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 Silvia Vásquez-Lavado, the First Openly Gay Woman to Climb and Complete the Seven Summits
etonline.comSelena Gomez has a new film in the works! Tempesta Films and One Community announced on Tuesday that the 28-year-old singer will star in and produce , an upcoming biopic about Silvia Vásquez-Lavado, a record-breaking, gay mountaineer.
The film is based on Vásquez-Lavado's memoir of the same name, which is due out in February 2022.The mountaineer was the first Peruvian woman to summit Mt.
Everest and the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, a challenge to climb the highest mountain on each continent.
Vásquez-Lavado, who was a victim of childhood assault and neglect, found healing and power in mountaineering. As such, she has organized treks to Mt.
Read more on etonline.com
