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).
BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Zara McDermott admits 'I let myself down' as she makes 'promise' to Graziano after facing dance-off
manchestereveningnews.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing's Zara McDermott has told fans she 'let herself down' after ending up in the dance-off for the second time.
The BBC dance contest returned this weekend for its fifth week which saw 11 of the 12 remaining couples take to the ballroom to compete for their spot on the show.
After wowing the judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas, Saturday's scoreboard saw Bad Education's Layton Williams and his partner Nikita Kuzmin take the top spot after their high-energy salsa landed them a near-perfect score of 39.
Coronation Street star Ellie Leach and her partner Vito Coppola also impressed the panel after pulling off a dramatic performance of a paso doble to Insomnia by Faithless, with Motsi scoring the pair a 10 taking them just two points behind Layton and Nikita.
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