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
https://youtu.be

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

32 Responses

  1. jayjames says:

    I hate how it says her nationality background instead of ethnic. If you see her parents you’d think they was fully white but looking at her id assume 75-85 percent white. I’m just wondering is she has Irish heritage because I know an Irish girl who could be her twin but with blonde hair.

    • Urimnak says:

      Hahahahaha!
      Her “white” Afro-Hispanic parents
      https://images.app.goo.gl/rour3kasq42zZZPr8

      Jenna has 70%-80% of black and a little side of white.
      Lol Afro-Hispanic Irish !

      • Urimnak says:

        Mom and dad look Arabs too.

      • jayjames says:

        You linked a picture that’s manipulation because they’re both under the shade. Everyone is darker in the shade. Both of them are normal pale white in the sun. They both look fully European to me. I’m not saying they don’t have African and Native American ancestry. It clearly isn’t a lot. 70/80 percent has to be a joke. Maybe 30 at most. I’m just curious if she has Irish ancestry because like I said I know a girl who’s Irish who has a near identical face but with blonde hair who also has a slight olive complexion. Yeah I believe even at 30 percent none European ancestry that still qualifies her as white. I’m not a racist purists. Beside there are people who are 100% white like Rita Ora who look more ambiguous than Jenna does.

        • andrew says:

          @jayjames

          Urimnak AKA Muricansareallmutts is a mentally disturbed troll. 70-80% black would be African-American. Agree with you about her being geneticallly around 70% European (IMO), considering her parents countries background.

  2. indo says:

    This does not look like her.

  3. laddmannen says:

    Same face as Amaury Nolasco

  4. semjamaj says:

    She’s likely 85 to 90 percent European. She’s white of course but she has clear Native American or African ancestry that skipped both her parents as they both clearly look like full blooded Europeans. She’s even said people think she’s darker than she actually is and this picture is an example of that. This picture doesn’t show her actual skin color. She’s much paler than this.

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