Also, does Jena Malone count? I saw her first movie, and wish I didn’t. It was on late night TV. I’m not naming it or linking it because it has some really explicit, NSFL stuff in it and trigger warnings like you wouldn’t believe. It was also briefly banned, and I happened to see it for sale on DVD with a big warning calling out what it briefly got banned for. You DON’T want to see it. (That said, she was not an extra, she was the most important character and basically the title character, it’s just obscure for other reasons, like, most people would have never seen/heard of this film.) (And I don’t want to talk about it, I like her acting but that film isn’t one I will discuss.)

Anyway, I would later see her in Donnie Darko and Contact, and while she’s never been a big star, mostly preferring indie flicks (she chose Contact because she always wanted to work with Jodie Foster, who is her role model), I’ll still watch just about anything she’s in. I think she’s talented and I enjoy seeing her work. Kind of like Jake Gyllenhaal. I don’t like a lot of actors for their acting, but when I find one I do, I tend to enjoy seeing them even if I don’t like anything else about the movie.