Jodelle Micah Ferland (born October 9, 1994) is a
Canadian
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actress. She debuted as a
child actress
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at the age of four in the
television film
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''Mermaid'' (2000) for which she won a
Young Artist Award
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and received a
Daytime Emmy Award
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nomination, making her the youngest nominee in Emmy history. Her career progressed with roles in the television film
''Carrie'' (2002), the
horror film
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Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
s ''
They
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Morphology
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* ''they'': the nominative (subjective) form
* ''them'': the accusat ...
'' (2002),
''Tideland'' (2005),
''Silent Hill'' (2006) and ''
Case 39
''Case 39'' is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed by Christian Alvart, and starring Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane.
Plot
Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) is a social worker living in Oregon who i ...
'' (2009), and the
comedy film
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''
Good Luck Chuck
''Good Luck Chuck'' is a 2007 comedy film starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba, with screenplay by Josh Stolberg and directorial debut by long-time film editor Mark Helfrich. In the film, women find their "one true love" after having sex with a d ...
'' (2007). She also led the television series ''
Kingdom Hospital
''Kingdom Hospital'' (sometimes known as ''Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital'') is a thirteen-episode television series based on Lars von Trier's '' The Kingdom'' ( Danish title: ''Riget''), developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for Amer ...
'' (2004).
From the 2010s, Ferland had roles in the
romantic fantasy
Romantic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction, describing a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the chivalric romance genre.
One of the key features of romantic fantasy involves the focus on relationships, social, ...
film ''
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' (2010) and the horror films ''
The Cabin in the Woods
''The Cabin in the Woods'' is a 2011 science fiction horror comedy film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut, produced by Joss Whedon, and written by Whedon and Goddard. It stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, ...
'' (2011) and
''The Tall Man'' (2012). She has also starred in the television series
''Dark Matter'' (2015–2017), which earned her a
Saturn Award
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nomination.
Early life
Ferland was born in
Nanaimo
Nanaimo ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. As of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, it had a population of 99,863, and it is known as "The Harbour City." The city was previously known as the "H ...
,
British Columbia
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, Canada, the daughter of Valerie and Marc Ferland.
Career
2000–2010
Ferland started her career in commercials at the age of two, and made her acting debut at age four in the
television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
''
Mermaid
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Mermaids are sometimes asso ...
''. For her performance, she received a
Daytime Emmy Award
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nomination, making her the youngest nominee of the award. She made guest appearances in several television series, including ''
Stargate Atlantis
''Stargate Atlantis'' (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated ''SGA'') is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's ''Stargate'' franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Coop ...
'', ''
Dark Angel'', ''
Stargate SG-1
''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show, created by Brad Wrigh ...
'', ''
Smallville
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'' and ''
Supernatural
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'', and appeared in films including ''
They
In Modern English, ''they'' is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject.
Morphology
In Standard Modern English, ''they'' has five distinct word forms:
* ''they'': the nominative (subjective) form
* ''them'': the accusat ...
'' and ''Trapped''.
In 2005, she starred in the
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including '' Time Bandits'' (1981), '' ...
drama ''
Tideland'', for which she received a
Genie Award
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nomination in the
Best Actress
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category. Later, she appeared in the 2006 film ''
Silent Hill
is a horror anthology media franchise centered on a series of survival horror games created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami. The first four video games in the series, '' Silent Hill'', ''Silent Hill 2'', ''Silent Hill 3'' and '' ...
'', an adaptation of the well-known
video game
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, and had a supporting role in ''
Good Luck Chuck
''Good Luck Chuck'' is a 2007 comedy film starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba, with screenplay by Josh Stolberg and directorial debut by long-time film editor Mark Helfrich. In the film, women find their "one true love" after having sex with a d ...
'' for
Lions Gate Entertainment. In 2006, she was cast opposite
Renée Zellweger
Renée Kathleen Zellweger (; born April 25, 1969) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, she was one of the world's highest-paid ...
in the horror movie ''
Case 39
''Case 39'' is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed by Christian Alvart, and starring Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane.
Plot
Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) is a social worker living in Oregon who i ...
'' as Lillith Sullivan, which was released in 2009; production was delayed after a fire destroyed the film set in October 2006.
![Jodelle Ferland 2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Jodelle_Ferland_2011.jpg)
In 2010, Ferland played
Bree Tanner in the romantic fantasy film ''
Eclipse'', the third film of the
''Twilight'' series. "Usually I read the script before I take a role, but I haven't read this one," she explained. "It's ''
Twilight
Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this il ...
''; of course, I'm going to take it." From 2010 to 2011, she provided voice work for the videogame ''
BioShock 2'' and its downloadable content, appeared in the SyFy movie ''Ice Quake'', and starred in the
Lifetime television movie ''
Girl Fight''.
2011–present
In 2012, Ferland appeared in the drama ''
Mighty Fine
''Mighty Fine'' is a 2012 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Debbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld, starring Chazz Palminteri, Andie MacDowell, Jodelle Ferland, and Rainey Qualley. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United St ...
'', the horror film ''
The Tall Man'',
Joss Whedon's ''
The Cabin in the Woods
''The Cabin in the Woods'' is a 2011 science fiction horror comedy film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut, produced by Joss Whedon, and written by Whedon and Goddard. It stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, ...
'', and had her first starring role in a comedy, in ''
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist''. For ''The Cabin in the Woods'', filming took place in 2009. She also had a leading voice role in the stop-motion animated film ''
ParaNorman
''ParaNorman'' is a 2012 American stop-motion animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler (the latter's feature directorial debut), and written by Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, J ...
'', which earned an
Academy Award
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nomination.
From 2013 to 2014, she starred in the family film ''Midnight Stallion'', the short film ''Monster'', and the crime drama film ''A Warden's Ransom''. In 2015, she starred in the short film ''The Goodbye Girl'' and the horror film ''The Unspoken'', which premiered at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival on October 24. In 2016 she appeared in the Lifetime television movie ''My Daughter's Disgrace'', and provided the narration for the audio book ''Wonder Women'', written by Sam Maggs.
From 2015 to 2017, Ferland starred as Five in the SyFy series ''
Dark Matter
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'', based on the
comic book series of the same name. On the role, she stated "On my latest show ''Dark Matter'' people teased me because I was the youngest in the cast but I had been acting the longest.’ She received a nomination for the
in 2016. In 2017, she appeared in the comedy ''Bigger Fatter Liar'', the sequel to
the 2002 movie and the horror film ''Neverknock''.
In 2018, she appeared in an episode of ''
Frankie Drake Mysteries
''Frankie Drake Mysteries'' is a Canadian drama that ran on CBC from November 6, 2017 to March 8, 2021. The series starred Lauren Lee Smith and Chantel Riley as Frankie Drake and her partner Trudy who ran an all female private detective servic ...
''. The same year, Ferland starred as Olive in the digital series ''Darken: Before the Dark'', a prequel to the film ''
Darken''. She is set to appear in the short film ''Women Seen'' directed by
Amanda Tapping
Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' ''Stargate Atlantis,'' an ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Audiobooks
* ''Wonder Women'' (2016) by Sam Maggs, as Narrator
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
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1994 births
Actresses from British Columbia
Canadian child actresses
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian voice actresses
Audiobook narrators
Living people
People from Nanaimo
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses