Jenna Ortega

LOS ANGELES – OCT 01: Ortega arrives to the “Venom” World Premiere on October 1, 2018 in Hollywood, CA, DFree/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Jenna Marie Ortega

Place of Birth: Palm Desert, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 27, 2002

Ethnicity:
*75% Mexican
*25% Puerto Rican

Jenna Ortega is an American actress. Her roles include the films Insidious: Chapter 2, Wyrm, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Yes Day, The Fallout, the latter-day Scream sequels, Studio 666, X (2022), American Carnage, Finestkind, Miller’s Girl, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; the series Rake, Jane the Virgin, Richie Rich, Stuck in the Middle, You, Wednesday, Elena of Avalor, and Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, the latter two in voice performance; and the music video for “Taste.”

Jenna is the daughter of Natalie, an emergency room nurse, and Edward Ortega, a sheriff and law office worker. Her father is of Mexican ancestry. Her mother is of half Puerto Rican and half Mexican, with roots in Sinaloa, descent. She was raised in La Quinta, California.

She has stated:

I am 75 percent Mexican and 25 percent Puerto Rican. My greatgrandma on my mother’s side migrated from a small ranch near Sinaloa, Mexico. She came to the United States as an illegal immigrant in hopes to make a better life for her four daughters. She wanted them to speak perfect English… My mom’s father was born in Puerto Rico, moved to New York with his family when he was a baby, and then moved to California during his high school years. My father is 100 percent Mexican, but his family moved to California generations before he was born. Spanish died down in his family, so he is not fluent. We are not really sure which part of Mexico my dad’s family is from.

Jenna’s paternal grandfather was Anthony Larriva “Tony” Ortega (the son of José María “Joe” Ortega López and Josephine Larriva). Anthony was born in Indio, California. José was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Catarino Ortega Olvera, who was from Villanueva, Zacatecas, and of Eduarda López, who was born in Aguascalientes. Josephine was born in Canutillo, Texas, the daughter of Julio Larriva Rocha, who was born in Lerdo, Durango, Mexico, and of Josefa Rivera Carrasco, who was born in Julimes, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Jenna’s paternal grandmother likely is the daughter of Fausto Perez and Evarista Martinez.

Jenna’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Lopez.

Sources: http://aumag.org
http://www.youtube.com
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Obituary of Jenna’s paternal grandfather, Anthony Larriva “Tony” Ortega – https://www.desertsun.com

Possible obituary of Jenna’s paternal great-uncle (grandmother’s brother) – https://www.legacy.com

Ortega in 2017, photo by kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com