Jenna Ortega has landed the November cover of Vogue.
The “Wednesday” star, 24, posed for photographer Szilveszter Makó in a spread styled by Tabitha Simmons that trades her signature gothic aesthetic for stripped-down, sculptural glamour. On the cover, Ortega wears a white satin Dior slip dress, barefoot and leaning on a stool. Inside the issue, she appears in an asymmetric acid green Givenchy dress, a Miu Miu mini tied with dismembered “Wednesday” braids, and a bright blue feathered Balenciaga Couture gown, all set against trompe l’oeil backdrops.
Ortega has built her red-carpet reputation on method dressing, leaning heavily into dark, gothic themes for press tours tied to “Wednesday” and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The Vogue shoot deliberately breaks from that visual box. She told the magazine, “In my day-to-day life, I’m very practical, very comfortable. I’m a very low-maintenance person.”
The contrast between her public persona and private self runs through the feature. “Wednesday has had such a profound impact on my life,” she continued, adding, “It’ll always be something people think of when they see me.”
Director Mary Bronstein weighed in on Ortega’s professional evolution for the publication. “[Jenna] has been put in some little boxes,” Bronstein said. “I think that there are things that are in there that haven’t been brought out…. She has a poise to her that I’ve seen few people in their 40s or even 50s have.”
The “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” actress has spent recent years methodically building her profile through strategic role choices and visually cohesive promotional appearances. The Netflix series “Wednesday,” a reimagining of the Addams Family universe centered on the deadpan daughter, became her breakout vehicle and established the monochrome, slightly macabre aesthetic that has defined her public image.
That image has served her well commercially but also risked typecasting. The Vogue spread functions as a deliberate pivot, using fashion photography’s vocabulary to argue for her range. The dismembered “Wednesday” braids attached to the Miu Miu mini read as both homage and reclamation, integrating her most famous character into a high-fashion context that recontextualizes rather than repeats.
Makó’s signature style, evident in the artistic quality of the backdrops and compositions, gives the feature its visual coherence. The trompe l’oeil settings create illusory depth that plays against the sculptural clothing, producing images that read as gallery-worthy rather than purely commercial.
Ortega’s collaboration with Simmons on styling choices signals her growing involvement in shaping her own narrative. The feathered Balenciaga Couture gown and acid green Givenchy piece represent a color palette and dramatic silhouette far removed from the restrained blacks and grays of her recent premieres.
The November issue arrives as Ortega balances established franchise work with efforts to demonstrate versatility. Her comments to Vogue about comfort and practicality suggest she remains grounded even as her fashion profile escalates, a tension that the shoot itself dramatizes through its art-directed artificiality.
The “Wednesday” star’s Vogue cover follows her participation in multiple high-profile projects that have kept her in constant promotional rotation. The magazine placement represents both a career milestone and a strategic repositioning, using the publication’s cultural authority to certify her arrival as a fashion force independent of any single role.