Jenna Ortega
Jenna Ortega
Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, receiving recognition for her role as young Jane in The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019), as well as voicing Princess Isabel in Disney Junior's Elena of Avalor (2016-2020). Her breakthrough role came in portraying Harley Diaz in 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 thriller series You in 2019 and starred in the family film Yes Day (2021), both for Netflix.
Ortega received critical praise for her performance in the teen drama film The Fallout (2021), and went on to star in the slasher films Scream and X (both 2022), and Scream VI (2023). In 2022, she began starring as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix horror comedy series Wednesday, for which she received nominations at the Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Early life
Jenna Marie Ortega[1] was born on September 27, 2002, in Coachella Valley, California, the fourth of six children.[2] Her father is of Mexican descent and her mother is of Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestry.[3][4] Due to her career, Ortega has not "really lived a normal lifestyle"; she has also expressed regret at missing the traditional high school experience and teenage milestones such as prom and graduation.[5]
Career
2012–2017: Early acting roles and Disney
Ortega had become interested in acting from the age of six. Two years later, after her mother posted a video of Ortega doing a dramatic monologue on Facebook, Ortega got an agent and started getting auditions.[6] She soon made her acting debut in 2012 with a guest appearance for Rob, in the episode "Baby Bug."[7] Following this was an appearance on CSI: NY on the episode "Unspoken" as Aimee Moore.[8] In 2013, she made her film debut with a minor role in the superhero movie Iron Man 3 as the vice president's daughter. Following this, Ortega starred in the horror film Insidious: Chapter 2, the second film in the Insidious franchise, as Annie, a supporting role. Both films were successful at the box-office.[9][10]
In 2014, Ortega was cast in the role of Zoe Leon on the series Rake,[11] and from 2014 to 2019, played the recurring younger version of Jane on the romantic-drama series Jane the Virgin.[12] Also in 2014, she starred as Mary Ann in the direct-to-video comedy film The Little Rascals Save the Day.[13][14] In 2015, Ortega was cast for the Netflix original series Richie Rich as part of the main cast, playing Darcy,[15] a gold digger who spends Richie's money even without his consent; the show was panned.[16][17] In the same year, she appeared in the film After Words as Anna Chapa.[18]
From 2016 to 2018,[19] Ortega then went on to star in the lead of the Disney Channel sitcom Stuck in the Middle as Harley Diaz, the middle child of the seven Diaz siblings who is an aspiring inventor.[20] Ortega's performance garnered her an Imagen Award nomination for Best Young Actor – Television; she later received two more nominations for her work on the same show, including a win in 2018.[21][22][23] In the same year, she joined the cast on Disney's Elena of Avalor, as the voice of Princess Isabel, which ended in 2020.[24] In 2017, she starred in the music video for Jacob Sartorius' "Chapstick", which also stars the singer.[25] In the video, Ortega played Sartorius' love interest, which gained significant media coverage.[26]
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