Jodelle Ferland

Jodelle Ferland
Ferland at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con
Born	Jodelle Micah Ferland (1994-10-09) October 9, 1994 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Jodelle Micah Ferland^[1] (born October 9, 1994^[1]) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her portrayals of Mary Jensen in the 2004 ABC television series Kingdom Hospital, Sharon/Alessa in the 2006 horror film Silent Hill, Bree Tanner in the 2010 film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and Five in the 2015 Syfy television series Dark Matter.

Life and career

Ferland was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia,^[1] the daughter of Valerie and Marc Ferland.^[2] Her siblings are actress Marisha Ferland and musician Jeremy Ferland.^[2]

Ferland started her career in commercials at the age of two. She made her movie debut at age 4 in the TV-movie Mermaid, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee in Emmy history. She has since made guest appearances in several televisions series, including Stargate Atlantis, Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, Smallville and Supernatural, and has appeared in films including They and Trapped. In 2005, she starred in the Terry Gilliam drama Tideland, for which she received a Genie Award nomination in the Best Actress category. Later, she appeared in the 2006 film Silent Hill, an adaptation of the well-known video game, and had a supporting role in Good Luck Chuck for Lions Gate Entertainment. In 2007, she filmed the movie Case 39 opposite Renée Zellweger; however, because of a lengthy post-production, it was not released until 2010.^[3]

She played Bree Tanner in the third film of the Twilight series, Eclipse. She stated: "Usually I read the script before I take a role, but I haven't read this one," she explained. "It's Twilight, of course I'm going to take it."^[4]

From 2010 to 2011, she provided voice work for the videogame BioShock 2 and its DLC, appeared in the SyFy movie Ice Quake, and starred in the Lifetime television movie Girl Fight.^[5] In 2012, she appeared in the drama Mighty Fine,^[6][7][8] the horror film The Tall Man,^[9] Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods, the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman and had her first starring role in a comedy, in Home Alone: The Holiday Heist.^[10] From 2013 to 2014, she starred in the family film Midnight Stallion,^[11] the short film Monster,^[12] and the crime drama film A Warden's Ransom.^[13]

In 2015, she starred in the short film The Goodbye Girl^[14] and the horror film The Haunting of Briar House,^[15] which premiered at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival on October 24.^[16]

Since June 2015, Ferland has starred as Five in the SyFy series Dark Matter,^[17] based on the comic book series of the same name. In June 2016 she appeared in the Lifetime television movie Revenge Porn,^[18][19] and is set to appear in the short film Women Seen directed by Amanda Tapping^[20][21] and the comedy sequel Big Fat Liar 2.^[22]

In October 2016, Ferland provided the narration for the audio book Wonder Women, written by Sam Maggs.^[23]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Audiobooks

Awards

Notes

References

External links

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