# @thecut on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIJ17wcuDag
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29123841-thecut-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d3ddc8fa08.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-07T18:00:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Cut (@thecut) — https://gondola.cc/thecut

## Caption

JENNA ORTEGA IS TRUSTING HER INSTINCTS
April/May #CutCover star jennaortega grew up in the Coachella Valley and got into acting young, starring in Jane the Virgin and, later, Disney’s Stuck in the Middle. Her mom, an ER nurse, lived in the Southern California desert near Ortega’s maternal grandfather, who moved from Puerto Rico to the Bronx and eventually settled in the West. He came out later in life and would perform in drag at a club called Daddy Warbucks, using the competition prizes to provide for his family. Ortega was born after he died from AIDS-related complications, but her mom tells her she resembles him — she has his eyes. Her passion for performing might stem from him, too. “I kind of have the same instincts that he does,” Ortega says. Read the full profile by thephoebeiknow at the link in bio. 

thecut x jennaortega
Photography by coni.tarallo 
Styling by jessswill 
Digital Tech: Pamela Grant
Photo Assistants: benjaminjosephphoto and kinseyball 
Styling Assistants: antoninathestylist icyaus and jcolenorton 
Hair: brycescarlett
Makeup: melaniemakeup
Manicure: thuybnguyen
Tailor: #susiekourinian
Movement Director: dalelbacre
Production: kindlyproductions
The Cut, Editor-in-Chief lrpeoples
The Cut, Photo Director nono_elle_
The Cut, Deputy Culture Editor: brkmrn
The Cut, Fashion Market Editor emmaoleck

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