Circa 2010 – Jenna in a McDonalds commercial.
Circa 2011 – Colgate Kids presents “No More Nasties” with Jenna Ortega.
2012 – Jenna’s first comedic acting role was on S1 E6 of the sitcom Rob. This episode was called The Baby Bug. The series follows Rob (Rob Schneider), a former lifelong bachelor and landscape architect with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, who marries into a tight-knit Mexican American family and attempts to be closer to them, often ending in disastrous results despite his good intentions.
In this episode, Maggie and her parents use a cute baby to try to make Rob change his mind about not wanting children. He ends up babysitting but briefly loses the baby. He tries to use a doll as a decoy but the little girl who owns the doll wants it back. Enter Jenna.
Below: Jenna’s scene in the episode.
2013 – Jenna played shooting victim Aimee DeSilva* in S9 E4 Unspoken in the show CSI: NY. (*Note: in an apparent continuity error, Jenna’s character is mis-identified as “Aimee Moore” in the closing credits, however the only time her full name is mentioned on screen is in a scene near the end of the episode when Eddie Cahill’s character Detective Don Flack clearly calls her “Aimee DeSilva”.)
2013 – Jenna played Hayley on episode 12062 of Days of Our Lives.
2014 – Jenna played a recurring role as Zoe Leon on the show Rake.
2014 to 2015 – Jenna played the titular role in the eleven-part series Know It All Nina on Dream Works TV on Youtube. Below is part one. The full series can be found here.
2014 to 2019 – Jenna played a recurring role as Jane Villanueva (Young Jane) on the show Jane the Virgin.
2015 – Jenna played a main role as Darcy on the show Richie Rich.
2016 to 2018 – Jenna played the lead role of Harley Diaz, a creative-engineering prodigy navigating life as the middle child in a family of 7 children in Stuck in the Middle. The Disney Channel show ran for three seasons.
2017 – VIDEO: Chapstick with Jacob Sartorius.
2017 – Jenna co-hosted the 5th annual Radio Disney Music Awards on the Disney channel.