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Who is Jenna Ortega?

Jenna  Ortega is an American actress, who became famous after her role as Young Jane in The CW’s romantic comedy-drama series “Jane the Virgin”. She then gained recognition for her role as Harley Diaz in the Disney Channel series “Stuck in the Middle” (2016–2018), for which she won an Imagine Award in 2018 and Ellie Alves in the Netflix thriller series “You” (2019).Jenna Ortega has also done the voice-over of Princess Isabel on the Disney Channel animated series “Elena of Avalor” (2016-2020). Currently, she voices Brooklyn on the Netflix animated series “Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous”.

Early Life

Ortega was born on 27 September 2002 and she was brought up and raised in an upper-middle-class family from Coachella Valley, California, United States. She is the daughter of Edward Ortega who is a business by profession and her mother’s name is Natalie Ortega who is a Housewife. She also has five siblings, her brother’s names are Issac Ortega and Markus Ortega and her sister’s name are Aaliyah Ortega, Mia Ortega, and Mariah Ortega.

She went to a local High School in Coachella Valley, United States for her schooling.

After that, she enrolled herself at a local private college in California, United States from where she is currently pursuing her graduation. Since her childhood, she always wanted to become a popular actress in the American Film and television industry and she is on the right track.

Career 

Jeena started her career in the industry as an actress. She got audition opportunities at a young age with the help of his mother and agents and in the year 2012, she got her chance to make her first guest appearance in the popular television series “Rob” and further she played a small role in the American series CSI NY.

In the year 2013, she made did a minor role in the Superhero movie “IronMan 3” as the voice president daughter. In the same year, Ortega acted in the horror film “Insidious: Chapter 2” as Annie a supporting role. Both movies were blockbuster hit.

In the year 2014, she made an appearance in the popular Australian television series “Rake” and “Jane the Virgin” which was a romantic drama series. In the same year, she is also featured in the comedy movie titled “The Little Rascals Save the Day” and the popular Netflix series called “Richie Rich”.

Between 2016 and 2018, Ortega starred in the Disney Channel sitcom named “Stuck in the Middle”, in the same year she also played a voice role in the animated television series “Elena of Avalor”. In the year 2017, she was also cast in a music video titled “Chapstick” with Jacob Sartorius.

In the year 2018, she got the role in the film titled “Saving Flora”. She was appreciated and praised for her outstanding performance in the film. In the year 2019, she got a chance to play the lead role in the Netflix series titled “You” and played the role of Ellie Alves. She was also cast in the Netflix series titled “The Babysitter Killer Queen” later that year.

In 2020, She has also acted in the movie “The Fallout” which is considered one of her best movie.

Along with her professional career, she is also very active in social activities. She promotes her support towards immigrants, the LGBT community, young girls with cancer, and other social issues. She actively participates in many Charitable shows and helps the various non-profitable organization.

Upcoming Movies in 2021

In August 2020, Ortega was cast in an undisclosed role on the upcoming movie Scream, which is going to be released on January 14, 2022. The film shooting took place in Wilmington, North Caroline from September to November of the same year. Also, Ortega will be seen in the upcoming horror film “X”. In May 2021, she was cast in the supernatural series “Wednesday”, which she called a “new chapter” in her career.

Physical Appearance

Jenna Ortega is a beautiful girl with an attractive and charming personality. She has a hot and slim body. Her figure measurements are 30-23-32 inches.

If we talk about her height, she is 5 feet and 2 inches tall and her body weight 50 kg. She has beautiful colour long and shiny hair. She has blistering brown and mesmerizing eyes which looks more attractive. 

Personal life

Jenna Ortega is single right now. She is enjoying her life and focusing on her acting career. However, she was rumoured to be dating American singer and actor Isaac Presley in the past.

There was rumoured that she was dating American singer and songwriter, Jacob Sartorius in 2017, but they never confirmed their affairs.

Social Media

She is very active on social media platforms. She has about 5.9m followers on Instagram @jennaortega, and about 122 k followers on Twitter @jennaortega, and about 383.7k followers on Facebook @JennaOrtega.

Net Worth

Jenna Ortega has earned a decent amount of money from her professional acting career. The major source of his wealth comes from his contributions to both TV and film. She is also earning from advertisement brands and companies like Kool-Aid, Target, Burger King, Fruity pebbles, Old Navy and OMX Group. She has a net worth is around $3 million.