Jenna Ortega's Historic 2023 Emmys Nomination Deserves Two Snaps

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Wednesday's Jenna Ortega Wants a "Darker" Season 2

This quality volition get Wednesday fans dancing again.

On July 12, Jenna Ortega picked up her archetypal ever Emmy nomination, for her relation of Wednesday Addams successful the Netflix show. And with that recognition, the 20-year-old makes past arsenic the youngest Latina acting nominee of each time, arsenic good arsenic the second-youngest nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series (the archetypal being Patty Duke, who was 17 erstwhile she was nominated for The Patty Duke Show successful 1964).

Ortega, who is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, is besides the first Latina nominee successful the class since 2008, erstwhile America Ferrera was successful the moving to prime up her 2nd Emmy for Ugly Betty. The Barbie prima had made past the erstwhile year by becoming the archetypal Latina to triumph the award.

As for who joins Ortega arsenic the 2023 pb drama histrion Emmy nominees? Christina Applegate (Dead to Me), Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) also had their names called during the July 12 information ceremony.

In summation to being honored done Ortega's idiosyncratic nomination, Wednesday is also up Outstanding Comedy Series, alongside 7 different shows.

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All this Emmy emotion for Wednesday is definite to having fans busting a determination Addams-style arsenic they grant play 2 of the deed series.

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To spot if Ortega and Wednesday get 2 snaps from the Television Academy, cheque retired the 2023 Emmy Awards live on Fox Sept. 18 astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.

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