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 will be playing accomplished mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado in an upcoming film about the explorer.Silvia, 46, is the first openly-gay woman to complete the Seven Summits challenge, and the first Peruvian woman to summit Mt.
Everest.Selena, 28, will be starring in In the Shadow of the Mountain, a film adaptation of Silvia's upcoming memoir of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which shared news of the casting on Wednesday.
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