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).
Star of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place Jennifer Stone now working as a nurse
dailystar.co.ukDisney star Jennifer Stone is creating real-life magic after quitting acting for life as a nurse. The US actress is famous for playing Harper Finkle in four seasons of the channel's Wizards of Waverly Place.
But the 29-year-old quit the screen to go to college, first studying psychology and then turning to professional nursing.She is now working in the emergency department at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.Her career change came on the advice of doctors, as when she was 20, she was diagnosed with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, referred to as 1.5 type diabetes.She told the website Beyond Type 1 that she wanted to study nursing to "better understand her disease".
She said: “More than learning the semantics of beta cells and autoimmune disorders. I wanted to understand my body and the impact of Type 1."Stone also likes to read, visit Disney, post past pictures and occasionally act.
She is filming The Perfect Night and has appeared in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, Wizards of Waverly Place: Alex Vs Alex, Mean Girls 2, Dadnapped, Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, and Deadtime Stories.She is also involved in other projects while working 12-hour nursing shifts and recently reunited with her Wizards co-star Selena Gomez in a TikTok post.
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