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Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an United
States|American actor|actress.

Malone was born and raised in Lake Tahoe, Nevada,
where she lived until she was 10. 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, California|Los
Angeles. Starting off with music videos and
commercials, she made the jump to feature films
with the 1996 film Bastard Out of Carolina. She
was to win 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.

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 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
(movie)|Vinyl, but had to withdraw due to filming
conflicts, and was replaced by Michelle
Trachtenberg.

In 2004, Malone was Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher after
going on a joy ride in the wrong car with her
Saved! co-star Patrick Fugit. 
 
She is currently studying Photography and living
in Lake Tahoe
 
==Partial Filmography==
*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 (movie)|American Girl (2002)
*The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
*Life as a House (2002)
*Donnie Darko (2001)
*Cheaters (movie)|Cheaters (2000) (TV)
*Stepmom (1998)
*Contact (movie)|Contact (1997)
*Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0540441|name=Jena Malone