Jodelle Ferland biography

  Jodelle Micah Ferland (born October 9, 1994) is a Canadian actress, best known for her portrayal of Sharon and Alessa in the 2006 horror film Silent Hill, Mary Jensen in the 2004 miniseries Kingdom Hospital and her portrayal of Bree Tanner in the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Life and career

Ferland was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, the daughter of Valerie and Marc Ferland. Her siblings are actress Marisha Ferland and musician Jeremy Ferland. She is of Austrian, British, and French descent.
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, due to a lengthy post-production, it was not released until 2010. She played Bree Tanner in the third film of the Twilight series, titled Eclipse. She has 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." She also provided the voices of the little sisters for the videogame BioShock 2, and appeared in the SyFy movie Ice Quake. Other projects include a short film titled Monster, the drama Mighty Fine and the horror film The Tall Man. She also appeared in the TV movie Girl Fight^. She was going to appear in the independent comedy Locked in a Garage Band, but due to a conflicting filming schedule, she had to drop out. She recently appeared in the horror film The Cabin in the Woods. She is set to play Alexis Baxter in the next installment of the Home Alone series: Home Alone 5: Alone in the Dark. She is also going to appear in a new film by Films by Neptune called Red, based on Little Red Riding Hood.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Mermaid	Desiree Leanne 'Desi' Gill	TV
	The Linda McCartney Story	Heather (age 5-6)	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
	Special Delivery	Samantha Beck	TV
2001	Deadly Little Secrets	Madison
	The Miracle of the Cards	Annie	TV
2002	They	Sarah	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
	Trapped	Heather	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
	Carrie	Little Carrie	TV
2003	Mob Princess	Young Patti	TV
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Mary Jensen	Miniseries
	10.5	Little 'Wow!' Girl	Miniseries
	Too Cool for Christmas	Alexa	TV
2005	Tideland	Jeliza-Rose	Voices of Sateen Lips, Glitter Gal, Mustique and Baby Blonde
2006	Silent Hill	Sharon DaSilva/Alessa
	Amber's Story	Nichole Taylor Timmons	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
	Swimming Lessons	Zoe	Short Film
	The Secret of Hidden Lake	Young Maggie Dolan	TV
2007	The Messengers	Michael Rollins
	Seed	Emily Bishop	Detective Bishop's daughter
	Good Luck Chuck	Lila Carpenter	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Hollis Woods	TV
	BloodRayne II: Deliverance	Sally	Minor Role
2008	Céline	Young Celine	TV
	Wonderful World	Sandra
2010	Case 39	Lily Sullivan
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Bree Tanner
	Ice Quake	Tia Webster
2011	Girl Fight	Haley	Lifetime movie
2012	Monster	Hannah	Short Film
	Mighty Fine	Natalie Fine	post-production
	The Tall Man	Jenny	post-production
	The Cabin in the Woods	Patience Buckner	Released April 13, 2012
	ParaNorman	(voice)	post-production
	Home Alone 5: Alone in the Dark	Alexis Baxter	Part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas
2013	Red	Rowan	pre-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	Sole Survivor	Nina Carpenter	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"
2002	Special Unit 2	Focus Group Girl	Episode: "The Piper"
	John Doe	Jenny Nichols	Episode: "Pilot"
2003	Smallville	Emily Eve Dinsmore	Episode: "Accelerate"
	Dead Like Me	Kirsti	Episode: "Pilot"
2004	The Collector	The Devil/Little Girl	Episodes: "The "Prosecutor" and "The Rapper"
2005	Supernatural	Cameo in a family portrait	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	Supernatural	Melanie Merchant	Episode: "Provenance"
	Stargate SG-1	Adria (age 7)	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
	Masters of Horror	Lisa	Episode: "The V Word"
2007	Stargate Atlantis	Harmony	Episode:"Harmony"
2011	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Alice	Episode: "My Sister the Witch"
2012	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Sara	Episode: "The Most Evil Sorcerer" (2 parts)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Role
2001	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Won	Desi Gill in Mermaid
	Emmy Award	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Nominated
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	Nominated	Emily Eve Dinsmore in Smallville
	Leo Award	Dramatic Series: Best Guest Performance by a Female	Nominated	The Devil/Little Girl in The Collector For episode "The Prosecutor"
2005	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Nominated	Mary Jensen in Kingdom Hospital
2007	Genie Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated	Jeliza-Rose in Tideland
	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Nominated
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV movie, miniseries, or special - Leading Young Actress	Nominated	Hollis Woods in Pictures of Hollis Woods
	CAMIE Awards	Lead Performance in a TV Movie, Series, or Special	Won