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Jena Malone

Biography

Jena Malone is an up-and-coming actress who has numerous accomplishments despite her young years. She has grown into being a substantial presence in the movie industry. Jena Malone was born in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and was raised by her mother, Deborah, and her mother's partner. Beginning as a child actress, and then stepping up to roles as a young adult, Malone's career path has been compared to that of Jodie Foster, herself a former child actress and who has co-starred with Malone in two movies. Jena is often described as having a maturity beyond her years and, in her career thus far, she has often tackled roles that are difficult and are not standard fare for actors her age. Malone's first claim to fame was in performing the title role in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) for which she won the Young Artist Award, and which she filmed when she was merely ten years old.

41years old

Turns 42 on November 21in 40 days

  • Born Sparks
  • Star sign: ScorpioLast day of the sign, on the Sagittarius cusp
  • Jena Laine Malone (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
42
Career span
28 years1996 to 2024

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  1. First role

    Malone's Broadway stage debut came in 2006, when she played Sister James in a production of Doubt, a play that won a Tony Award.

  2. Beyond film

    In 2008 Malone started the musical project The Shoe, in which she plays a set of electronic instruments kept inside a steamer trunk. That same year she began giving impromptu live shows on street corners.

  3. Beyond film

    On Foster the People's third album, Sacred Hearts Club, which came out on July 21, 2017, Malone shares writing credit and sings on the track "Static Space Lover."

  4. Beyond film

    In 2007, Malone put out her first single under the name Jena Malone and the Bloodstains. The Social Registry, an experimental music label based in New York City, released it.

Jena Malone movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Donnie Darko2001 Drama, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Gretchen Ross

    IMDb rating 8.0920K votes

  2. Into the Wild2007 Adventure, Biography, Dramaas Carine McCandless / Additional Narrator

    IMDb rating 8.0700K votes

  3. Sucker Punch2011as Rocket

    IMDb rating 6.1263K votes

  4. Pride & Prejudice2005as Lydia Bennet

    IMDb rating 7.8383K votes

  5. The Ruins2008as Amy

    IMDb rating 5.992K votes

  6. The Neon Demon2016as Ruby

    IMDb rating 6.1112K votes

  7. Saved!2004as Mary

    IMDb rating 6.752K votes

  8. Stepmom1998as Anna Harrison

    IMDb rating 6.881K votes

Most often with

Francis Lawrence directed two of these films, Joe Wright two and Zack Snyder two. Donald Sutherland appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Jena Malone's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.4 billion

28 of the 42 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 42 films: 28 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 7 figure not found.

  • 28Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 7Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $755M31.4% of the total
  2. 2
    $653M27.2% of the total
  3. 3
    Cold Mountain2003as Ferry Girl
    $173M7.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Contact1997as Young Ellie
    $171M7.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Stepmom1998as Anna Harrison
    $160M6.6% of the total
  6. 6
    Pride & Prejudice2005as Lydia Bennet
    $125M5.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Sucker Punch2011as Rocket
    $90M3.7% of the total
  8. 8
    Into the Wild2007as Carine McCandless / Additional Narrator
    $56M2.3% of the total
For Love of the Game (1999), $46.1 millionHorizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024), $38.7 millionThe Soloist (2009), $38.3 millionLife as a House (2001), $23.9 millionThe Ruins (2008), $22.8 millionInherent Vice (2014), $14.8 millionSaved! (2004), $10.1 millionDonnie Darko (2001), $7.5 millionAntebellum (2020), $7.1 millionThe Neon Demon (2016), $3.4 millionThe Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), $2.0 millionThe Messenger (2009), $1.6 millionConsecration (2023), $1.5 millionThe Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005), $712,294The Public (2018), $694,750The United States of Leland (2003), $343,847

$220 millionfrom the other 20 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total