Movies from Jenna Ortega

Black Panther

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
You have incredible films like Black Panther winning Oscars.
Movies from Jenna Ortega

Man on Fire

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
JO: The person who inspired me to become an actress was Dakota Fanning and I remember I saw her in Man on Fire and I thought she was the coolest thing ever, especially since she was [the same] age in that movie as I was at the time.
Movies from Jenna Ortega

No Country for Old Men

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
Her favorite movie villain? Anton Chigurh in the western thriller No Country for Old Men (2007).
Movies from Jenna Ortega

Deep Red

A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
She is an avid fan of horror movies! The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Deep Red (1975) are her all time favorites.
Movies from Jenna Ortega

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
She is an avid fan of horror movies! The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Deep Red (1975) are her all time favorites.
Movies from Jenna Ortega

Prom Night

This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, but when they start being murdered, one by one, it's clear that someone knows the truth. Also coping with the past are members of the dead girl's family, most notably her prom-queen sister, Kim Hammond (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Jenna Ortega
Actress
Ortega added during “Hot Ones” in March 2023, “It’s got all the classic teenage tropes. It’s got incredible gore. It’s inspired so many horror films to come since then. It’s just the proper way to do a slasher. If you ever needed some sort of guiding light, ‘Prom Night’ is a great one.”
Movies from Jenna Ortega

Beetlejuice

Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
“I feel like ‘Beetlejuice’ is a staple,” Ortega said on “Hot Ones” of the spooky 1988 comedy. “I’ve always appreciated ‘Beetlejuice.”
Movies from Jenna Ortega

Mars Attacks!

'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
“When I was younger, I wanted to be one of the aliens from ‘Mars Attacks!’ so bad. But not the Lisa Marie one, the one with the exposed brain,” Ortega said. “Jack Nicholson, there’s Glenn Close in there. It’s an incredible movie. I feel like people don’t give it the credit it deserves.”
Movies from Jenna Ortega

Child's Play

A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
“I think the first scary movie I watched or at least saw part of before I ran away in fear was ‘Child’s Play,’ I want to say,” Ortega said in an Elle video.
Books from Jenna Ortega

The Giver

Now a major motion picture! The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
I read The Giver when I was in like 3rd grade.
Books from Jenna Ortega

Richard Wright's Native Son

Richard Wright's works are universally acknowledged as a starting point for black literature in contemporary America. Critics speak of the author as a pioneer, a man of rare courage. This volume of essays anzlyses Wright's Native Son.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
Really beautiful book.
Books from Jenna Ortega

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World

For twenty-five years, Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World has been an essential primer on the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history of women's movements in Asia and the Middle East. In this engaging and well-researched survey, Kumari Jayawardena presents feminism as it originated in the Third World, erupting from the specific struggles of women fighting against colonial power, for education or the vote, for safety, and against poverty and inequality.Journalist and human rights activist Rafia Zakaria's foreword to this new edition is an impassioned letter in two parts: the first to Western feminists; the second to feminists in the Global South, entreating them to use this "compendium of female courage" as a bridge between women of different nations.Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World was chosen as one of the top twenty Feminist Classics of this Wave, 1970-1990, by Ms. magazine, and won the Feminist Fortnight Award in the UK.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
I'm currently reading right now. That's a really great one.
TV Shows from Jenna Ortega

Stranger Things

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Jenna Ortega
Actress
Her guilty pleasure is watching Stranger Things on repeat.
Music from Jenna Ortega

Daft Punk

Jenna Ortega
Actress
Earlier this month, Ortega told NME she is a big fan of Nick Cave and Daft Punk.
Music from Jenna Ortega

Nick Cave

Jenna Ortega
Actress
“I think I’m re-going through my Daft Punk phase…the director, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Mason [Gooding; Chad in Scream VI], and I love Nick Cave,” she continued.
Music from Jenna Ortega

Homework Studio album by Daft Punk

Jenna Ortega
Actress
“I listen to a lot of Discovery by Daft Punk or Homework by Daft Punk. [Those two albums] have been heavy on my playlist recently. I don’t know why.”
Music from Jenna Ortega

Discovery Studio album by Daft Punk

Jenna Ortega
Actress
“I listen to a lot of Discovery by Daft Punk or Homework by Daft Punk. [Those two albums] have been heavy on my playlist recently. I don’t know why.”
Goods from Jenna Ortega

Mason Pearson Pocket Nylon Hair Brush

Mason Pearson Pocket Nylon Hair Brush
Jenna Ortega
Actress
Back to beauty, she shows her most sentimental item in her bag, a Mason Pearson Pocket Bristle and Nylon Hairbrush. “I think that I have had this for over a decade!”
Goods from Jenna Ortega

5 GUM Sugar Free Chewing Gum

5 GUM Sugar Free Chewing Gum
Jenna Ortega
Actress
I was really freaking out, so I put my gum in. That’s when I was like, Oh, the blue gum goes really well for me. That day, we blew through the scenes. And, as soon as we started filming, there was a calmness about me, which isn’t always there.
Goods from Jenna Ortega

Tapatio, Hot Sauce

Tapatio, Hot Sauce
Jenna Ortega
Actress
Because I grew up with Tapatío, it’s ingrained in my brain that this is the correct hot sauce. I’m like, This is what I should use my entire life. And I’m not mad at that.
Goods from Jenna Ortega

LesserEvil Himalayan Gold Organic Popcorn

LesserEvil Himalayan Gold Organic Popcorn
Jenna Ortega
Actress
It feels so light and refreshing. I mean, popcorn is popcorn. It’s going to taste good no matter what, but if I’m going to be picky, and if I buy popcorn for myself, this is the brand I go to.