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Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega

Born: 27-09-2002

Place of Birth: Coachella Valley, Palm Desert, California, USA

Died: /

Known For: Acting

Appeared in:

Scream VI, Studio 666, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Iron Man 3, Death of a Unicorn, Finestkind, American Carnage, Miller's Girl, Klara and the Sun, Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure, Winter Spring Summer or Fall, After Words, The Cookie Mobster, The Massively Mixed-Up Middle School Mystery, Acorns, Elena and the Secret of Avalor, Insidious: Chapter 2, The Little Rascals Save the Day, Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration, Saving Flora, Wyrm, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, YES DAY, Stuck In The Waterpark - The Movie, Scream, X, The Fallout, Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins, The Gallerist, Elena of Avalor: Ready to Rule, SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, Shutout, Untitled Single White Female Film, Netflix Tudum 2025
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Biography

Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for her role as a younger version of Jane in The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019). She then won an Imagen Award for her leading role as Harley Diaz in the Disney Channel series Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018). She played Ellie Alves in the thriller series You (2019) and starred in the family film Yes Day (2021), both for Netflix. In the drama film The Fallout, Ortega received praise for her performance as a traumatised high school student (2021). She gained wide recognition for portraying Wednesday Addams in the Netflix horror-comedy series Wednesday (2022–present), for which she received nominations at the Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also starred in the slasher films Scream (2022), X (2022), Scream VI (2023), and the fantasy film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Media publications have dubbed Ortega "Gen Z's scream queen." She was featured on The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 list in 2023 and Forbes's 30 Under 30 list in 2024. Ortega has also been noted for her fashion and for supporting various charitable causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jenna Ortega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.