Jenna Ortega

Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She is noted for her roles on television as young Jane in Jane the Virgin, Harley Diaz in Stuck in the Middle and Ellie Alves in You. In 2016, she began voicing Princess Isabel in the Disney Channel animated series Elena of Avalor.

Jenna Ortega
Ortega in 2024
Born	Jenna Marie Ortega (2002-09-27) September 27, 2002 (age 22) Palm Desert, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present

Ortega's movie work includes starring as Annie in Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Mary Ann in The Little Rascals Save the Day (2014) and Dawn in Saving Flora (2018).

In 2022, she became well known for playing Wednesday Addams in the Netflix series Wednesday. In 2024, she appeared in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes movies that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Iron Man 3	Vice President's daughter		[1]
	Insidious: Chapter 2	Annie		[2]
2014	The Little Rascals Save the Day	Mary Ann	Direct-to-video film	[3]
2015	After Words	Anna Chapa		[4]
2018	Saving Flora	Dawn		[5]
2019	Wyrm	Suzie		[6]
2020	The Babysitter: Killer Queen	Phoebe Atwell		[7]
2021	Yes Day	Katie Torres		[8]
	The Fallout	Vada Cavell		[9]
2022	Scream	Tara Carpenter		[10][11]
	Studio 666	Skye Willow		[12]
	X	Lorraine Day		[13]
	American Carnage	Camila Montes		[14]
2023	Scream VI	Tara Carpenter		[15]
	Finestkind	Mabel		[16][17]
2024	Miller's Girl	Cairo Sweet		[18][19]
	Winter Spring Summer or Fall †	Remi	Post-production; also executive producer	[20]
	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice †	Astrid Deetz	Post-production	[21][22]
	Klara and the Sun †	Klara	Post-production	[23]
TBA	Death of a Unicorn †	Ridley	Post-production; also executive producer	[24]
	Untitled Trey Edward Shults film †	TBA	Post-production; also executive producer	[25]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Rob	Girl	Episode: "The Baby Bug"	[26]
	CSI: NY	Aimee Moore	Episode: "Unspoken"	[26]
2013	Days of Our Lives	Hayley	Episode: "12062"	[27]
2014	Rake	Zoe Leon	Recurring role	[28]
2014–2019	Jane the Virgin	Young Jane Villanueva (age 12)	Recurring role	[29]
2015	Richie Rich	Darcy	Main role	[30]
2016–2018	Stuck in the Middle	Harley Diaz	Lead role	[31]
2016–2020	Elena of Avalor	Princess Isabel	Main voice role	[32]
2016	Elena and the Secret of Avalor	Princess Isabel	Voice role; television film	[33]
2018	Bizaardvark	Izzy	Episode: "The BFF (Before Frankie Friend)"	[34]
2019–2023	Big City Greens	Gabriella Espinosa	Voice role; 6 episodes	[35]
2019	You	Ellie Alves	Main role (season 2)	[36]
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Princess Buttercup	Episode: "Chapter Six: The Fire Swamp"	[37]
2020–2022	Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous	Brooklynn	Main voice role	[38]
2022–present	Wednesday	Wednesday Addams / Goody Addams	Lead role; also executive producer (season 2)	[39]
2023	Saturday Night Live	Herself (host)	Episode: "Jenna Ortega/The 1975"	[40]

Music videos

• "Chapstick" (2017), by Jacob Sartorius^[41][42]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Jenna Ortega

Award	Year[a]	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
AACTA Awards	2024	Audience Choice Favourite Actress	—	Nominated	[43]
Austin Film Critics Association Awards	2023	The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award	The Fallout, Scream, X, and Studio 666	Won	[44] [45]
Critics' Choice Super Awards	2023	Best Actress in a Horror Series	Wednesday	Won	[46]
	2024	Best Actress in a Horror Movie	Scream VI	Nominated	[47]
Dorian Awards	2023	Rising Star Award	—	Nominated	[48]
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	2023	Best Supporting Performance	Scream	Nominated	[49]
Golden Globe Awards	2023	Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	Wednesday	Nominated	[50]
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards	2022	Best Actress	The Fallout	Nominated	[51] [52]
Imagen Awards	2016	Best Young Actor – Television	Stuck in the Middle	Nominated	[53]
	2018	Best Young Actor – Television	Stuck in the Middle	Won	[54]
	2019	Best Young Actor – Television	Stuck in the Middle	Nominated	[55] [56]
	2021	Best Actress – Feature Film	Yes Day	Nominated	[57] [58]
	2023	Best Actress – Comedy (Television)	Wednesday	Won	[59]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2022	Most Frightened Performance	Scream	Won	[60]
	2023	Best Performance in a Show	Wednesday	Won	[61]
		Best Hero	Wednesday	Nominated
		Best Duo[b]	Wednesday	Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	2023	Favorite Female TV Star (Family)	Wednesday	Won	[62]
People's Choice Awards	2024	The Drama Movie Star of the Year	Scream VI	Won	[63]
Primetime Emmy Awards	2024	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Wednesday	Nominated	[64][65]
Saturn Awards	2024	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series	Wednesday	Won	[66]
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2023	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Wednesday	Nominated	[67]

Notes

1. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
2. Shared with Thing

Sources

• https://www.fernsehserien.tv/serien-mit-jenna-ortega.shtml