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).
Over the weekend, Selena Gomez did an Instagram Live with Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under President Barack Obama, to discuss chronic loneliness as part of her Rare Beauty's Mental Health Social Summit for World Mental Health Day.
Gomez was candid talking to Dr. Murthy about her own difficulty coping with quarantine and the isolation it has imposed on everyone for the last six-plus months, saying she went through "a bit of a depression" initially."I’d say I’m a big-time extrovert so I get that it’s a bit harder," Gomez started after asking Dr.
Murthy about whether the experience is different for extroverted versus introverted people. "Or at least I feel that because my other [introverted] friend feels what you’re explaining as.
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