Born in 2002, Jenna Ortega is one of the most promising and successful young actors on the Hollywood screen today. Success after success through horror projects, most recently Wednesday, Ortega is also widely known as the “Scream Queen” of the new generation.
Who is “Sister Four” Jenna Ortega?
Jenna Ortega started acting very early, at only 8 years old. She had her first role in the movie Rob, then a big opportunity in the blockbuster Iron Man 3 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the film, Ortega plays a very small role: the little daughter of Vice President Rodriguez. This drunk Rodriguez cooperates with the villain Killian, in return he will cure his daughter’s illness.
Ortega plays small role in Iron Man 3
Ortega may be considered Marvel’s first generation of child actors, but she hasn’t had many roles to date. However, that did not stop the lovely female star from conquering the big screen. After 1 year, Ortega participated in the cult horror project Insidious (Devil) part 2. Since then, her charm with horror films began.
Ortega in his debut horror movie Insidious Chapter 2
Ortega continued to participate in a series of famous and successful horror projects such as The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Scream 2022, X,… Especially thanks to the lead role in The Scream, Ortega received the award for Worthwhile Performance. Scared at the MTV Awards.
Ortega scores with Scream
At the end of 2022, Ortega closed her successful 2022 with the female lead role in Wednesday. In it, the female star born in 2002 plays Wednesday Addams – the eldest daughter of Addam’s eccentric family and her journey to the new Nevermore school. Wednesday has now become a global craze, even surpassing Stranger Things to become a series with the highest total viewing hours in the first week of all time on the Netflix platform.
Ortega showed a Wednesday of his own, even taught himself the cello and choreographed for the “fever” dance scene in the movie.
The film also helped Jenna Ortega become more famous, owning more than 20 million followers on personal Instagram. Even in the near future, she is also expected to return to Marvel in the series about the “blind superhero” Daredevil.
Jenna Ortega in real life
She used to date DC actor Asher Angel but is currently single
Source: Screen Rant
