She is best known for her role as main character Harley Diaz on Stuck in the Middle and as Princess Isabel on Elena of Avalor. She's also the latest incarnation of Wednesday Addams in the Addams Family series Wednesday. She has also begun to establish herself as one of the new up-and-coming Scream Queens of the The New '20s thanks to her roles in X (2022) and Scream (2022).
Jenna Ortega's acting and voice acting credits include:
- Iron Man 3 — Vice President's Daughter
- Jane the Virgin — Young Jane
- Over the Garden Wall — Young Girl (credited under additional voices)
- Stuck in the Middle — Harley Diaz
- Elena of Avalor — Princess Isabel
- Bizaardvark — Izzy
- Big City Greens — Gabriella Espinosa
- You (2018) — Ellie Alves
- The Babysitter: Killer Queen — Phoebe
- Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous — Brooklynn
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Princess Buttercup
- Scream (2022) — Tara Carpenter
- The Fallout — Vada Cavell
- X (2022) — Lorraine
- Wednesday — Wednesday Addams / Goody Addams
- American Carnage — Camila
- Scream VI — Tara Carpenter
Tropes associated with her include:
- Actor-Shared Background: Being of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, she plays plenty of Latina characters.
- Badass Adorable: Her characters are cute as a button and adept to a lot of situations.
- Nice Girl: She tends to play friendly, approachable girls or young women.
- Playing Against Type: Wednesday Addams, to put it simply, isn't as friendly or approachable as her other roles.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: To promote Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, she dyed her hair pink like her character, Brooklynn.
