Jenna Marie Ortega was born on September 27, 2002, in Coachella Valley, California, and is an American actress. She 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 by starring as Harley Diaz on the Disney Channel series Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018), for which she won an Imagen Award. She also performed the voice role of Princess Isabel on Elena of Avalor from 2016 to 2020.
Ortega played Ellie Alves in the second season of the Netflix thriller series You in 2019 and 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 slasher films X and Scream (both 2022), establishing herself as a scream queen. Also in 2022, Ortega played the titular role of Wednesday Addams in the Netflix supernatural horror comedy Wednesday.
Jenna Ortega’s top movies
Year Title Role
2013 Iron Man 3 Vice President’s daughter
Insidious: Chapter 2 Annie
2014 The Little Rascals Save the Day Mary Ann
2015 After Words Anna Chapa
2018 Saving Flora Dawn
2019 Wyrm Suzie
2020 The Babysitter: Killer Queen Phoebe Atwell
2021 Yes Day Katie Torres
The Fallout Vada Cavell
2022 Scream Tara Carpenter
Studio 666 Skye Willow
X Lorraine Day
American Carnage Camila Montes
2023 Scream 6 Tara Carpenter
TBA Finestkind TBA
TBA Miller’s Girl TBA
Jenna Ortega and TV shows
Year Title
2012 Rob Girl Episode: “The Baby Bug”
CSI: NY Aimee Moore Episode: “Unspoken”
2013 Days of Our Lives Hayley
2014 Rake Zoe Leon
2014–2019 Jane the Virgin Young Jane Villanueva (age 12)
2015 Richie Rich Darcy Main role
2016–2018 Stuck in the Middle Harley Diaz Lead role
2016–2020 Elena of Avalor Princess Isabel Main voice role
2016 Elena and the Secret of Avalor Princess Isabel Voice role; television film
2018 Bizaardvark Izzy Episode: “The BFF (Before Frankie Friend)”
2019– present Big City Greens Gabriella Espinosa Voice role; 3 episodes
2019 You Ellie Alves Main role (season 2)
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Princess Buttercup Episode: “The Fire Swamp”
2020–2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Brooklynn Main voice role [46]
2022 Wednesday Wednesday Addams Lead role
Jenna Ortega awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2014 Fright Meter Awards Best Ensemble Cast Performance Insidious: Chapter 2 Nominated
2015 International Online Cinema Awards Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Jane the Virgin Nominated
2016 Imagen Awards Best Young Actor – Television Stuck in the Middle Nominated
2018 Imagen Awards Won
Best Children’s Programming Elena of Avalor Won
2018 Southampton International Film Festival Best Lead Actress in a Feature Saving Flora Nominated
2019 Imagen Awards Best Young Actor – Television Stuck in the Middle Nominated
Elena of Avalor was Nominated [
2021 Imagen Awards Best Actress – Feature Film Yes Day Nominated
2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Most Frightened Performance Scream Won
2022 Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards Best Actress The Fallout Nominated
2022 International Online Cinema Awards Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie Nominated
Source: Ghanafuo.com
