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).
Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Actress-Turned-Nurse Jennifer Stone Talks About Going From ‘Wizards Of Waverly Place’ To The Frontline Of The Pandemic
deadline.comBy Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/Reporter Nurse by day, actress by night — if there were a movie or TV show about Jennifer Stone’s life that would be the tagline.
For four seasons, Stone starred in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place as the eccentric and fashionable Harper Finkle, the best friend of Selena Gomez’s Alex Russo.
The show ended in 2012 and she went on to study psychology, but in 2013, Stone was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. That changed her world, not only in her health but in her career trajectory.
It was a spark that shifted her major from psychology to nursing. Stone admitted that she has always loved science — some might even call her a nerd, but that worked in her favor.
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