Jenna Ortega Stuns in Slip Dress, Gets Emotional

certainly gave them the slip at the 32nd Actor Awards, which were held at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in downtown LA on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Wednesday producer-star took the plunge in an ivory Christian Cowan SS/26 tattered silk-and-lace slip dress, grey stockings and towering black peep-toe heels selected by stylist Enrique Melendez.

Ortega paired her distressed 1950s boudoir attire with a couple long necklaces and hairstylist César DeLeon Ramirez thickened her signature raven mane with a top hairpiece.

Make-up artist Mélanie Inglessis overlined the Gen-Z It Girl's pink pout and she brought out her dark doe eyes for the Netflix-streamed awards show.

Ortega was nominated for her role as Wednesday Addams but lost the outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series trophy to the late Catherine O'Hara.

The Canadian comedian - who died, age 71, from a pulmonary embolism on January 30 - posthumously won for her work as former studio head Patty Leigh in Apple TV's The Studio.

Jenna Ortega certainly gave them the slip at the 32nd Actor Awards, which were held at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in downtown LA on Sunday

The Cali-born, Mexican-Puerto Rican beauty could be seen wiping away tears as The Studio creator-star Seth Rogen honored 'her ability to be generous and kind and gracious, while never, ever minimizing her own talents.'

Ortega had previously bonded with O'Hara while portraying her onscreen step-granddaughter Astrid Deetz in Tim Burton's comedy-horror sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which amassed $452 million at the box office in 2024.

Sinners earned surprise wins in the top categories at the Actor Awards 2026

TELEVISION

Ensemble in a Drama Series: The Pitt

Ensemble in a Comedy Series: The Studio

Male Actor in a Drama Series: Seth Rogen - The Studio

Female Actor in a Drama Series: Catherine O'Hara - The Studio

Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Michelle Williams -

Ortega was nominated for her role as Wednesday Addams but lost the outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series trophy to the late Catherine O'Hara

The Canadian comedian - who died, age 71, from a pulmonary embolism on January 30 - posthumously won for her work as former studio head Patty Leigh in Apple TV's The Studio

'Catherine is one of the most beautiful people I've ever had the honor of getting to work with and know,' the Emmy nominee wrote on February 1. 'I'll forever cherish the time we shared together, and everything she taught me. A giant and inspiration in many ways. One of the greats. Thank you so much for it all'

Coincidentally, Ortega also presented the outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series trophy to Rogen (R), who also revealed O'Hara would 'completely rewrite' her scenes and always 'destroyed' onscreen

The 43-year-old Canadian comedian added: 'She really showed that you can be a genius and be kind, and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other in any way, shape or form'

Audiences can next catch the former Disney Channel star in J. J. Abrams' science fantasy film The Great Beyond - hitting US/UK theaters November 13 - alongside Glen Powell, Samuel L. Jackson and Sophie Okonedo

Ortega's other upcoming roles include Taika Waititi's dystopian sci-fi flick Klara and the Sun, and Cathy Yan's Miami Art Basel-inspired comedy thriller The Gallerist

Season three of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar's Addams Family spin-off - directed by Tim Burton - will also feature Winona Ryder, Eva Green, Chris Sarandon and Joanna Lumley.

Audiences can next catch Ortega in J. J. Abrams' science fantasy film The Great Beyond - hitting US/UK theaters November 13 - alongside Glen Powell, Samuel L. Jackson and Sophie Okonedo.

The Dior Beauty brand ambassador's other upcoming roles include Taika Waititi's dystopian sci-fi flick Klara and the Sun, and Cathy Yan's Miami Art Basel-inspired comedy thriller The Gallerist.

Worryingly, the last two films Ortega produced and starred in - Hurry Up Tomorrow and Death of a Unicorn - received absolutely dismal reviews and bombed at the box office.

FILM

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

Marty Supreme (A24)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros)

Sinners (Warner Bros) - WINNER

Michael B. Jordan led Sinners to two of the biggest wins of the night

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jessie Buckley - Hamnet - WINNER

Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue

Chase Infinity - One Battle After Another

Emma Stone - Bugonia

Jessie Buckley was recognized for her work in Hamnet

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme

Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan - Sinners - WINNER

Jesse Plemons - Bugonia

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Miles Caton - Sinners

Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another

Paul Mescal - Hamnet

Sean Penn - One Battle After Another - WINNER

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Odessa A’zion - Marty Supreme

Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good

Amy Madigan - Weapons - WINNER

Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners

Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Amy Madigan was honored for her work in thriller Weapons

OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

F1 (Apple Original Films)

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount) - WINNER

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros)

Sinners (Warner Bros)

TELEVISION

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES

Landman (Paramount+)

The Pitt (HBO Max) - WINNER

Severance (Apple TV)

The White Lotus (HBO)

Noah Wyle and The Pitt were massive winners on the television drama side

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Sterling K. Brown - Paradise

Billy Crudup - The Morning Show

Walton Goggins - The White Lotus

Gary Oldman - Slow Horses

Noah Wyle - The Pitt - WINNER

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Britt Lower - Severance

Parker Posey - The White Lotus

Keri Russell - The Diplomat - WINNER

Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus

Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

The Bear (FX/Hulu)

Hacks (HBO Max)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

The Studio (Apple TV) - WINNER

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Ike Barinholtz - The Studio

Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This

Ted Danson - Inside Man

Seth Rogen - The Studio - WINNER

Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building

Seth Rogen's The Studio swept the television comedy portion

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Kathryn Hahn - The Studio

Catherine O’Hara - The Studio - WINNER

Jenna Ortega - Wednesday

Jean Smart - Hacks

Kristen Wiig - Palm Royale

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Jason Bateman - Black Rabbit

Owen Cooper - Adolescence - WINNER

Stephen Graham - Adolescence

Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Matthew Rhys - The Beast In Me

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Claire Danes - The Beast In Me

Erin Doherty - Adolescence

Sarah Snook - All Her Fault

Christine Tremarco - Adolescence

Michelle Williams - Dying For Sex - WINNER

OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES

Andor (Disney+)

Landman (Paramount+)

The Last of Us (HBO) - WINNER

Squid Game (Netflix)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Jenna Ortega Stuns in Slip Dress, Gets Emotional

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