Jenna Ortega, the new Wednesday Addams, find out everything about the actress

Hit the headlines for her leading role in the Netflix series Wednesday, directed by Tim Burton, Jenna Ortega is not just a teenager

particular with braids and a decidedly macabre family in tow, but much more.

Jenna Ortega has in fact linked her name, in recent months, in a probably inextricable way, to the character of Wednesday Addams (as happened before her for Christina Ricci), but that of the teenager of the Addams house is absolutely not her first role as an actress.

Let's discover Jenna Marie Ortega

Jenna Ortega was born on September 27, 2002 in California, to be precise in the Coachella Valley, a place renowned for the festival of the same name. Jenny is the fourth of a large family of six children, headed by Edward and Natalie. Edward is a wealthy entrepreneur of Mexican origins, Natalie is a housewife of Puerto Rican origins. Jenna immediately had clear ideas about her future and her career and showed it from an early age, when she started studying acting at the age of six.

A passion that will continue over time. A determination that will lead, only two years later, also thanks to his father's connections and knowledge, to holding the first auditions.

The selectors were immediately able to see "something" in Jenna, who after a short time began to make her first appearances as an extra in TV series and films.

Jenna Marie's first appearances

At the age of 10 Jenna made her first television appearances.

In fact, he debuts in the sixth episode of the first season of Rob, The Baby Bug, a series not yet translated into Italian and destined for American TV.

Only a few months later we find her in her first appearance at the cinema, a cameo of a few seconds in one of the most popular films of the superhero series.

In fact, we find her in Iron Man 3. Jenna plays the daughter of the vice-president of the United States, a little girl who is missing a limb, a lack that is probably the triggering factor in the choices of the American vice-president.

Many small appearances in films and TV series followed one another until in 2016, at the age of 14, the event occurred that would mark the turning point in her career as an actress.

The first leading role

It is in 2016 that Jenna probably understands that her dream of becoming a full-time actress can probably come true. In this year she was in fact chosen by Disney Channel as the protagonist for the Disney Channel sitcom Harvey in the middle. In this series Ortega plays the role of Harley Diaz, an interpretation that led her to obtain her first nomination and success at the Imagen Awards (US awards dedicated to the Latin American television and cinema industry).

The collaboration with Disney Channel will then lead Jenna to discover another passion, that of a voice actress, thanks to the voice given to Princess Isabel in Elena from Avatar.

The contract and the fruitful collaboration with Disney Channel will then lead Jenna to increasingly come into contact with innovative TV platforms and their respective producers.

Jenna confirms this “continuation” in 2019, when she moves from Disney Channel to Netflix .

Jenna Ortega and Netflix

Her arrival on the channels of the global streaming giant takes place with the role of Ellie Alves in the second season of You. A thriller series made available on 26 December 2019, it represents Jenna's first step in the rooster of actresses of the online film and TV series giant.

The You series is in fact just another launching pad for Jenna, who in just a few months, for the same producer, will be the protagonist of Yes Day, a comedy film not yet published in Italian. In the same year Jenna demonstrated her versatility and preparation, starring in the Netflix horror film, The Babysitter, Killer Queen.

Jenna seems unstoppable. Only a few months later we find her as the protagonist of the Fallout teen drama series and as an actress in Scream, a film which will then be released in January 2022.

A career that seems unstoppable and that brings many experiences to Jenna. Experiences that she decides to monetize in her first autobiography: It's All Love. Reflections for Your Heart & Soul. In the same, the actress and now also writer explains the lessons learned in the transition between her hometown and Hollywood and what she has learned and learned about her mental health.

Mental health is an important social issue in Jenna's life and she spares no effort in giving her support to various social and voluntary organizations that work daily to preserve the rights of minorities and people subject to inequalities.

Jenna Ortega is Wednesday

In the same year, Jenna's role as the protagonist in Wednesday, a series inspired by the Addams Family, directed among others by Tim Burton, was also made official. This series, loosely based on the Addams Family and its characters, focuses on the role of Wednesday, the teenage daughter at the center of the story. On the same Wednesday he will discover his paranormal powers for the first time. Gifts that she will need to solve a family "cold case" and solve several murder cases at the same time.

An interpretation that unfolds over the eight episodes of the series, for a product in which at least one sequel has already been unofficially announced.

Also on Wednesday Jenna shows all her competence and inventiveness. In fact, he choreographed the dance to the song Goo Goo Muck by the Cramps. A sequence of steps that will be successful, bringing Wednesday Addams from Netflix to the reels of Instagram and TikTok.

The future of Jenna Marie Ortega

No one can predict Jenna's future, but we are sure that it will be bright and still intertwined with the world of cinema. The girl has in fact already demonstrated that she has the means and skills to interpret any role with precision and imagination.

We are therefore certain that Jenny Ortega will not be a meteor. If Ortega continues to commit herself like this, we will still hear a lot about her in the coming years, not only for the role of Wednesday... Although probably, as for her more illustrious predecessor Christina Ricci, the same will characterize her, at least in part throughout his future artistic career.