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 to play Linda Ronstadt in new biopic
nme.comSelena Gomez is reportedly set to portray veteran musician Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic.According to reports from Variety and Rolling Stone, Gomez has been confirmed for the role, though a director has yet to be attached to the project.
The confirmation comes after Selena Gomez teased the project by posting a picture of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir, ‘Simple Dreams’, onto social media.Per Variety, the currently untitled biopic is now in pre-production, with Ronstadt’s manager John Boylan, and James Keach co-producing the project.
Additional casting details and a release date have not yet been announced.Both Selena Gomez and Linda Ronstadt are of Mexican descent.
Ronstadt has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career spanning five decades, including 11 Grammy wins, and has been received Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Recording Academy and the Latin Recording Academy.Most recently, Ronstadt’s breakthrough hit ‘Long Long Time’ enjoyed a boost in streaming numbers after it was used to soundtrack the critically acclaimed third episode of HBO’s The Last Of Us.In 2011, Ronstadt announced her retirement from music, and would later reveal that she is no longer able to sing due to her progressive supranuclear palsy, which was originally mistaken for Parkinson’s.Earlier this year, Selena Gomez shared that she is considering quitting music to return to acting full-time.
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