Jenna Ortega American Actress Known for Wednesday

Jenna Ortega (27 September 2002, Palm Desert) is an American actress. Audiences know her from Wednesday (2022) and Scream VI (2023).

Early life

Schooling on record includes John Glenn Middle School of International Studies.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 2013, with Iron Man 3, as Vice President's Daughter. Work from the 2010s includes Richie Rich (2015) and Stuck in the Middle (2016). Scream (2022, as Tara Carpenter) and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) are among her 2020s credits.

The list below counts 18 films and 3 TV series from 2013 to 2026. Comedy horror is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (5), followed by comedy (3) and black comedy (2). Her latest credit on record is The Gallerist (2026). Of her two titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Iron Man 3 (2013) has the highest, at $1.21 billion.

Courteney Cox appears in two of her listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Melissa Barrera (two titles) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (two titles). Matt Bettinelli-Olpin directed two of her titles on record. Tim Burton is credited as director on two of them.

The Instagram account had 37.2M followers when last counted in April 2025. Her other notable work includes You, Jane the Virgin and Elena of Avalor.

Recognition

Jenna Ortega earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2023 for Wednesday.