Netflix Wednesday was a smash hit with more than 50 million homes streaming 341.23 million hours of the comedy horror series in its first week on the streamer! With such impressive numbers, it’s no surprise that the incredibly talented leading actress, Jenna Ortega, has seen her Instagram followers soar.
Wednesday is a Netflix Original Series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is based on the reserved and methodical character, Wednesday Addams The Addams family and follows Wednesday’s years as a student at Nevermore Academy.
While attending the supernatural institute, Wednesday attempts to hone her psychic abilities, but struggles to stop a killing spree and solve the supernatural mystery her parents became embroiled in over two decades ago.
Alongside Ortega, the cast includes Gwendoline Christie, Christina Ricci, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Fred Armisen, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday and many others.
Wednesday Star Jenna Ortega Gains Over 10 Million Instagram Followers
As the Netflix series holds the record for most hours watched in a week for an English-language series, success is beginning to impact its cast. More specifically, Jenna Ortega.
You might recognize Ortega from other shows and movies like Insidious: Chapter 2, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Failure, Scream, X, Stuck in the middle and You. With so many shows and films to his credit, Ortega had already garnered countless followers on her various social media accounts. However, she has seen her Instagram followers increase the most after posting Wednesday.
According to the media and news site Pop Crave, Jenna Ortega gained over 10 million followers on Instagram in the 10 days following the horror comedy’s release on Netflix. On the day of WednesdayAt the time of its publication, Ortega had approximately 9.39 million followers. As of December 4, the rising star had over 20 million followers on Instagram. From December 5th Ortega has 21.8 million followers and rising.
Ortega’s follower count is increasing daily and she will likely see another massive influx of people following her when Wednesday will be renewed for a second season, which looks very likely.
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