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 her mental health. The 28-year-old singer covers the April issue of and reveals why she chose to enter a treatment facility three times over the years.The first of Gomez's rehab stints came in 2014 when she was «burned out and depressed,» the Vogue profile says, adding that the singer knew she «couldn’t understand the problem or work through it without help.»It also came after her lupus diagnosis, for which Gomez underwent chemotherapy and spent weeks in the ICU.
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