Jena Malone

Malone is, in my book, a reliably interesting actress who never coasts on charm. The origin story is great: a kid in Sparks, Nevada who talked her own mother into moving to Los Angeles so she could act. That early agency shows in her choices—she's gravitated toward shaded, prickly, off-center roles rather than the obvious ingenue lane. I respect a child performer who matured into a character actor's sensibility, then extended it into music and producing. She tends to deepen whatever ensemble she joins. My take: an undersung specialist in texture, the kind of presence that makes a scene quietly truer.

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Name (English)

Jena Malone

Name (Japanese)

ジェナ・マローン

Reading

じぇな・まろーん

Born

November 21, 1984 (age 41)

Origin

Sparks, Nevada, United States

Height

165 cm

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor / film producer / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena%20Malone
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233368

Tags

• Nevada
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.