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 has grown insecure as a result of her fluctuating weight due to her ongoing battle with lupus.The Ice Cream star, 28, has been battling the chronic autoimmune disease since 2013, which forced her to step away from the spotlight in order to undergo chemotherapy.As a result of suffering from the disease, she underwent a kidney transplant in the summer of 2017 and, while medication means she’s now able to manage her symptoms, including swelling in the joints, muscle pain, and extreme fatigue, one side effect has been weight gain.She tells Cosmopolitan magazine: “I’ve gotten insecure.
I also have lupus so I fluctuate in my weight a lot, so I’ve had to learn pretty early to have thick skin when it comes to this stuff and to.
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