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· 제목 : Who Is Jenna Ortega? (Paperback)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 어린이 > 챕터북 > 논픽션 챕터북
· ISBN : 9798217051557
· 쪽수 : 56쪽
· 출판일 : 2026-03-24
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 어린이 > 챕터북 > 논픽션 챕터북
· ISBN : 9798217051557
· 쪽수 : 56쪽
· 출판일 : 2026-03-24
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Learn all about the life of Gen Z actress Jenna Ortega and discover how she went from starring roles on Disney Channel to Wednesday, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and more in this biography for young readers!
Jenna Ortega’s role as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s series Wednesday made her an international star. Since then, the actress has worked at full speed, taking on starring roles in horror films such as X, Scream IV, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Jenna has become a role model for young Latina girls across the world and has used her voice to advocate for anti-bullying programs, AIDS healthcare support, LGBTQ+ rights, women’s rights, and gun control laws.
Jenna knew she wanted to become an actress early in life, and by time she was nine, she was signed to an acting agency! She and her mother made the trip from the Coachella Valley to Los Angeles up to five days a week, securing roles in commercials and guest star appearances. Eventually, she landed her first lead role in Disney Channel’s 2016 series Stuck in the Middle. After working with Disney, Jenna wanted to find more mature roles, and found herself as a supporting actress in Netflix’s You. The experience sparked her interest in working in horror movies, and her career took off. Learn all about the life of rising star, goth style expert, and inspirational actress Jenna Ortega in this book for young readers!
Wednesday Addams had to dance.
No one was sure what that would look like. Even Jenna Ortega, the young actor playing Wednesday, wasn’t completely sure.
It was 2022, and Jenna was in Romania. She was filming the first season of Wednesday, a show about Wednesday Addams, a character from the classic TV show The Addams Family, and her adventures at Nevermore Academy, a school for teens with special powers. That day, they were shooting an important scene of Wednesday dancing in the center of a crowded school event. Wednesday was supposed to be a serious person who didn’t enjoy having fun like other teens. This scene would show what it looked like when she went wild.
The script had originally called for Wednesday to lead a flash mob—-a group of other students at the dance. But Jenna thought Wednesday would want to dance by herself. Tim Burton, the director of the show, asked Jenna if she wanted a choreographer to help create the dance. Jenna decided to come up with something on her own.
Two days before they planned to film the scene, Tim asked Jenna if she had her dance scene ready. Jenna assured him she did . . . but she didn’t! She spent the next few days watching videos of 1980s goth bands and club kids to get ideas. She even found a scene from the original Addams family TV series where the character of young Wednesday dances, and Jenna studied her moves.
As planned, the 1981 song “Goo Goo Muck” by the Cramps began to play. Jenna started her dance. She mixed in big flailing arm movements with small quieter moves. Some of it came from what she had learned from watching the videos. Other parts she made up as she went along. And she did it all with the direct, unblinking stare she had perfected for the role
of Wednesday.
Jenna hadn’t been feeling well. When she reported to set earlier that day, she had taken a COVID--19 test. The production was following COVID safety rules, like taking COVID tests each day and wearing masks off camera. After they had been filming for a while, news came that Jenna had tested positive. Filming was shut down, and Jenna was sent back to her apartment. She quarantined (stayed away from other people) for the next ten days until she was completely well.
Jenna was worried about the dance scene. Because she had felt sick, she wasn’t sure if her performance was good enough. But there wasn’t time to film it again.
Jenna had nothing to worry about. When Wednesday premiered in November 2022, it quickly became one of Netflix’s biggest hits. And everyone loved her dance. People all over the world posted videos on social media of themselves imitating her moves.
For Jenna, Wednesday was life-changing. She suddenly went from an actor who had been working steadily for more than ten years to the star of one of the most popular shows in the world. It was all she could have imagined when she was a little girl in the California desert who desperately wanted to act. And maybe more than she wanted.
Jenna Ortega’s role as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s series Wednesday made her an international star. Since then, the actress has worked at full speed, taking on starring roles in horror films such as X, Scream IV, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Jenna has become a role model for young Latina girls across the world and has used her voice to advocate for anti-bullying programs, AIDS healthcare support, LGBTQ+ rights, women’s rights, and gun control laws.
Jenna knew she wanted to become an actress early in life, and by time she was nine, she was signed to an acting agency! She and her mother made the trip from the Coachella Valley to Los Angeles up to five days a week, securing roles in commercials and guest star appearances. Eventually, she landed her first lead role in Disney Channel’s 2016 series Stuck in the Middle. After working with Disney, Jenna wanted to find more mature roles, and found herself as a supporting actress in Netflix’s You. The experience sparked her interest in working in horror movies, and her career took off. Learn all about the life of rising star, goth style expert, and inspirational actress Jenna Ortega in this book for young readers!
Excerpt
Who Is Jenna Ortega?Wednesday Addams had to dance.
No one was sure what that would look like. Even Jenna Ortega, the young actor playing Wednesday, wasn’t completely sure.
It was 2022, and Jenna was in Romania. She was filming the first season of Wednesday, a show about Wednesday Addams, a character from the classic TV show The Addams Family, and her adventures at Nevermore Academy, a school for teens with special powers. That day, they were shooting an important scene of Wednesday dancing in the center of a crowded school event. Wednesday was supposed to be a serious person who didn’t enjoy having fun like other teens. This scene would show what it looked like when she went wild.
The script had originally called for Wednesday to lead a flash mob—-a group of other students at the dance. But Jenna thought Wednesday would want to dance by herself. Tim Burton, the director of the show, asked Jenna if she wanted a choreographer to help create the dance. Jenna decided to come up with something on her own.
Two days before they planned to film the scene, Tim asked Jenna if she had her dance scene ready. Jenna assured him she did . . . but she didn’t! She spent the next few days watching videos of 1980s goth bands and club kids to get ideas. She even found a scene from the original Addams family TV series where the character of young Wednesday dances, and Jenna studied her moves.
As planned, the 1981 song “Goo Goo Muck” by the Cramps began to play. Jenna started her dance. She mixed in big flailing arm movements with small quieter moves. Some of it came from what she had learned from watching the videos. Other parts she made up as she went along. And she did it all with the direct, unblinking stare she had perfected for the role
of Wednesday.
Jenna hadn’t been feeling well. When she reported to set earlier that day, she had taken a COVID--19 test. The production was following COVID safety rules, like taking COVID tests each day and wearing masks off camera. After they had been filming for a while, news came that Jenna had tested positive. Filming was shut down, and Jenna was sent back to her apartment. She quarantined (stayed away from other people) for the next ten days until she was completely well.
Jenna was worried about the dance scene. Because she had felt sick, she wasn’t sure if her performance was good enough. But there wasn’t time to film it again.
Jenna had nothing to worry about. When Wednesday premiered in November 2022, it quickly became one of Netflix’s biggest hits. And everyone loved her dance. People all over the world posted videos on social media of themselves imitating her moves.
For Jenna, Wednesday was life-changing. She suddenly went from an actor who had been working steadily for more than ten years to the star of one of the most popular shows in the world. It was all she could have imagined when she was a little girl in the California desert who desperately wanted to act. And maybe more than she wanted.
About the Author
Kirsten Anderson is a writer and actress who lives in New York City with her charming Pomeranian, Sunflower. She has written several biographies for children, including Who Is Taylor Swift? and Who Is Kamala Harris?
