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).
The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards are set to kick off Monday beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET live on NBC and on the Peacock streaming service for the first time.
The three-hour ceremony will take place at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, and SNL veteran Kenan Thompson will host.The Monday night event will be the apex of the film awards season after last weekend’s two-night Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which saw HBO/HBO Max and Netflix take leads in the overall wins race among networks and streamers, and multiple shows already taking Emmys including Netflix’s Squid Game and HBO/HBO Max’s Euphoria and The White Lotus which will all be looking to add to their totals tonight (see a list of the categories up for grabs below).Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners List.HBO’s Succession comes into the night with the most nominations overall (25), followed by Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and White Lotus with 20 apiece, HBO Max’s Hacks and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with 17, and HBO’s Euphoria with 16 including Zendaya getting a nom to defend her 2020 win.Also tonight, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media will receive the Governors Award bestowed by Emmy organizer the Television Academy’s Board of Governors.Along with Thompson as emcee, announced presenters and participants in the ceremony include Anthony Anderson, Will Arnett, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Bayer, Gael García Bernal, RuPaul Charles, Kelly Clarkson, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Rosario Dawson, Ariana DeBose, Taye Diggs, Ayo Edebiri, Taron Egerton, Hannah Einbinder, Selena Gomez, Regina Hall, Mariska Hargitay, Paul Walter Hauser, Freddie Highmore, Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon & Lee Jung-jae, Mindy Kaling, Markella Kavenagh, Jimmy Kimmel, Jake Lacy,
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