((MENAFN- IANS) Los Angeles, May 29 (IANS)“Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega has insisted it's not always easy trying to be "taken seriously" as a short actress. The 22-year-old star plays iconic ...

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In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar, Jenna said that she initially didn't want to take on the role due to the time commitment making television takes. "I was getting to this point in my career ...

Ortega became an overnight sensation despite acting since she was a child, and such popularity put a target on her back on social media as her every move and all of her next acting choices were ...

She doesn’t bury hatchets; she sharpens them. Jenna Ortega has come under fire for saying she was “an unhappy person” after getting famous for her role as Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix ...

But Scream and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actor Ortega also struggled with the fact she had to wear a school uniform – a costume synonymous with the 15-year-old character who goes to boarding school.

Although it’s hard to imagine now, there was a time when Jenna Ortega didn’t think she wanted the part of Wednesday Addams. “I was getting to this point in my career where I was doing movies ...

Jenna Ortega reveals how an emotional connection to the misunderstood Addams daughter convinced her to take the biggest leap of her career The modern gothic series Wednesday became a cultural ...

including her character’s Nevermore Academy uniform. “There’s just something about it that’s very patronizing,” Ortega said of being “dressed in the schoolgirl costume.” She added ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Top and dress, McQueen. Ortega is telling me this over iced teas on the patio of a popular cafe in the Los Feliz neighborhood of L.A ...