Jenna Ortega, credited in coverage as jenna ortega, arrived at the 32nd Actor Awards in downtown Los Angeles wearing a distressed Christian Cowan slip dress and grey stockings.
The 23-year-old paired the ivory silk-and-lace frock with towering black peep-toe platform heels, layered necklaces, and a black choker, with stylist Enrique Melendez credited for the look.
Hair stylist César DeLeon Ramirez added volume with a top hairpiece and make-up artist Mélanie Inglessis accentuated Ortega's lips and eyes, press accounts said.
Ortega was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for Wednesday, but the award went to the late Catherine O'Hara, who was honored posthumously.
During the ceremony Seth Rogen accepted O'Hara's prize and delivered a choked-up speech praising her generosity, kindness, and craft, remarks that reduced many in the audience to tears.
Coverage showed Ortega visibly moved, wiping away tears as Rogen remembered O'Hara and described her habit of rewriting scenes to improve them, as reported by Entertainment Weekly.
Entertainment Weekly also reported that O'Hara died on January 30 and that her death certificate listed a pulmonary embolism as the main cause, with rectal cancer as an underlying cause.
Career Context And Reactions
Ortega presented the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series to Seth Rogen at the same ceremony, press reports said.
She previously worked with O'Hara on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, portraying Astrid Deetz, a film the coverage said amassed about $452 million at the box office in 2024.
Netflix renewed Wednesday for a third season last July and reporting indicates Ortega will return as both executive producer and lead, continuing her involvement behind the camera.
Her upcoming screen credits include J. J. Abrams's The Great Beyond, listed for release in US and UK theaters on November 13, and roles in Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun and Cathy Yan's The Gallerist, according to awards night coverage.
Commentary in the press also noted that two recent films Ortega produced and starred in, Hurry Up Tomorrow and Death of a Unicorn, received poor reviews and underperformed at the box office, a point raised in one report.
At the Actor Awards, reactions combined admiration for Ortega's styling choices with sympathy as colleagues and viewers marked O'Hara's final accolades, while industry reporting captured the moment's mix of fashion and grief.
