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Jena Malone
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Jena Malone has been acting in various film, television and theatrical productions since she was ten years old ( including Donnie Darko, Saved! and Pride and Prejudice.) She has strived to only work on projects that speak to her personally and truthfully, even though they're not always the easiest stories to tell. Now at the age of 22 she is taking her storytelling to the next level, singing and making music as she describes is "Something I can't control, as if I have discovered all these women who live in my mouth and I can't help but want to understand who they are and help them tell their story." Although she never grew up with any formal music training, she has been singing, writing and producing her own music for a little over a year now. She cites some of her influences as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Neil Young, Daniel Johnston and Townes Van Zant. Later this year, Malone will release two tracks as part of a new Social Registry 7" series.
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Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress. Biography Early life Malone was born in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and lived in 27 different locations by the age of nine. Malone was raised by mother and her mothers lover, who Jena calls her "Godmom". Malone discussed this on a March 2004 appearance on Loveline. 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.
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Much of what you’ve heard about Jena Malone is super five minutes ago. Yes, she was raised in and out of trailer parks by her mother and her mother’s girlfriend. Yep, she then emancipated herself from moms and barely started high school before never going back. Sure, she was in the infamous Donnie Darko. Absolutely, she killed her role in Saved. And, she made out with Hayden Christensen onscreen in Life as a House and you didn’t.
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A daughter of an actress mother, Jena Malone began taking an interest in acting after watching her mother performing in a community theatre. 10-year-old Jena then persuaded her mother to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. The next year, Jena landed a guest spot on an episode of the hospital drama “Chicago Hope” and followed it up with a TV movie work in Showtime’s "Hidden in America," costarring as Beau Bridges' daughter.
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Raised by a single mother on welfare, Jena Malone was raised in poverty, and her family moved often. By the time she was nine, Malone says, she and her mother had lived in 27 places. Malone's mother was active in community theater, and young Jena was drawn to the stage. Her mother moved to Las Vegas, where within a few months a roommate was busted for drug possession. Malone says she initiated a heart-to-heart talk with her mother, suggesting that they move to Los Angeles, where Jena might be able to find paid work as an actress. They packed and moved, and young Malone quickly landed her first professional role as a leukemia victim on Chicago Hope.
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Jena Malone was born to 22-year-old single mother, Debbie Malone, in Sparks, Nevada. The two moved to Lake Tahoe shortly afterward. Money was scarce. Debbie was often on welfare and they frequently had to move to escape bad roommates or bad debts. They lived in trailer parks, with friends, with relatives, and sometimes, in their car. Despite all that, Jena loved Lake Tahoe and enjoyed playing in the forest and climbing trees.
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