♥SELENA GOMES♥

Описание

Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992)[1] is an American actress, singer, and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus. Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released two RIAA Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell and A Year Without Rain and spawned two RIAA Platinum certified singles, "Naturally" and "Who Says".[2] As of April 2011, The band has sold 1,354,000 albums in the United States.[3] Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story and Wizards of Waverly Place after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records. In 2008, Gomez was designated a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.[4] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Acting career 2.1 2002–06: Barney & Friends and early work 2.2 2007–09: Wizards of Waverly Place and rise to fame 2.3 2010–present: Focus on film 3 Music career 3.1 2009: Solo career 3.2 2009–present: Selena Gomez & the Scene 4 Other projects 4.1 Philanthropy 4.2 Entrepreneurship and sponsorships 5 Filmography 5.1 Film 5.2 Television 5.3 Music videos 6 Discography 6.1 Singles 6.2 Guest singles 6.3 Other songs 6.4 Music videos 7 Awards and nominations 8 References 9 External links Early life Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas.[1] She is the daughter of former stage actress Mandy Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez.[5][6][7] Her father is Mexican American and her mother is of half Italian descent.[8][9] Regarding her Hispanic heritage, Gomez said: "My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the communion church. We do everything that's Catholic, but we don't really have anything traditional except [that we] go to the park and have barbeques on Sundays after church."[10] Her birth parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was raised as an only child by her working mother.[5][11] In 2006, Mandy remarried Brian Teefey.[12] She is named after Tejano singer Selena.[13] In a 2009 interview with People, Gomez mentioned that she developed an early interest in acting from watching her mother prepare for and act in theater productions.[11] She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010.[14]