Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician, and photographer. She made her film debut in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and has appeared in films including Ellen Foster (1997), Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), For Love of the Game (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), Life as a House (2001), Saved! (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Into the Wild (2007), The Ruins (2008), Sucker Punch (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2013–15), The Neon Demon (2016), Nocturnal Animals (2016), and Antebellum (2020).
Malone is also an indie pop musician who has released music both under her own name (as "Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains") and as one-half of the duo The Shoe.
From Sparks, Nevada, USA
2.16
Popularity76
Credits6.7
Rating60.8M
Budget187M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 One Battle After Another as Greeting Code (voice)
2025 The Movers
2025 Heroic Dose as Jena
2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 as "Ellen" Harvey
2024 Love Lies Bleeding as Beth
2024 Little Death as Jessica Klein
2023 Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire as Harmada
2023 Consecration as Grace
2022 Adopting Audrey as Audrey Executive Producer
2022 Swallowed as Alice
2020 Stardust as Angie Bowie
2020 Lorelei as Dolores Executive Producer
2020 Antebellum as Elizabeth
2019 The Public as Myra
2017 Angelica as Constance
2017 Bottom of the World as Scarlett
2017 Lovesong as Mindy
2016 Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' as Self (archive footage)
2016 Nocturnal Animals as Sage Ross
2016 The Caged Pillows as Ediza
2016 The Neon Demon as Ruby
2016 Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 as Self (Johanna Mason)
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Johanna Mason
2015 The Rusted as Karen
2015 Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman as Self
2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self (Johanna Mason)
2014 Inherent Vice as Hope Harlingen
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Johanna Mason
2014 Memory 2.0 as Sophie
2014 Time Out of Mind as Maggie
2014 10 Cent Pistol as Danneel
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Johanna Mason
2013 Center Jenny as Nark Vision1
2013 Teenage as American Girl (voice)
2013 The Wait as Angela
2012 In Our Nature as Andie
2012 The Painted Lady as Painted Lady
2012 Dakota as Dakota
2012 For Ellen as Susan
2011 Their Houses
2011 Sucker Punch as Rocket
2011 David Goldberg as Vida
2010 Five Star Day as Sarah Reynolds
2010 Rachel as Rachel
2010 Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize as Gretchen Ross (archive footage)
2009 The Messenger as Kelly
2009 The Soloist as Cheery Lab Tech
2008 The Ruins as Amy
2008 Lying as Grace
2007 Into the Wild as Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
2007 The Go-Getter as Jeoly
2007 Four Last Songs as Frankie
2006 Container as The Woman / Speaker (voice)
2005 Pride & Prejudice as Lydia Bennet
2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose as Red Berry
2004 Donnie Darko: Production Diary as Self
2004 Corn as Emily Rasmussen Associate Producer
2004 Saved! as Mary Cummings
2004 Break Up as Girl
2003 Cold Mountain as Ferry Girl
2003 The United States of Leland as Becky Pollard
2002 The Badge as Ashley Hardwick
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys as Margie Flynn
2002 American Girl as Rena Grubb Co-Producer
2001 Life as a House as Alyssa Beck
2001 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as California Morning "Lucy" Whipple
2001 Donnie Darko as Gretchen Ross
2000 Cheaters as Jolie Fitch
1999 For Love of the Game as Heather
1999 The Book of Stars as Mary McGuire
1998 Stepmom as Anna Harrison
1998 Ellen Foster as Ellen Foster
1997 Hope as Lilly Kate Burns
1997 Contact as Young Ellie
1996 Bastard Out of Carolina as Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright
1996 Hidden in America as Willa