Lionsgate has officially announced that Jena Malone will play Johanna Mason in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”
Malone joins Philip Seymour Hoffman (as Gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee) and Amanda Plummer (as tirbute Wiress) as the latest to formally join the Hunger Games franchise.
The 28-year-old actress began her professional career with the 1996 film “Bastard Out of Carolina.” In 1997 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for her role in “Hope.” From there, her roles have grown to include several Hollywood features.
Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz, Amanda Plummer and Philip Seymour Hoffman will reprise their roles for the second film in the Hunger Games trilogy. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is due in theaters on Nov. 22, 2013.
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