Jenna Ortega’s Net Worth Is Skyrocketing Since the Debut of “Wednesday”

Following the release of Tim Burton’s Wednesday, Jenna Ortega has quickly catapulted to a household name. The actress stars as the show’s titular character, which follows Wednesday Addams as she begins school at Nevermore Academy and aims to solve a 25-year-old murder mystery involving her parents. In its premiere week, the series broke streaming records and became Netflix’s most-watched show *ever*. Jenna even landed two nominations at the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards. She earned a nod for best actress in a TV series, musical, or comedy, while Wednesday landed a nomination for best television series, musical, or comedy. Of course, that makes us wonder what kind of $$$ Jenna earned from the series and how that impacted her overall net worth.

The 20-year-old’s exact paycheck for Wednesday is unfortunately unknown. But if you look at the starting salaries of actors on Netflix series such as 13 Reasons Why and Stranger Things, those ranged somewhere between $20,000 and $60,000 an episode, according to Deadline. Considering Jenna was an established, relatively well-known actress by the time Wednesday debuted, and was its spectacular lead actress, it’s likely that her starting salary fell somewhere in the higher end of that range.

Now, given the success of Wednesday’s first season, it’s expected that her salary will only increase. In later seasons, 13 Reasons Why and Stranger Things’ stars began making up to $200,000 and 300,000 per episode, respectively, so it’s not too far-fetched to say Jenna could eventually be making the same if Wednesday is renewed (fingers crossed!).

But let’s not forget — Jenna’s acting career began long before she embodied Wednesday Addams. Her first role dates back to 2012, when she starred in an episode of CBS’s Rob. From there, she landed notable roles in projects such as Annie in Insidious: Chapter 2, Harley Diaz in Disney’s Stuck in the Middle, Young Jane in The CW’s Jane the Virgin, Ellie Alves in Netflix’s You, and Tara Carpenter in Scream. Coming up, she reprises her role as Tara in 2023’s Scream VI.

Her social media presence also recently made headlines. Just 10 days after the release of Wednesday, Jenna gained a staggering 10 million new followers (🤯🤯🤯) on Instagram. According to Pop Crave, the actress had 9.39 million followers on November 23, 2022, and by December 4, 2022, that number climbed to 20.02 million. At time of publication, her follower count has reached 31.5 million. Whewwww.

So how might Jenna’s large social media following affect her net worth? Well, according to Netflix Life, she reportedly can earn over $78,000 per sponsored Instagram post. Since her number of followers keeps climbing, it’s likely that that pay will increase as well. Jenna doesn’t have a *ton* of sponsored posts on her grid, but she has landed major campaigns with big brands including Neutrogena.

Jenna’s career is clearly just getting started and we cannot wait to see where she graces our screens next (ahem, Wednesday season 2 announcement pls, Netflix??). Everything she's achieved so far has led to big $$$. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Jenna has a current net worth of $3 million. But just like her Instagram account, we can only expect that number to get higher and higher.

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