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).
Why Selena Gomez Says She Can’t Compare ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ to ‘Only Murders in the Building’
usmagazine.comA long-awaited return. Selena Gomez stars in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, her first leading role on TV since her Disney Channel days.
However, the 29-year-old says she can’t compare the experiences.The “Love You Like a Love Song” singer was asked on Friday, August 7, about how she’s changed as an actress since she wrapped Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place in 2012.
Gomez revealed that she couldn’t really compare her latest role on Hulu (which is majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company) to the kids’ show that premiered in 2007 when she was 15.“I signed my life away to Disney at a very young age and I didn’t know that’s what I was doing,” Gomez laughed during Hulu’s Television Critics Association press panel, which Us Weekly
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