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).

Malone in 2013

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	Ref.
1996	Bastard Out of Carolina	Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright		[1]
1997	Contact	Young Ellie Arroway		[2]
1998	Stepmom	Anna Harrison		[2]
1999	The Book of Stars	Mary McGuire		[3]
	For Love of the Game	Heather Aubrey		[3]
2000	Cheaters	Jolie Fitch		[3]
2001	Donnie Darko	Gretchen Ross		[4]
	Life as a House	Alyssa Beck		[5]
2002	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Margie Flynn		[3]
	The Badge	Ashley Hardwick		[3]
	American Girl	Rena Grubb	Also co-producer	[6]
2003	The United States of Leland	Becky Pollard		[3]
	Cold Mountain	Ferry Girl		[3]
2004	Saved!	Mary Cummings		[6]
	Corn	Emily Rasmussen		[7]
	Howl's Moving Castle	Lettie (voice)	English dub	[8]
2005	The Ballad of Jack and Rose	Red Berry		[9]
	Pride & Prejudice	Lydia Bennet		[10]
2006	Container	The Woman / Speaker (voices)		[3]
	Lying	Grace		[11]
2007	Four Last Songs	Frankie		[3]
	The Go-Getter	Joely		[12]
	Into the Wild	Carine McCandless / Additional Narrator		[13]
2008	The Ruins	Amy		[14]
2009	The Messenger	Kelly		[3]
	The Soloist	Cheery Lab Tech		[3]
2010	Five Star Day	Sarah Reynolds		[3]
2011	Sucker Punch	Rocket		[6]
2012	For Ellen	Susan		[15]
	In Our Nature	Andie		[16]
2013	Center Jenny	Nark Vision1	Short film	[17]
	The Painted Lady	The Painted Lady	Short film	[18]
	Teenage	American Girl (voice)	Documentary	[3]
	The Wait	Angela		[19]
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Johanna Mason		[3]
2014	10 Cent Pistol	Danneel		[3]
	Time Out of Mind	Maggie Hammond		[3]
	Inherent Vice	Hope Harlingen		[20]
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Johanna Mason	Cameo	[3]
2015	Angelica	Constance		[3]
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	Johanna Mason		[3]
2016	Lovesong	Mindy		[3]
	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Jenet Klyburn	Ultimate Edition only	[21]
	The Neon Demon	Ruby		[22]
	Nocturnal Animals	Sage Ross		[3]
2017	Bottom of the World	Scarlett		[23]
2018	The Public	Myra		[3]
2020	Lorelei	Dolores	Also executive producer	[24]
	Antebellum	Elizabeth Denton		[25]
	Stardust	Angie Bowie		[26]
2021	Adopting Audrey	Audrey
2022	Swallowed	Alice		[27]
2023	Consecration	Grace		[28]
	Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire	Harmada		[29]
2024	Little Death	Jessica		[30]
	Love Lies Bleeding	Bethany "Beth" Langston		[31]
	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1	Ellen Harvey/Lucy		[32]
	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2	Ellen Harvey/Lucy		[33]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	Hidden in America	Willa Januson	Television film	[34]
	Chicago Hope	Stacy Morissey	Episode: "Sweet Surrender"	[34]
	Roseanne	Little Girl	Episode: "Home for the Holidays"	[34]
1997	Hope	Lilly Kate Burns	Television film	[3]
	Ellen Foster	Ellen Foster	Television film	[3]
1998	Homicide: Life on the Street	Debbie Straub	2 episodes	[34]
1999	Touched by an Angel	Casey	Episode: "Hearts"	[34]
2000	Cheaters	Jolie Fitch	Television film	[3]
2001	The Ballad of Lucy Whipple	California Morning "Lucy" Whipple	Television film	[3]
2003	Hitler: The Rise of Evil	Geli Raubal	2 episodes	[3]
2008	Law & Order	Michelle Landon	Episode: "Lost Boys"	[34]
2011	Robot Chicken	Boy George / Singer (voices)	Episode: "Beastmaster and Commander"
2012	Hatfields & McCoys	Nancy McCoy	3 episodes	[6]
	Dakota	Dakota	3 episodes	[34]
2019	Too Old To Die Young	Diana	6 episodes	[34]
2021	Goliath	Samantha Margolis	8 episodes	[35]
TBA	Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas	Zeta (voice)	Upcoming series	[36]

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