Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American child actress and singer. She is currently starring as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place. Gomez also has a career as a singer, and has recorded two songs for Walt Disney Records and sang several songs while on Barney & Friends alongside with her Barney co-star Demi Lovato.

Acting career

Selena Gomez was born in New York City, and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas. Her first role was on Barney & Friends as Gianna. She was discovered by Disney in a nation wide Disney talent search when she was 10 years old. In 2006, she guest starred in the second-season of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as Gwen in the episode A Midsummer's Nightmare.

Also in 2007, she appeared in the second-season episodes of Hannah Montana as Mikayla, a pop star who is a rival of Hannah Montana.

She currently stars as Alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place, which premiered on October 2007 on Disney Channel.

She is also currently co-starring with Drew Seeley in the sequel to the hit movie A Cinderella Story called Another Cinderella Story as the main character Mary.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2005	Barney & Friends	Gianna	Recurring role
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Waterpark Girl appearances
2006	The Suite Life of Zack and Cody	Gwen	2 episodes
2006	Brain Zapped	Emily Grace Garcia	Main role
2007	What's Stevie Thinking?	Stephanie "Stevie" Sanchez	Pilot was filmed, but was never aired or picked up.
	Arwin!	Alexa	Pilot was filmed, but was never aired or picked up.
	Hannah Montana	Mikayla	2 episodes
2007–	Wizards of Waverly Place	Alex Russo	Main role
2008	Another Cinderella Story	Mary	Main role
	Horton Hears a Who!	Mayor's daughter	Voice
	Princess Protection Program	Carter Mason	Post-production

Personal Life

Selena is best friends with fellow Barney and Friends actress Demi Lovato and the pair make YouTube Webcam videos together. Their channel is therealdemilovato. When asked a question of how long the pair have been friends, Demi answered "when I asked her to sit on my jacket and draw with crayons (at the Barney auditions)". Selena is also making YouTube videos with Wizards of Waverly Place co-star Jennifer Stone. Their channel is SelGomez. As well as the Jonas Brothers, Selena wears a purity ring^[1] on her left ring ringer that says "True Love Waits". When asked if she and her t.v. brothers have a relationship off screen she answered "They basically ARE my brothers; they're my real family. My mom laughs at me all the time because we're constantly in touch with one another off the set, we're always calling. They're always there for me, and it's torture when I can't see them every day. We do fight like brothers and sisters sometimes, but mostly we play around and joke around. I don't have any real life siblings so this way I can have brothers".^[2]

Music

Selena Gomez also sang a variety of different songs when she was a cast member on Barney & Friends.
Everything is Not What it Seems, the Wizards of Waverly Place theme song, is performed by Selena Gomez.
Cruella De Vil, Gomez contributed a cover of the Disney classic for the 101 Dalmatians platinum DVD, which was released on February 10, 2008 and will be avaible on DisneyMania 6, which will be released May 20, 2008.
She will have an album which will be released on Late 2008 or early 2009.The album will be released under Hollywood Records.^[3]

References

External links

[1] "The Purity Promise," momlogic.com June 12, 2008.

[2] It's My Life . Celebs . Selena Gomez | PBS Kids GO!

[selenarocks-3] "Ultimate Disney - 101 Dalmatians Song Cover".

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