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Jenna Ortega says she is about 5 ft 1 in (155 cm), possibly a little less. That qualification comes from her own WIRED interview and should stay attached to the answer.
Ortega plays Wednesday Addams in Wednesday and Tara Carpenter in the Scream films. Her television background includes Jane the Virgin and Disney’s Stuck in the Middle.
What did Jenna Ortega say about her height?
In WIRED’s November 17, 2022 Autocomplete Interview, Ortega answers the height question with “I’m five foot one or maybe a touch less.” She first makes a much taller joke, then gives this qualified answer.
This is a self-report, not a documented independent measurement. 5 ft 1 in converts to 154.94 cm, rounded to about 155 cm. The conversion cannot quantify how much less she might mean, so we do not invent a narrower barefoot figure or a measured range.
WIRED · November 17, 2022. The height question is also available in the publisher’s transcript linked above.
The event portrait shows her public appearance, not a way to measure her height from clothing or camera perspective.
Wednesday and her screen career
Her early television work preceded the lead role in Wednesday, which debuted in 2022. In Netflix’s interview, she discusses returning as Wednesday Addams and taking on executive-producer responsibilities for Season 2, released in 2025.
That work, alongside her role as Tara Carpenter in Scream, provides a more useful introduction to Ortega than assumptions about what her height lets her play.
Jenna Ortega at a glance
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Jenna Ortega |
| Birthday | September 27, 2002 |
| Age (as of 2026) | 24 years old |
| Birthplace | Coachella Valley, California, United States |
| Profession | Actress |
| Self-reported height | About 5 ft 1 in (155 cm), possibly a little less |
| Selected work | Stuck in the Middle; Scream; Wednesday |
