

She starred as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix horror comedy series Wednesday (2022), for which she received nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Ortega received critical praise for her performance in the teen drama film The Fallout (2021), and went on to star in the 2022 horror films Scream and X. 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. 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 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). Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress.

On how she made the 2022 version of Wednesday appeal to fans of the 1991 film
