The timbre of actressJenna Ortega’smovies has browse from great , likeThe Babysitter : Killer Queen , to less - than - starring , likeSaving Flora . Ortega wax to stardom with the deed part in the Netflix supernatural dramedy seriesWednesday , a role that score her Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations , but she ’s been acting since 2012 . The actress has appear in both big - budget blockbusters likeBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceand smaller indie films likeWyrmandThe Fallout . Her roles in horror film likeX , pernicious : Chapter 2 , and theScreamfranchise have earned her a place in the“scream queen ” pantheon .

Wednesday Addams is the role that define Ortega ’s career , but she ’s bet a wide variety of lineament . In addition to play the Addams Family ’s glowering daughter in her own TV twist - off , Ortega has bring a shoal shooting subsister , an adult photographic film star , and aScreamfinal girl who broke the tropein lineament - length movies . She ’s star in box spot achiever , vital darling , and sleeper hits that have launched a franchise . The actress always brings her A - game to each use , butsome Ortega movies have turned out easily than others .

Wednesday became a huge success on Netflix with the release of the show in 2022 , but there were several scenes that assure the show would be a collision .

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17The Little Rascals Save The Day (2014)

Mary Ann

Ortega plays Mary Ann in the ensemble cast of 2014’sThe Little Rascals keep the Day . This reboot updates the role from Hal Roach’sOur Gangshorts and reimagines a peck of their classical laughable scenarios . While the timelessOur Gangfranchise is crying out for a reboot , The Little Rascals Save the Dayis distinctive lineal - to - telecasting farethat fails to recapture the magic of Roach ’s original shortstop . Thus , it sit around at the bottom of Jenna Ortega ’s impressive filmography .

16Saving Flora (2018)

Dawn

Saving Florastars Ortega as Dawn , who takes a circus elephant that ’s due to be euthanized on a dangerous journeying across the hobo camp to save its life . While this is a nice , simple write up about one girl ’s efforts to save an elephant ’s life , Saving Florawas controversial for hiring its elephant actorfrom Have Trunk Will Travel , a troupe with a documented history of animal abuse ( viaPETA Asia ) . Plus , likeThe Little Rascals lay aside the Day , this film did not get a wide acquittance or even much of a decisive reaction , which makes it quite forgettable .

15After Words (2015)

Anna Chapa

Marcia Gay Harden stars inAfter Wordsas a librarianwho goes to Costa Rica after lose her problem and gets a new lease on aliveness when she falls for a untested man . Ortega plays the supporting role of Anna Chapa . Harden brings her all to the lead role , but this conventional romance did n’t make much of an impression on audiences . Furthermore , this movie is corking for enjoying a young Jenna Ortega , but does n’t add much to her resume .

14Finestkind (2023)

Mabel

Finestkindis a 2023 law-breaking thriller that follows two brothers who reunify after many years , only to be forced into a deal with a crime consortium . As a result , Jenna Ortega ’s Mabel gets caught in the middle . Despite brag Ortega and Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones , Finestkindwas a fizzle . After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival , the movie go away straight to cyclosis and earned a measly 29 % on Rotten Tomatoes , make it one of Ortega ’s least memorable pic .

13Miller’s Girl (2024)

Cairo Sweet

Another recent Jenna Ortega film that failed both financially and critically wasMiller ’s Girl . This thriller follows a in high spirits school bookman make Cairo who begin an function with her English teacher . Though Ortega and Martin Freeman take strong carrying out to this film , the subject issue simply did n’t trash outfor most interview . The moving picture may have had something interesting to say about desire and out or keeping relationships , but it never fully vex the landing place . Thus , many viewers left feeling dainty and underwhelmed .

The erotic thriller Miller ’s Girl include a controversial sex scene between Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman which has caused immense online backlash .

12American Carnage (2022)

Camila Montes

Ortega plays Camila Montes inAmerican Carnage , a horror thriller about the minor of undocumented citizen evading arrest by volunteering to care for the aged . With a middling Rotten Tomatoes score of 58%,American Carnageis a muddled effort atGet Out - dash social commentary through horror . However , it stand above Ortega ’s other task due to its satirical ambition and its important messaging , irrespective of death penalty .

11Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

Annie

Ortega plays the minor office of Annie inInsidious : Chapter 2.The secondInsidiousfilm is a unsatisfying sequellacking the suspense and atmosphere that made the original a hitting , and it relies on jump panic that can be learn coming from a mile away . Although theInsidioussequel meet mostly electronegative reviews from critic – scoring 38 % on Rotten Tomatoes – it still strike a chord with interview and became a bountiful box business office success . Ortega ’s office in the film is also quite small .

10Studio 666 (2022)

Skye Willow

Studio 666is a unequaled horror take on a movie likeA Hard Day ’s Night , as the Foo Fighters portray overdone versions of themselves recording an record album in a haunted mansion . Ortega establish the stakes of the moving-picture show as Skye Willow , a great metal drummer who gets kill in the unredeemed studio apartment in the opening scene . While it may occur to be re - evaluated asa furor classic , Studio 666was met with mixed reviews and tepid box part payoff on its initial release .

9Yes Day (2021)

Katie Torres

The Netflix master copy movieYes Daysees a couple of parent who always tell their kids “ no ” setting away a day in which they promise to say “ yes ” to all their kid ’s barbaric wishes . Ortega plays one of the aforesaid kids , Katie Torres . A big hit with Netflix viewers , Yes Dayis an affable , heartfelt family comedythat takes full vantage of its fun premise . Plus , it realize Ortega in a much sweeter role than many of her other films , which could be a pro or a gyp depending on the audience .

8The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)

Phoebe Atwell

InThe Babysitter : Killer Queen , the sequel to the remove Netflix horror comedyThe Babysitter , Ortega run Phoebe Atwell , a new educatee at Cole ’s school who becomes his love interest when he ’s once again point by a demonic fad . The baby-sitter : Killer Queenmight not be as fresh or alert as its precursor , but it ’s still full of gory playfulness . Ortega conjoin the plaster bandage with a standout performance that steals the show . While critics were n’t as kind to the sequel as the original , The sitter : Killer Queenscored impressive viewership on Netflix .

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Anna Kendrick as Stephanie and Blake Lively as Emily on a plane in Another Simple Favor.

Jenna Ortega in Miller’s Girl and Finestkind

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