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 Opens Up About Heartbreak And Health Struggles In The Public Eye
msn.comUpdated article on 20/08/21: Selena Gomez has opened up about the mental and physical health issues she's battled in recent years while living in the public eye.
In an interview with ELLE US, the singer discussed her bipolar and lupus diagnosis, as well as her kidney transplant and undergoing chemotherapy treatment. 'My lupus, my kidney transplant, chemotherapy, having a mental illness, going through very public heartbreaks — these were all things that honestly should have taken me down,' she told the publication. 'Every time I went through something, I was like, ‘What else?
What else am I going to have to deal with? You’re going to help people",' she told herself. 'That’s really what kept me going.
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