Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
When you hear the name “Selena” your initial thought will probably be about one of two different people: Selena Gomez or Selena Quintanilla.
If Gomez is the one that comes to mind first though, you might realize that you’ll sometimes end up thinking of Quintanilla.
Why? Well, because their names aren’t where the similarities end. From sporting bangs to curling her hair, there are plenty of styles of Gomez’s that had us doing a double take because of how much she looks just like her namesake.
The “Hands To Myself” hitmaker shared a series of vacation photos to her Instagram account back in August 2018, that had fans pointing out similarities between her and Quintanilla.
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