List of roles and awards of Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega is an American actress. She began acting at the age of nine and, after a series of minor television roles, made her acting debut in an episode of the sitcom Rob (2012).^[1] She earned recognition for playing a younger version of Jane in The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019) and Harley Diaz in the Disney Channel series Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018).^[2][3] The latter won her an Imagen Award for Best Young Television Actor.^[4] She also appeared in the Marvel film Iron Man 3 (2013) and the horror film Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013).^[5][6]

Ortega began transitioning to mature projects after Stuck in the Middle,^[7] beginning with a starring role as Ellie Alves in the Netflix series You (2019).^[8] She built her profile with roles in the comedy horror film The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020),^[9] the family comedy film Yes Day (2021),^[10] and the drama film The Fallout (2021),^[11] with her performance as a traumatized high school student in the latter earning critical acclaim.^[12]

Ortega rose to wider prominence as a scream queen after co-starring in the successful slasher films Scream (2022),^[13] X (2022),^[14] and Scream VI (2023).^[15] She gained international recognition and critical plaudits for her portrayal of Wednesday Addams in the Netlix horror comedy series Wednesday (2022–present),^[16] for which she received nominations at the Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Screen Actors Guild awards.^{[17][18][19][20][21]} She has since starred in the blockbuster fantasy film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).^[22]