Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega stars in the first look for 'Wednesday,' the Netflix spin-off series of the Addams Family franchise.

In addition to Ortega as Wednesday, the rest of the Addams Family will make appearances in the show. However, the 1991 Barry Sonnenfeld-directed film adaptation changed her personality to be much more deadpan and sadistic, with Christina Ricci’s portrayal in the film making her one of the most popular characters in the franchise. First created by Charles Addams for a series of New Yorker cartoons, the Addams Family is a bizarre aristocratic clan with an obsession of the macabre and a complete lack of concern regarding how others perceive them.

Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in Tim Burton's new Netflix horror comedy series based on "The Addams Family."

She also appeared in the HBO Max movie “The Fallout,” a school-shooting drama that first premiered at SXSW, and stars in the July release “American Carnage.” The series is led by showrunners and executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville,” “Into the Badlands”) with iconic filmmaker Tim Burton directing. Tim Burton directs and executive produces the Netflix series, aptly titled “ Wednesday,” premiering on the streaming platform sometime in 2022.

A thick layer of ice has formed over Jenna Ortega's heart in the first official teaser trailer for Tim Burton's Wednesday. The trailer provides fans their ...

The trailer provides fans their first glimpse of Ortega as the chilling Addams Family daughter in the upcoming Netflix live-action series — and her look is as chilling as it is classic. “We’ve never seen her as a teenage girl,” Ortega told Entertainment Weekly of her character while shooting the eight-hour, coming-of-age series. But Ortega has been staking her claim as Hollywood’s new horror-driven “It Girl” since joining the Scream franchise as Tara Carpenter.

Jenna Ortega — who just won an MTV Movie & TV award for most frightened performance — is the new star of the 'Scream' and 'Addams Family' franchises.

“I got to work with her, and I learned a lot from her,” Ortega added. ... This is probably the most aggressive and violent version of Ghostface we’ve ever seen, which will be really fun to shoot.” ... You’re expressing yourself the best you possibly can be to give people that rush of adrenaline. There’s a love behind it.” “Thing about Wednesday is we’ve never seen her onscreen for such a long period of time. “In my personal opinion, Wednesday will never get any better.

Netflix kicked off their annual virtual celebrating with a short teaser trailer for “Wednesday,” along with an awesome image reveal. Check out Jenna Ortega ( ...

Netflix kicked off their annual virtual celebrating with a short teaser trailer for “Wednesday,” along with an awesome image reveal. “Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” It’s said to follow… Christina Ricci will also appear in the show.