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 is opening up about working for Disney in the past and has admitted that she signed her life away when she was a child star for the network.
The 29-year-old singer and actress rose to fame while starring in Wizards of Waverly Place as well as a few Disney Channel original movies. Click inside to see what else Selena Gomez shared about working for Disney… Selena revealed to press that she was wary of returning to the small screen, as she “signed my life away to Disney at a very young age and I didn’t know what I was doing.” However, she was intrigued about Only Murders in the Building. “What I’d say is the level of sophistication of the material is the first reason why I wanted to do this,” Selena shared, before saying that
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