created by Charles Addams Portrayed by Lisa Loring Noelle Von Sonn Christina Ricci Nicole Fugere Krysta Rodriguez Rachel Potter Lauren Revere Melissa Hunter Carrie Hope Fletcher Jenna Ortega Voiced by Cindy Henderson (1972–1974 series) Debi Derryberry (1992–1994 series) Chloë Grace Moretz (2019 and 2021 films) Hair color black
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Lisa Loring as Wednesday in The Addams Family original TV series.
Christina Ricci as Wednesday in The Addams Family.
Over the years, Wednesday has been portrayed by a variety of actresses, on television, the movies, and stage:
- Lisa Loring (1964–1966, 1977)
- Cindy Henderson (1972–1974, animated television)
- Noelle Von Sonn (1973, live-action television pilot)
- Christina Ricci (1991, 1993, original live-action films)
- Debi Derryberry (1992–1994, animated television)
- Nicole Fugere (1998–1999, Addams Family Reunion, The New Addams Family)
- Krysta Rodriguez (2010, Broadway musical)
- Rachel Potter (2011, Broadway musical)
- Cortney Wolfson (2011, First National Broadway Tour)
- Laura Lobo (2012, First Brazilian Cast)
- Frankie Lowe (2012, UK National Tour)
- Jennifer Fogarty (2013, Asian Tour)
- Gloria Aura (2014, Mexican Tour)
- Melissa Hunter (2013-2015, Adult Wednesday Addams)
- Carrie Hope Fletcher (2017, UK National Tour)
- Lydia Fairen: born 02.10.1989 Barselona, Spain (2010 in the role of Elisa in El diario de Carlota movie, 2015 in the role of Alana Alabama in Rey Gitano movie; 2017, First Spanish Cast & 2018 Spain National Tour)
- Marjolein Teepen (2019-2019, Dutch musical)
- Chloe Grace Moretz (2019, 2021, animated film)
- Jenna Ortega (upcoming Netflix series)
Wednesday is played by Lisa Loring in the original TV series, though far less malevolent than described by the cartoons. In the first animated series from Hanna-Barbera, her voice was done by Cindy Henderson. Henderson voiced that same character in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies. In the second animated series from Hanna-Barbera, she is voiced by Debi Derryberry.
The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993) portray Wednesday more comic-accurately, maybe even darker. Wednesday's personality is severe, with a deadpan wit and a morbid interest in trying to inflict harm upon her brothers, first Pugsley and later Pubert. In both films, she is played by Christina Ricci. In the movie Addams Family Values (1993), Wednesday and Pugsley are sent to a summer camp for "privileged young adults" called Camp Chippewa, where Joel Glicker (played by David Krumholtz)—a neurotic, allergy-ridden wallflower camper with an overbearing mother—takes a liking to Wednesday. She refuses to participate in Gary Granger's play, a musical production of the first Thanksgiving. She, Pugsley, and Joel are locked in the "Harmony Hut" and forced to watch upbeat family films to curb their antisocial behavior. On emerging from the hut, Wednesday feigns perkiness and agrees to play the role of Pocahontas, though her smile ends up scaring the campers, as well as her blonde nemesis. During the play, she leads the other social outcasts—who have all been cast as Native Americans—in a revolt, capturing Gary, Becky, and Amanda and leaving the camp with Pugsley and Joel in chaos. Before she leaves, Wednesday and Joel kiss. At the end of the film, however, it is suggested that Wednesday, though she obviously likes Joel, purposely tries to scare him to death after he brings up the subject of marriages.
In the 1977 television holiday-themed special, Halloween with the New Addams Family, Lisa Loring plays a grown-up Wednesday, who mostly entertains their party guests with her flute, and can hear and understand coded help messages by bound-up members of the family, and dispatch help to free them. In the time interval between the original TV series and this television movie, her parents had two more children who look just like the original Pugsley and Wednesday.
Wednesday is portrayed by Nicole Fugere in the straight-to-video movie Addams Family Reunion and Fox Family Channel's television series The New Addams Family, which were both produced in 1998.
In April 2010, The Addams Family: A New Musical debuted on Broadway. Krysta Rodriguez played Wednesday. The character is now 18 years old, has "become a woman", and to that effect no longer sports her signature pigtails. The musical is based on the characters as created by Charles Addams. In March 2011, Krysta Rodriguez was replaced with Rachel Potter as Wednesday in the Broadway cast. Starting in September 2011, the production begins its First National Tour. Cortney Wolfson has been cast in the Wednesday Addams role. In the Broadway production, she was the understudy for Wednesday and performed as the Dead Bride/Ancestor.
Zoe Richardson appeared at the Birmingham Hippodrome as Wednesday Addams in a Musical adaptation of The Addams Family on Ice in November 2007.
Chloë Grace Moretz voices Wednesday in the 2019 animated movie and in the sequel, which was released on October 1, 2021. The whole family is mostly designed to resemble the initial cartoon depictions, with added details; for instance, Wednesday's hair braids end in nooses.
Jenna Ortega will portray Wednesday in the upcoming Netflix series.
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Wednesday married eventually but is not known to have a child.
References[]
[Category:Characters|Addams, Wednesday]]