Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984 in Sparks, Nevada) is an American actress and musician from Sparks, Nevada.
She's best known as Rocket in Sucker Punch, Johanna Mason in the Hunger Games films, and Gretchen Ross in Donnie Darko.
She appeared in:
- Chicago Hope as Stacy Morrissey
- Contact as young Ellie Arroway
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Debbie Straub
- Stepmom as Anna Harrison
- Touched by an Angel as Casey
- Life as a House as Alyssa
- Donnie Darko as Gretchen Ross
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys as Margie Flynn
- Cold Mountain as the Ferry Girl
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Geli Raubal
- Saved! as Mary Cummings
- Howl's Moving Castle as Lettie (English dub)
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Lydia Bennet
- Into the Wild as Carine McCandless
- Doubt as Sister James
- The Ruins as Amy
- Law & Order as Michelle Landon
- The Messenger (2009) as Kelly
- The Soloist as "Cheery Lab Tech"
- Sucker Punch as Rocket
- Robot Chicken as Boy George
- Hatfields & McCoys as Nancy McCoy
- The Hunger Games as Johanna Mason
- Inherent Vice as Hope Harlingen
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) as Jenet Klyburn
- The Neon Demon as Ruby
- Antebellum as Elizabeth
- Rebel Moon as Harmada
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Horizon: An American Saga
Tropes
- Career Resurrection: Her performance in Catching Fire provided a major boost for her career.
- Dawson Casting: Averted in Donnie Darko where she was seventeen, the same age as Gretchen. But in Pride & Prejudice (2005) she was twenty playing Lydia at fifteen. Sucker Punch is borderline, as Rocket's age isn't stated but she's implied to be a teenager.
- Deleted Role: She had a role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but all her scenes were cut from the theatrical release. They were restored in the extended version.
- Fake Brit: Plays Lydia in Joe Wright's version of Pride & Prejudice (2005).
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Her characters are often this.
- Older Than They Look: She's in her thirties but still looks quite young.
- Production Posse: She's worked with Joe Wright, Zack Snyder and Nicholas Winding Refn on multiple occasions.
- She Also Did: Studied photography and co-produced American Girl. She's also expressed an interest in directing.
- Typecasting: Usually portrays teenage girls in problems or from dysfunctional families.
- What Could Have Been: A few instances.
- Turned down auditioning for Air Force One.
- Was originally set to play Emily in Havoc, but was replaced by Bijou Phillips.
- Auditioned for a role in 127 Hours.
