Lesser-known facts about Wednesday star Jenna Ortega

Discovery

Ortega was discovered by a casting agent from a Facebook video posted by Ortega's mother

Love for the Macabre 

Just like her character Wednesday, Ortega has a morbid fascination with the macabre

New Diet

Ortega was vegan before the production of Wednesday, but has since changed her diet and has become a pescatarian

A proud UNAIDS Ambassador

She works closely with UNAIDS to honour her grandfather who died from AIDS

Plugged in 24/7

She loves her noise-cancelling headphones and does not leave her house without it

Who doesn't Love Stranger Things?

Dubbed the ‘new Millie Bobby Brown’, Ortega happens to be a huge fan of Stranger Things

HER INSPIRATION

A young Dakota Fanning in the film Man on Fire was Ortega’s inspiration to become an actor

Disney Princess

She voiced the first ever Latin American Disney Princess in Elena of Avalor

Actor by Day, Writer by Night

Despite her age, she is already a published author. Her book is titled It's All Love