Jodelle Ferland


Jodelle Micah Ferland is a Canadian actress. She made her debut at the age of four, with the television movie Mermaid 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, Silent Hill, Good Luck Chuck, Case 39, , and The Tall Man. Aside from her film roles, she has starred as Mary Jensen in the television series Kingdom Hospital, and as Five in the television series Dark Matter.

Early life

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

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.
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."
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. In 2012, she appeared in the drama Mighty Fine, the horror film The Tall Man, Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods, the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman, and had her first starring role in a comedy, in . From 2013 to 2014, she starred in the family film Midnight Stallion, the short film Monster, and the crime drama film A Warden's Ransom.
In 2015, she starred in the short film The Goodbye Girl and the horror film The Unspoken, which premiered at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival on October 24. In 2016 she appeared in the Lifetime television movie My Daughter's Disgrace, and provided the narration for the audio book Wonder Women, written by Sam Maggs. In 2017, she appeared in the comedy Bigger Fatter Liar, the sequel to the 2002 movie, the horror film Neverknock, and is set to appear in the short film Women Seen directed by Amanda Tapping.
From 2015 to 2017, Ferland starred as Five in the SyFy series Dark Matter, based on the comic book series of the same name. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of Frankie Drake Mysteries. The same year, Ferland starred as Olive in the digital series Darken: Before the Dark, a prequel to the film Darken.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Audiobooks

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef
2001Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV Movie – Young Actress Age Ten or YoungerDesi Gill in Mermaid
2001Emmy AwardOutstanding Performer in a Children's SpecialDesi Gill in Mermaid
2004Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young ActressEmily Eve Dinsmore in Smallville
2004Leo AwardDramatic Series: Best Guest Performance by a FemaleThe Devil/Little Girl in The Collector
For episode "The Prosecutor"
2005Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV Series – Young Actress Age Ten or YoungerMary Jensen in Kingdom Hospital
2007Genie AwardBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleJeliza-Rose in Tideland
2007Saturn AwardBest Performance by a Younger ActorJeliza-Rose in Tideland
2008Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV movie, miniseries, or special – Leading Young ActressHollis Woods in Pictures of Hollis Woods
2008CAMIE AwardLead Performance in a TV Movie, Series, or SpecialHollis Woods in Pictures of Hollis Woods
2009Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Supporting Young ActressYoung Céline in Céline
2010Leo AwardBest Performance by a Female in a Short DramaRosie in Everything's Coming Up Rosie
2011Fangoria Chainsaw AwardBest Supporting ActressLillith Sullivan in Case 39
2016Saturn AwardBest Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television SeriesFive in Dark Matter