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).
Selena Gomez Lends Her Instagram to Activist Ruby Bridges For Look Back at School Desegregation
billboard.comSelena Gomez continues to do her part to amplify Black voices. In recent weeks, the pop star has been handing the reins of her Instagram account to Black activists and luminaries to share their stories, and on Sunday (June 14), she lent her platform to Ruby Bridges, the woman best known for making history as the first Black student to desegregate an elementary school in the South back in 1960 at just six years old.After thanking Gomez and introducing herself to the superstar's nearly 180 million followers, Bridges made good use of the moment by sharing never-before-seen footage from the day she entered first grade at New Orleans' all-white William Frantz Elementary School."It will help you to understand why I think we Black and brown.
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