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Jenna Ortega Admits She Would Go ‘All Day’ Without Eating or Drinking on Set as Child Star!

Shannon Keenan
Shannon Keenan

01:15 12 Aug 2026


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Straight to HR!

Jenna Ortega is looking back at her time on set as a child star.

If you didn't know, the Wednesday star first started working in the industry at the age of nine and made her acting debut in an episode of the sitcom 'Rob' in 2012.

The following year, she appeared in Iron Man 3 and Insidious: Chapter 2.

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Speaking to Esquire the actress said: "As a child, I was so grateful and so excited to be there that my game face was on."

"I wasn’t asking for a sip of water. I would go all day without eating, drinking, whatever, because I wanted so badly to not be in the way of anybody."

Now at 23, Jenna clocked, "Maybe that was my mistake, was not actually looking after myself."

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