Jenna Ortega Trivia | 30 facts about the actress

Jenna Ortega is an American actress, who is best known for starring as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix comedy horror series «Wednesday».

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Her full name is Jenna Marie Ortega.
She was born on September 27th, 2002.
Her zodiac sign is Libra.
She was born in Coachella Valley, California.
She was the fourth of six children.
Her father is of Mexican descent and her mother is of Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestry.
Due to her career, Ortega has not “really lived a normal lifestyle” and has expressed regret at missing the traditional high school experience and teenage milestones such as prom and graduation
As of 2022 she’s 20 years old.
She is an American actress.
She is best known for starring as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix comedy horror series Wednesday (2022).
Jenna Ortega began her career as a child actress, receiving recognition for her role as young Jane on The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019).
She had her breakthrough for starring as Harley Diaz on the Disney Channel series Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018), for which she won an Imagen Award.
She played Ellie Alves in the second season of the Netflix thriller series You in 2019
She starred in the Netflix family film Yes Day (2021).
She received critical praise for her performance in the teen drama The Fallout (2021), and went on to star in the 2022 slasher films X and Scream, establishing herself as a scream queen.
Ortega was listed first on PopSugar’s “20 Under 20” list in 2020.
In 2022, she was dubbed the “Next Big Thing” by The Hollywood Reporter.
In an interview with Collider, Ortega said that she was initially inspired to pursue acting after watching the performance of actress Dakota Fanning in the 2004 thriller film Man on Fire.
Actually she stated that “After watching Dakota, who obviously was so talented from such a young age, I decided that I wanted to be the Puerto Rican version of her.”
She also said that she thought Denzel Washington was “the coolest man I had ever seen in my life.”
Jenna Ortega also cites actress Gina Rodriguez, whom she worked with on the television drama Jane The Virgin, as one of her major influences.
She stated that she admires Rodriguez for her story being similar to hers, and for her efforts and ability.
The actress auditioned for Tim Burton long-distance over Zoom, but because she was in the middle of shooting, Jenna didn’t have time to remove the makeup used in her death scene in the movie.
When she was only 11 years old, Jenna Ortega had a minor supporting role in the MCU in the movie Iron Man 3 (2013). The actress only appeared briefly in one scene, as the daughter of the Vice President Rodriguez, who partners up with the film’s antagonist, Killian, under the promise to cure his daughter’s disability.
In order to be authentic when playing the instrument, Jenna Ortega learned to play the cello when she was cast as Wednesday, two months before shooting started.
When Jenna Ortega took on the role of Wednesday, she wanted there to be a clear difference between her and Christina Ricci’s Wednesday portrayals, so didn’t discuss about the role with Christina Ricci.
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In 2020, when she was just 18, Jenna released her first book, It’s All Love: Reflections For Your Heart & Soul. The book is full of personal accounts about her life, as well as chapters about faith, manifestation, and improving mental health.
Despite her previous horror roles, as well as her seemingly effortless performance, Jenna Ortega was almost reluctant to step into the role of Wednesday Addams with Christina Ricci also starring on the show. The character first made her on-screen appearance on television in the 1960s, and the role has been portrayed by many actresses since, so there were high expectations to meet from fans, as well as Ricci, as her performance as Wednesday is iconic.
When Ortega was told that Ricci was joining Wednesday, the actor revealed she “genuinely felt like I was genuinely having a panic attack”. “I was terrified. She’s a really cool lady. I was fine meeting her, but the first time we did a scene together, and she had to see me done up the way she was done up 30 years ago, it was nerve-racking”, Ortega added.