Netflix star Jenna Ortega debuts dramatic makeover on red carpet

Star of one of Netflix’s biggest shows, Jenna Ortega, stepped out on the red carpet this week with a dramatic makeover.

American actress Jenna Ortega stepped out on the red carpet this week having undergone a makeover so dramatic, Vogue magazine even dubbed her “unrecognisable.”
The surprisingly simple secret behind her drastic new look? Ortega had bleached her usually dark eyebrows.

Wednesday star Ortega, 22, walked the red carpet at CinemaCon in Las Vegas in a short purple Versace suit, teamed with a printed shirt. But it was her eyebrows – or lack thereof – that got the most attention.

Jenna Ortega unveils a new look. Picture: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty

Ortega’s latest big screen role is in the comedy-horror film Death of A Unicorn. Speaking about her new movie in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Ortega revealed she had a tiny, uncredited role in Iron Man 3, and confessed she has no interest in appearing in another Marvel project.

“I’m hoping that we can create this world where we can get Jenna Ortega into the Marvel universe,” the interviewer said to Ortega, 22, and fellow actor Paul Rudd as the pair promoted their new film.

The new-look Jenna … Picture: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty

… and how fans are used to seeing her. Picture: Michael Tran / AFP

“I did it once,” Ortega responded. “It was one of the first jobs I ever did.”

They took all my lines out. I’m in Iron Man 3 for a quick second. I take up the frame, I have one leg and I’m the vice president’s daughter.”

She said that after that apparent snub, she was happy to “move on” from the possibility of appearing in further Marvel films.

Vogue dubbed the new look “unrecognisable.” Picture: Getty

Ortega is one of Hollywood’s hottest young stars. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP

Another thing Ortega is happy to move on from: Social media, specifically X. The young actress revealed last year that she had deleted her account on the social media platform after being sent explicit AI-generated images of herself when she was a minor.

“I hate AI,” she said. “I mean, here’s the thing: AI could be used for incredible things. I think I saw something the other day where they were saying that artificial intelligence was able to detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That’s beautiful. Let’s keep it to that,” she told The New York Times in August last year.

“Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It’s terrifying. It’s corrupt. It’s wrong,” she added.

“The first [direct message] I ever opened myself when I was 12 was an unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals,” the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star continued. “And that was just the beginning of what was to come.”

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