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).
Mariska Hargitay Says ‘I Was Definitely a Victim of Secondary Trauma’ From Acting on ‘Law & Order: SVU’ and Asks Wherever She Goes: ‘What’s the Crime Rate Here?’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Emmy winner Mariska Hargitay joined Selena Gomez for a discussion on behalf of Interview magazine and said that she’s definitely got some “secondary trauma” due to leading the NBC procedural for 25 years and counting.
Hargitay has been starring as Olivia Benson since “SVU’s” debut in 1999. The show is gearing up for its 26th season this fall and has already aired more than 550 episodes to date. “That’s been a process.
When I started the show, I wasn’t aware of how deeply it would go into me,” Hargitay said. “My husband Peter [Hermann, who also has guest starred on the series] is always like, anytime I go anywhere, my first question is, ‘What’s the crime rate here?’ So it’s on the brain.” Hargitay continued, “There’s been times when I didn’t know how to protect myself, and I think I was definitely a victim of secondary trauma from being inundated with these stories and knowing that they were true.
Those were the parts that I didn’t know how to metabolize, just because of the sheer volume of it. That’s also why I started Joyful Heart [Foundation], so I would feel like, well, at least I’m doing something about it.” Speaking to Variety earlier this year, Hargitay said that “the world and the culture needed an Olivia Benson” when “SVU” debuted in 1999 because culture “needed somebody to talk about these things and fight for survivors and believe victims.” The same year she started the show, she learned that one in three women is a survivor of sexual abuse. “The training really informed how I wanted to play this character in terms of understanding what survivors needed,” Hargitay said. “I think it informed my entire life.” Hargitay’s charity, the Joyful.
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