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 revealed that she is a Kurt Cobain superfan, despite being born just two years before the Nirvana frontman died.The singer was appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday (February 23) when she was asked about whether there was an artist that she ever followed obsessively, and replied that it was the grunge icon that preoccupied her the most.“My mom obviously would play all kinds of music for me growing up,” she said. “I kind of got obsessed and dyed my hair and cut my hair like him.”“I know a little too much,” she added, saying that she had posters of Cobain on her walls and that she “would rewatch his interviews, I would watch his performances, I had seen his documentary like 12 times.”The conversation came about after Gomez had taken part in a game of ‘Who Knows Selena Gomez’ against a super fan of her own – and lost.She went up against a fan named Ashley to answer a series of questions about her life and work, including her total number of Instagram followers, her favourite snacks and her first on-screen kiss.
Ashley ultimately won the contest, leading Gomez to exclaim, “I don’t know anything about myself!”This week, Gomez released her flirty new single ‘Love On’, her first release of 2024 and a taste of her upcoming fourth album, which has not yet been announced.The new record will be Gomez’ first album since 2020’s ‘Rare’.
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