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).
Deadline‘s “Actor’s Side” Q&A that the 29-year-old didn’t know who he was at first.“She’s such a great actress because she pretended to know who we were,” the Canadian actor, 72, gushed over the pop star.He continued, “I said, ‘Selena, what did you do when you found out you were working with me?’ And she said, ‘I Googled you.’”Season 2 of the critically-acclaimed murder mystery show drops on June 28 with returning cast members Short, Gomez and creator Steve Martin, 76.New additions to the cast include Amy Schumer and Cara Delevingne.“Only Murders in the Building” follows Martin (playing Charles-Haden Savage), Short (Oliver Putnam) and Gomez (as Mabel Mora) as three neighbors who are entwined in a murder committed at their lavish Upper West Side apartment building, the Arconia.On a recent episode of Deadline video series, The Actor's Side, guest Martin Short briefly recalled the moment Selena Gomez joined the cast of @OnlyMurdersHulu.
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