon Demon, and Tom Ford's thriller Nocturnal Animals (both 2016). In 2021, she starred in Adopting Audrey.

## Film

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright | |
| 1997 | Contact | Young Ellie Arroway | |
| 1998 | Stepmom | Anna Harrison | |
| 1999 | The Book of Stars | Mary McGuire | |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Heather Aubrey | |
| 2000 | Cheaters | Jolie Fitch | |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Gretchen Ross | |
| 2001 | Life as a House | Alyssa Beck | |
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Margie Flynn | |
| 2002 | The Badge | Ashley Hardwick | |
| 2002 | American Girl | Rena Grubb | Also co-producer |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Becky Pollard | |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Ferry Girl | |
| 2004 | Saved! | Mary Cummings | |
| 2004 | Corn | Emily Rasmussen | |
| 2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Lettie (voice) | English dub |
| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Red Berry | |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Lydia Bennet | |
| 2006 | Container | The Woman / Speaker (voices) | |
| 2006 | Lying | Grace | |
| 2007 | Four Last Songs | Frankie | |
| 2007 | The Go-Getter | Joely | |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Carine McCandless / Additional Narrator | |
| 2008 | The Ruins | Amy | |
| 2009 | The Messenger | Kelly | |
| 2009 | The Soloist | Cheery Lab Tech | |
| 2010 | Five Star Day | Sarah Reynolds | |
| 2011 | Sucker Punch | Rocket | |
| 2012 | For Ellen | Susan | |
| 2012 | In Our Nature | Andie | |
| 2013 | Center Jenny | Nark Vision1 | Short film |
| 2013 | The Painted Lady | The Painted Lady | Short film |
| 2013 | Teenage | American Girl (voice) | Documentary |
| 2013 | The Wait | Angela | |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Johanna Mason | |
| 2014 | 10 Cent Pistol | Danneel | |
| 2014 | Time Out of Mind | Maggie Hammond | |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice | Hope Harlingen | |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Johanna Mason | Cameo |
| 2015 | Angelica | Constance | |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | Johanna Mason | |
| 2016 | Lovesong | Mindy | |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Jenet Klyburn | Ultimate Edition only |
| 2016 | The Neon Demon | Ruby | |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Sage Ross | |
| 2017 | Bottom of the World | Scarlett | |
| 2018 | The Public | Myra | |
| 2020 | Lorelei | Dolores | Also executive producer |
| 2020 | Antebellum | Elizabeth Denton | |
| 2020 | Stardust | Angie Bowie | |
| 2021 | Adopting Audrey | Audrey | |
| 2022 | Swallowed | Alice | |
| 2023 | Consecration | Grace | |
| 2023 | Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire | Harmada | |
| 2024 | Little Death | Jessica | |
| 2024 | Love Lies Bleeding | Bethany "Beth" Langston | |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 | Ellen Harvey/Lucy | |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 | Ellen Harvey/Lucy | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Hidden in America | Willa Januson | Television film |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | Stacy Morissey | Episode: "Sweet Surrender" |
| 1996 | Roseanne | Little Girl | Episode: "Home for the Holidays" |
| 1997 | Hope | Lilly Kate Burns | Television film |
| 1997 | Ellen Foster | Ellen Foster | Television film |
| 1998 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Debbie Straub | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Touched by an Angel | Casey | Episode: "Hearts" |
| 2000 | Cheaters | Jolie Fitch | Television film |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | California Morning "Lucy" Whipple | Television film |
| 2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Geli Raubal | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Michelle Landon | Episode: "Lost Boys" |
| 2011 | Robot Chicken | Boy George / Singer (voices) | Episode: "Beastmaster and Commander" |
| 2012 | Hatfields & McCoys | Nancy McCoy | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Dakota | Dakota | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Too Old To Die Young | Diana | 6 episodes |
| 2021 | Goliath | Samantha Margolis | 8 episodes |
| TBA | Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas | Zeta (voice) | Upcoming series |

## Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist | Director | Role |
| 1995 | "Childhood" | Michael Jackson | Nick Brandt | actress |
| 2010 | "Berkeley Girl" | Harper Simon | Benjamin Kutsko | actress |
| 2011 | "I Think Bad Thoughts" | Danko Jones | Diamond Brothers | actress |
| 2011 | "Electric Love" | Dirty Vegas | James Gooding | actress |
| 2011 | "Time" | Sky White Tiger | Frank G. DeMarco | actress |
| 2012 | "True Vulture" | Death Grips | Galen Pehrson | voices, additional sound design |
| 2013 | "I Don't Recall" | Lavender Diamond | Jena Malone | director |
| 2014 | "Harlem River" | Kevin Morby | Adarsha Benjamin | actress |
| 2014 | "Dead Rabbit Hopes" | The Shoe | Alia Penner | singer, actress |
| 2014 | "Broken Hearted Love Song" | The Shoe | Benjamin Kutsko | singer, actress |
| 2014 | "His Gorgeousness" | The Shoe | Aliya Naumoff | singer, actress |
| 2014 | "Encino" | Henry Wolfe | Benjamin Kutsko | actress |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Doubt | Sister James | Broadway |
| 2009 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Lavinia Mannon | Off-Broadway |