Jodelle Ferland

Jodelle Micah Ferland (born October 9, 1994) is a Canadian actress. She debuted as a child actress at the age of four in the television film Mermaid (2000) for which she won a Young Artist Award and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee in Emmy history. Her career progressed with roles in the television film Carrie (2002), the horror films They (2002), Tideland (2005), Silent Hill (2006) and Case 39 (2009), and the comedy film Good Luck Chuck (2007). She also led the television series Kingdom Hospital (2004).

Jodelle Ferland
Ferland in 2016
Born	Jodelle Micah Ferland (1994-10-09) October 9, 1994 (age 30) Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

From the 2010s, Ferland had roles in the romantic fantasy film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and the horror films The Cabin in the Woods (2011) and The Tall Man (2012). She has also starred in the television series Dark Matter (2015–2017), which earned her a Saturn Award nomination.

Early life

Ferland was born Jodelle Micah Ferland in Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 9, 1994, the daughter of Valerie and Marc Ferland.^{[citation needed]}

Career

2000s

Ferland started her career in commercials at the age of two, and made her acting debut at age four in the television film Mermaid.^[1] For her performance, she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination,^[2] making her the youngest nominee of the award.^[3][4] She made guest appearances in several television series, including Stargate Atlantis, Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, Smallville and Supernatural, and 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,^[5][6] an adaptation of the well-known video game, and had a supporting role in Good Luck Chuck for Lions Gate Entertainment.^[7] In 2006, she was cast opposite Renée Zellweger in the horror movie Case 39 as Lillith Sullivan, which was released in 2009; production was delayed after a fire destroyed the film set in October 2006.^[8][9]

2010s

Ferland in 2011

In 2010, Ferland played Bree Tanner in the romantic fantasy film Eclipse, the third film of the Twilight series.^[10][11] "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."^[12] 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.^[13][14]

In 2012, Ferland appeared in the drama Mighty Fine,^[15][16][17] the horror film The Tall Man,^[18] Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods,^[19] and had her first starring role in a comedy, in Home Alone: The Holiday Heist.^[20] For The Cabin in the Woods, filming took place in 2009.^[21][22] She also had a leading voice role in the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman,^[23] which earned an Academy Award nomination.^[24]

From 2013 to 2014, she starred in the family film Midnight Stallion,^[25] the short film Monster,^[26] and the crime drama film A Warden's Ransom.^[27] In 2015, she starred in the short film The Goodbye Girl^[28] and the horror film The Unspoken,^[29] which premiered at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival on October 24.^[30] In 2016 she appeared in the Lifetime television movie My Daughter's Disgrace,^[31][32][33] and provided the narration for the audio book Wonder Women, written by Sam Maggs.^[34]

From 2015 to 2017, Ferland starred as Five in the SyFy series Dark Matter,^[35] 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.’^[4] She received a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series in 2016. In 2017, she appeared in the comedy Bigger Fatter Liar, the sequel to the 2002 movie^[36] and the horror film Neverknock.^[37][38]

In 2018, she appeared in an episode of Frankie Drake Mysteries.^[39][40] The same year, Ferland starred as Olive in the digital series Darken: Before the Dark, a prequel to the film Darken.^[41][42][43] She is set to appear in the short film Women Seen directed by Amanda Tapping.^[44][45] In 2019, Jodelle was cast in the film Office Games as Tina, which was later released in 2022. ^[46]

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
	Amber's Story	Nichole Taylor Timmons	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2007	The Messengers	Michael Rollins
	Seed	Emily Bishop
	Good Luck Chuck	Lila Carpenter	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
	BloodRayne 2: Deliverance	Sally
2008	Wonderful World	Sandra
2009	Case 39	Lillith Sullivan
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Bree Tanner
2012	Mighty Fine	Natalie Fine
	The Tall Man	Jenny
	The Cabin in the Woods	Patience Buckner	[47]
	ParaNorman	Aggie	Voice role[48]
2013	Midnight Stallion	Megan Shepard	originally titled Midnight Rider
2014	A Warden's Ransom	Kit Brandt	originally titled Steel & Stilettos
2015	The Unspoken	Angela	also known as The Haunting of Briar House or The Origin of the Amityville Horror
2017	Bigger Fatter Liar	Becca	Direct-to-video film[36]
2019	The Office Games	Tina

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Cold Squad	Hailey Hatcher	Episodes: "First Deadly Sin", "Deadly Games: Part 2"
2000	Higher Ground	Young Juliette	Episode: "Innocence"
	Mermaid	Desiree Leanne 'Desi' Gill	Television movie
	Special Delivery	Samantha Beck
	Sole Survivor	Nina Carpenter	Television miniseries
2001	Wolf Lake	Lily Kelly	Episode: unaired pilot
	Dark Angel	Annabelle Anselmo	Episode: "Red"
	The Lone Gunmen	Mary the Little Girl	Episode: "Cap'n Toby"
	So Weird	Maria	Episode: "Annie's Song"
	The Miracle of the Cards	Annie	Television movie
	Trapped	Heather
2002	Special Unit 2	Focus Group Girl	Episode: "The Piper"
	John Doe	Jenny Nichols	Episode: Pilot
	Carrie	Little Carrie	Television film
2003	Smallville	Emily Eve Dinsmore	Episode: "Accelerate"
	Dead Like Me	Kirsti	Episode: Pilot
	Mob Princess	Young Patti	Television movie
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Mary Jensen	Main role
	The Collector	The Devil / Little Girl	Episodes: "The Prosecutor", "The Rapper"
	10.5	Little 'Wow!' Girl	Television miniseries
	Too Cool for Christmas	Alexa	Television movie
2006	Supernatural	Melanie Merchant	Episodes: "Provenance"
	Stargate SG-1	Adria (age 7)	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
	Masters of Horror	Lisa	Episode: "The V Word"
	The Secret of Hidden Lake	Young Maggie Dolan	Television movie
2007	Stargate Atlantis	Harmony	Episode: "Harmony"[49]
	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Hollis Woods	Television movie
2008	Céline	Young Céline
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", "The Most Evil Sorcerer – Parts 1 & 2"[50]
2012	Home Alone: The Holiday Heist	Alexis Baxter	Television movie (ABC Family)
2015	Motive	Sophie Glass	Episode: "The Glass House"[51]
2015–2017	Dark Matter[a]	Five / Das / Emily Kolburn	Main role[52]
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"
	Darken: Before the Dark	Olive	Web series; main role
2019	Supernatural	Emily	Episode: "Golden Time"[53]
2020	The Order	Zecchia	Episode: "Fear Itself Parts 1 & 2"
2022	Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder	Tamara Dilger	Television film (Hallmark)

Video games

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

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	Mermaid	Won	[54]
2001	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming	Mermaid	Nominated	[3]
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress	Smallville	Nominated	[55]
2004	Leo Award	Dramatic Series: Best Guest Performance by a Female	The Collector	Nominated	[56]
2005	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Kingdom Hospital	Nominated	[57]
2007	Genie Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Tideland	Nominated
2007	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Tideland	Nominated
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, or Special – Leading Young Actress	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Nominated	[58]
2008	CAMIE Award	Lead Performance in a TV Movie, Series, or Special	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Won
2009	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Supporting Young Actress	Céline	Nominated	[59]
2010	Leo Award	Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama	Everything's Coming Up Rosie	Nominated	[60]
2011	Fangoria Chainsaw Award	Best Supporting Actress	Case 39	Nominated
2016	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series	Dark Matter	Nominated	[61]

Notes

1. Based on the Dark Matter comic.