Selena Gomez is an actress and singer who started her career as a Disney Channel star in the show "Wizards of Waverly Place" and continued to act in movies like “Another Cinderella Story” and “Monte Carlo.” She also has released music with her band, Selena Gomez & The Scene as well as had a successful career as a solo artist. In 2021, she starred in the television show “Only Murders in the Building” with Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Gomez was born on July 22, 1992, in Grand Prairie, Texas to parents Mandy Teefey and Ricardo Gomez. Gomez’s acting career kicked off at a young age. Before she landed her Disney role, she played Gianna on the children’s show “Barney & Friends” alongside Demi Lovato.
In 2007, she started to play Alex Russo, one of the wizards in the Russo family. She continued to play the role for four seasons, until January 2012.
While on “Wizards of Waverly Place,” she was in the Disney movie “Princess Protection Program,” co-starring Lovato. She was also in “Ramona and Beezus,” and “Spring Breakers” during this time.
In 2012, Gomez started playing the voice of Mavis in the first “Hotel Transylvania” movie. She went on to voice Mavis for three additional movies.
Some other movies that Gomez has been in are “Getaway,” “Rudderless,” “Behaving Badly,” “The Fundamentals of Caring,” “In Dubious Battle,” “The Dead Don’t Die” and “A Rainy Day in New York.”
In addition to acting, Gomez is also a music artist. She released her first album with her band Selena Gomez & the Scene in 2009 called “Kiss & Tell.” The band released two more albums together, “A Year Without Rain” in 2010 and “When The Sun Goes Down” in 2011.
Gomez released multiple solo albums, her first called “Stars Dance” in 2013, followed by “Revival” in 2015 and “Rare” in 2020. She also has her own makeup line, Rare Beauty that she started in September of the same year.
Gomez has dated some big Hollywood namesin the past, including a high-profile romance with Justin Bieber. The two started dating in 2010 but were very on-and-off through their relationship. They ended things in 2014, but then got back together briefly in 2017 until 2018, right before Bieber got married to Hailey Baldwin at the end of the year.
Some other celebs that Gomez has been linked to in the past include Nick Jonas, Taylor Lautner, Orlando Bloom, Zedd, Niall Horan, Samuel Krost, Charlie Puth and The Weeknd.