Jodelle Ferland

Jodelle Micah Ferland[1] (born October 9, 1994[1]) is a Canadian actress. She made her debut at the age of four, with the television movie Mermaid (2000) for which she received a Daytime Emmy Nomination, making her the youngest to be nominated. She has since appeared in several films, which include Tideland (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Good Luck Chuck (2007), Case 39 (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and The Tall Man (2012). Aside from her film roles, she has starred as Mary Jensen in the television series Kingdom Hospital (2004), and as Five in the television series Dark Matter (2015–2017).

Jodelle Ferland
Ferland at Gatecon 2016
Born	Jodelle Micah Ferland (1994-10-09) October 9, 1994 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Early life

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]

Career

Ferland started her career in commercials at the age of two. She made her movie debut at age four 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 television 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 2006, she filmed the movie Case 39 opposite Renée Zellweger; however, because of a lengthy post-production, it was not released until 2009.[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 Unspoken,[15] which premiered at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival on October 24.[16] In 2016 she appeared in the Lifetime television movie My Daughter's Disgrace,[17][18][19] and provided the narration for the audio book Wonder Women, written by Sam Maggs.[20] In 2017, she appeared in the comedy Bigger Fatter Liar, the sequel to the 2002 movie,[21] the horror film Neverknock,[22][23] and is set to appear in the short film Women Seen directed by Amanda Tapping.[24][25]

From 2015 to 2017, Ferland starred as Five in the SyFy series Dark Matter,[26] based on the comic book series of the same name. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of Frankie Drake Mysteries.[27][28] The same year, Ferland starred as Olive in the digital series Darken: Before the Dark, a prequel to the film Darken.[29][30][31]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Linda McCartney Story	Heather (age 5–6)	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2001	Deadly Little Secrets	Madison
2002	They	Sarah	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2005	Tideland	Jeliza-Rose	also: voices of Sateen Lips, Glitter Gal, Mustique and Baby Blonde
2006	Silent Hill	Sharon Da Silva/Alessa Gillespie/Dark Alessa
2006	Amber's Story	Nichole Taylor Timmons	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2006	Swimming Lessons	Zoe	Short film
2007	The Messengers	Michael Rollins
2007	Seed	Emily Bishop
2007	Good Luck Chuck	Lila Carpenter	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2007	BloodRayne 2: Deliverance	Sally	Minor role
2008	Wonderful World	Sandra
2009	Everything's Coming Up Rosie	Rosie	Short film
2009	Case 39	Lillith Sullivan	Filmed in 2006
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Bree Tanner
2012	Mighty Fine	Natalie Fine	Limited release
2012	The Tall Man	Jenny
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	Patience Buckner	Filmed in 2009[32]
2012	ParaNorman	Aggie[33]	Voice role
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Bree Tanner	Archive footage shown during end credits
2013	Midnight Stallion	Megan Shepard	Formerly titled Midnight Rider
2013	Monster	Hannah	Short film
2014	A Warden's Ransom	Kit Brandt	Formerly titled Steel & Stilettos
2015	The Unspoken	Angela	Also titled The Haunting of Briar House and The Origin of the Amityville Horror
2015	The Goodbye Girl	Molly	Short film
2017	Bigger Fatter Liar	Becca	Direct-to-video[21]
2018	Reel Women Seen	Dr. Young	Short film
2019	Office Games	Tina	post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Cold Squad	Hailey Hatcher	Episodes: "First Deadly Sin" and "Deadly Games: Part 2"
2000	Higher Ground	Young Juliette	Episode: "Innocence"
2000	Mermaid	Desiree Leanne 'Desi' Gill	Television movie
2000	Special Delivery	Samantha Beck	Television movie
2000	Sole Survivor	Nina Carpenter	Television miniseries
2001	Wolf Lake	Lily Kelly	Episode: Unaired Pilot
2001	Dark Angel	Annabelle Anselmo	Episode: "Red"
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Mary the Little Girl	Episode: "Cap'n Toby"
2001	So Weird	Maria	Episode: "Annie's Song"
2001	The Miracle of the Cards	Annie	Television movie
2001	Trapped	Heather	Television movie
2002	Special Unit 2	Focus Group Girl	Episode: "The Piper"
2002	John Doe	Jenny Nichols	Episode: Pilot
2002	Carrie	Little Carrie	Television film
2003	Smallville	Emily Eve Dinsmore	Episode: "Accelerate"
2003	Dead Like Me	Kirsti	Episode: Pilot
2003	Mob Princess	Young Patti	Television movie
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Mary Jensen	Main role
2004	The Collector	The Devil/Little Girl	Episodes: "The Prosecutor" and "The Rapper"
2004	10.5	Little 'Wow!' Girl	Television miniseries
2004	Too Cool for Christmas	Alexa	Television movie
2005	Supernatural	Cameo in a family portrait	Episode: Pilot (uncredited)
2006 2013, 2015	Supernatural	Melanie Merchant	Episodes: "Provenance" also: "Clip Show" & "Thin Lizzie" (archive footage; uncredited)
2006	Stargate SG-1	Adria (age 7)	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2006	Masters of Horror	Lisa	Episode: "The V Word"
2006	The Secret of Hidden Lake	Young Maggie Dolan	Television movie
2007	Stargate Atlantis	Harmony	Episode: "Harmony"[34]
2007	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Hollis Woods	Television movie
2008	Céline	Young Céline	Television movie
2010	Ice Quake	Tia Webster	Television movie (Syfy)
2011	Girl Fight	Haley Macklin	Lifetime television movie
2011–2012	The Haunting Hour: The Series	Alice / Sara	Episodes: "My Sister the Witch" and "The Most Evil Sorcerer - Parts 1 & 2"[35]
2012	Home Alone: The Holiday Heist	Alexis Baxter	Television movie (ABC Family)
2015	Motive	Sophie Glass	Episode: "The Glass House"[36]
2015–2017	Dark Matter[Note 1]	Five/Das/Emily Kolburn	Main role[37]
2016	My Daughter's Disgrace	Audrey	Television movie (Lifetime); also titled Revenge Porn
2017	Neverknock	Leah	Television movie (Syfy)
2018	Frankie Drake Mysteries	Ana	Episode: "Anastasia"
2018	Darken: Before the Dark	Olive	KindaTV Digital series
2019	Supernatural	Emily	Episode: "Golden Time"[38]
2020	The Order	Zecchia	Episode: "Fear Itself Parts 1 & 2"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	BioShock 2	Little Sisters	Voice role
2010	BioShock 2: The Protector Trials	Little Sisters	Voice role
2010	BioShock 2: Minerva's Den	Little Sisters	Voice role

