Wednesday Season 2: Jenna Ortega and Lady Gaga Join Forces. Netflix has green‑lit Wednesday for a thrilling second season. Jenna Ortega reprises her iconic role as Wednesday Addams, and she steps into a dual position as both lead actor and producer. Bosses Al Gough and Miles Millar aim to deepen her emotional journey and amplify the horror elements that fans craved in the first season.

Release Schedule & Format

Season 2 arrives in two parts: the first four episodes stream on August 6, 2025, and the second half drops on September 3, 2025. Netflix builds suspense with an unsettling trailer that opens with Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday locked in a serial killer’s basement, then flashes back to explain how she ended up there. Ortega’s psychic vision reveals that her friend Enid (Emma Myers) will die, and worse, she might be the cause.

Plot Focus & Tone

This season brings intense personal stakes. Specifically, critics note that the show emphasizes Wednesday’s internal growth over romantic entanglements. Ortega confirmed they lean into horror more than before. Meanwhile, Wednesday wrestles with her relationships: she tries to save Enid, clashes with her mother Morticia (Zeta‑Jones), and copes with family drama when Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) moves into Nevermore.

Returning Characters

The core cast returns at full force:

• Jenna Ortega leads as Wednesday.

• Emma Myers returns as Enid Sinclair.

• Hunter Doohan, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, and Victor Dorobantu reprise their roles.

• The Addams parents — Catherine Zeta‑Jones (Morticia), Luis Guzmán (Gomez), and Isaac Ordonez (Pugsley) — return as series regulars.

• Other continuing faces include Luyanda Unati Lewis‑Nyawo (Deputy Ritchie), Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, and Jamie McShane returning as a guest star.

However, Percy Hynes White (Xavier Thorpe) does not return, following past controversies.

New Additions to the Cast

Season 2 welcomes a powerful lineup of new faces:

• Steve Buscemi plays Principal Barry Dort, Nevermore’s new headmaster.

• Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Noah Taylor join as fresh series regulars.

• A robust guest-star lineup includes Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, Joonas Suotamo, and importantly, Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga Joins as Rosaline Rotwood

Netflix surprised fans when Lady Gaga emerged from a coffin at Tudum 2025, performing “Zombieboy,” “Abracadabra,” and “Bloody Mary.” She plays Rosaline Rotwood, a mysterious legendary professor at Nevermore who first appears in Part 2. Critics describe her role as enigmatic, and fans anticipate that she will bring new dark magic to Wednesday’s world.

 

Behind-the-Scenes Team & Production

The creative backbone remains strong:

Tim Burton returns as executive producer and will direct multiple episodes alongside Paco Cabezas and Angela Robinson.

Showrunners Gough and Millar co-write and produce. Netflix filmed Season 2 in Ireland, wrapping in November 2024.

Why You Should Care

Wednesday set records in its first season, holding the top spot in 93 countries and racking up over 252 million views in the global top 10. The second season promises richer storytelling, scarier horror, deeper family dynamics, and the magnetic addition of Lady Gaga’s dark academia twist.

Final Take

Season 2 of Wednesday offers a bold evolution: Jenna Ortega’s performance stays sharp, the new cast elevates the stakes, and Lady Gaga injects fresh mystique as a cult-favorite villainess. Therefore, fans can expect more scares, more secrets, and more wicked laughs starting August 6, with Part 2 dropping September 3.