American actress Jenna Ortega is one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood today. Starting her career as a child actress, Ortega has starred in series and films, achieving worldwide fame playing Wandinha in the Netflix series of the same name.
The actress has also appeared in films such as “The Ghosts Still Have Fun: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and the slasher franchise “Scream”.
How about we explore her career a bit? Below, we’ve created a list of the best Jenna Ortega movies and shows.
Top 10 Jenna Ortega Movies and TV Shows
Check out the list of best Jenna Ortega movies and series below.
Jenna Ortega has the lead role in the drama “Life After.” She plays Vada, a high school student traumatized after a shooting at her school.
The cast also includes Maddie Ziegler, Julie Bowen, John Ortiz, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp and Shailene Woodley.
Jenna Ortega stars opposite Martin Freeman in the drama “Miller’s Girl.” Ortega plays Cairo Sweet, an 18-year-old from a wealthy family who is in her senior year of high school.
She ends up entering into a complicated relationship with her creative writing teacher (Freeman).
The slasher film “X – The Mark of Death” is the first film in the “X” trilogy. The story is set in 1979 and follows a film crew for a porn movie that rents a property in Texas for filming.
However, after bizarre events, they end up having to fight for their lives. Written and directed by Ti West, the film stars Mia Goth.
Jenna Ortega has a supporting role, playing the quiet Lorraine Day, one of the film crew.
Based on the children’s book of the same name, “Dia do Sim” is a comedy for the whole family.
In the story, an overprotective couple with their three children realize that they have been saying “no” too often. To ease their rigidity, they decide to create Yes Day, a 24-hour period in which they cannot say “no” to their children.
Jennifer Garner and Édgar Ramírez play the couple, while Jenna Ortega plays one of the daughters, Katie.
Mixing horror and comedy, “American Scream” presents a social commentary. The story follows a governor who decides to deport all the children of undocumented immigrants.
However, these young people have the opportunity to reduce their expenses by volunteering to take care of the elderly. However, this opportunity turns out to be a terrible conspiracy.
Jenna Ortega stars in the film alongside Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Eric Dane.
The fifth film in the “Scream” series is set 25 years after the 1996 original. The plot follows a new Ghostface who threatens a group of teenagers with ties to past murders.
Jenna Ortega joins the cast as Tara Carpenter, sister to Melissa Barrera’s lead character Sam. Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell also reprise their roles.
A direct sequel to “Scream 5,” this film follows a new Ghostface who attacks the survivors of the previous film in New York City.
Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera reprise their roles. The cast also includes Mason Gooding, Roger L. Jackson, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Hayden Panettiere and Courteney Cox.
Sequel to “The Babysitter” (2017), this horror and comedy film is directed by McG. The plot takes place two years after the first, when Cole (Judah Lewis) escapes from a satanic cult led by his nanny (Samara Weaving). Now he must flee from the forces of evil again, facing old and new enemies.
Jenna Ortega plays Phoebe Atwell, a new student at Cole’s school. The cast also includes Emily Alyn Lind and Bella Thorne.
The role that brought Jenna Ortega worldwide fame was that of Wandinha in the Netflix series that bears the character’s name.
With Tim Burton as one of the executive producers and director of some episodes, the series is based on the multimedia franchise “The Addams Family”.
The television series “You” follows Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), a serial killer and bookstore manager who falls in love and becomes obsessive.
Jenna Ortega joins the cast in season two, playing the character Ellie Alves.
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