Audiobooks

• Wonder Women (2016) by Sam Maggs, as Narrator

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2001	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Desi Gill in Mermaid	Won
2001	Emmy Award	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Desi Gill in Mermaid	Nominated
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress	Emily Eve Dinsmore in Smallville	Nominated
2004	Leo Award	Dramatic Series: Best Guest Performance by a Female	The Devil/Little Girl in The Collector For episode "The Prosecutor"	Nominated
2005	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Mary Jensen in Kingdom Hospital	Nominated
2007	Genie Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Jeliza-Rose in Tideland	Nominated
2007	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Jeliza-Rose in Tideland	Nominated
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV movie, miniseries, or special – Leading Young Actress	Hollis Woods in Pictures of Hollis Woods	Nominated
2008	CAMIE Award	Lead Performance in a TV Movie, Series, or Special	Hollis Woods in Pictures of Hollis Woods	Won
2009	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Supporting Young Actress	Young Céline in Céline	Nominated
2010	Leo Award	Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama	Rosie in Everything's Coming Up Rosie	Nominated
2011	Fangoria Chainsaw Award	Best Supporting Actress	Lillith Sullivan in Case 39	Nominated
2016	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series	Five in Dark Matter	Nominated

Notes

1. Based on the Dark Matter comic.

References

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5. "Girl Fight star Jodelle Ferland LOVES Sophyto! | Sophyto Blog". Sophyto.com. 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
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External links

• Jodelle Ferland on IMDb
• Jodelle Ferland on Twitter