Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress and musician. She has acted in theater, and her film work has been mainly in independent films. She made her cinema debut with the movie Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), and has appeared in films including Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), Donnie Darko (2001), Saved! (2004), Into the Wild (2007), and Sucker Punch (2011).