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O-Lan Jones

  • Actress
  • Composer
  • Writer
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O-Lan Jones
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We Are Living Things (2021)
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O-Lan Jones is an award winning composer, sound designer, writer, and actress who has been consistently involved in experimental theater, music, and opera since the age of 16. The press has referred to her as an "uncategorizable legend." She is the Artistic Director for Overtone Industries, currently composing a new music theater/opera hybrid called Iceland, scheduled to present its first phase in July of 2014.
BornMay 23, 1950
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BornMay 23, 1950
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

Photos14

O-Lan Jones in Natural Born Killers (1994)
Jack Black and O-Lan Jones in Mars Attacks! (1996)
Joe Don Baker, Lukas Haas, Jack Black, O-Lan Jones, and Sylvia Sidney in Mars Attacks! (1996)
Christina Applegate, Joe Don Baker, Lukas Haas, Jack Black, O-Lan Jones, and Sylvia Sidney in Mars Attacks! (1996)
O-Lan Jones in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
O-Lan Jones in The X-Files (1993)
O-Lan Jones in The X-Files (1993)
O-Lan Jones and Arlene Mazerolle in The X-Files (1993)
O-Lan Jones in The X-Files (1993)
Alexandra Wentworth and O-Lan Jones in Head Case (2007)
O-Lan in NYC to meet with theatre producers for one of her operas - 2007
O-Lan Jones

Known for:

Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Edward Scissorhands
7.9
  • Esmeralda
  • 1990
Pierce Brosnan, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, and Annette Bening in Mars Attacks! (1996)
Mars Attacks!
6.4
  • Sue Ann Norris
  • 1996
Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Nicholle Tom, Christopher Castile, and Sarah Rose Karr in Beethoven (1992)
Beethoven
5.7
  • Biker Woman
  • 1992
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff
7.8
  • Girl at Pancho's(as O-Lan Shepard)
  • 1983

Credits

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Actress

  • Kristin Condon and Sabina Zuniga Varela in Serpentine Pink (2022)
    Serpentine Pink
    • Andra
    • 2022
  • Charlotte (2021)
    Charlotte
    • Lena Black
    • Short
    • 2021
  • We Are Living Things (2021)
    We Are Living Things
    • Constance
    • 2021
  • The Recorder (2021)
    The Recorder
    • Short
    • 2021
  • April Matthis and Robbie Tann in Fugitive Dreams (2020)
    Fugitive Dreams
    • Providence
    • 2020
  • Whitmer Thomas and Kailee McGee in Partied to Death (2020)
    Partied to Death
    • Mommy
    • Short
    • 2020
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
    • Zuzanna Wojcik
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Andrea Rosen in And I Need a Haircut (2019)
    And I Need a Haircut
    • Andrea's Mom
    • Short
    • 2019
  • David Harbour in Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein (2019)
    Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
    • Mother
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • This Is Heaven
    • Helen
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Pixie Davies, Lauren McCrostie, Cameron James-King, Thomas Odwell, and Joseph Odwell in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    • Shelley
    • 2016
  • Girl Flu. (2016)
    Girl Flu.
    • Mona
    • 2016
  • Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, and Donald Glover in Community (2009)
    Community
    • Garrett's Mom
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • SANDBOY a film by Vittoria Colonna 2015
    Sandboy
    • Sam
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Child of Grace (2014)
    Child of Grace
    • Mae Edwards
    • 2014

Composer

  • Rude Awakening
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Film-maker Leslie Hope(L)interviews Churuk (center) about her life on the streets of Phnom Penh. Friends-Int'l rep Soksophea Suong (R) translates. WHAT I SEE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
    What I See When I Close My Eyes
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2008
  • Precious Joy
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2007

Writer

  • Head Case (2007)
    Head Case
    • additional material
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Paul Bartel, O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, and Jim Turner in Shelf Life (1993)
    Shelf Life
    • writer
    • 1993

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O-Lan Jones Acting Reel
Demo Reel 5:08
O-Lan Jones Acting Reel
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:05
Official Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Trailer 1:06
Teaser Trailer
We Are Living Things
Trailer 2:05
We Are Living Things
Fugitive Dreams
Trailer 1:23
Fugitive Dreams

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • O-Lan's blog
    • O-Lan's music theater company
  • Alternative names
    • Olan Jones
  • Born
    • May 23, 1950
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Halldor EnardAugust 24, 2003 - present
  • Other works
    Actively writes music for plays.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Her unusual name comes from the Pearl S. Buck novel "The Good Earth". According to O-Lan Jones, the "O" means profound and "Lan" is a kind of wildflower.
  • Quotes
    Most actresses make money waitressing while trying to find acting work. I'm the only one who makes her career waitressing on screen.

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