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).
Selena Gomez: ‘I’m not the person who stripped off for last album’
hollywood.comSelena Gomez was taken out of her comfort zone and forced to be more sexual while creating her 2015 album Revival.The singer appeared naked on the cover of the release and now she tells Allure magazine she didn’t appreciate the pressure from record label bosses, who wanted her to appear more “adult”.“I just did things that weren’t really me,” she says. “There was pressure to seem more adult on my album… the need to show skin… I really don’t think I was (that) person.”However, at the time, she told Ryan Seacrest the album art was “a beautiful representation of where I am”, while insisting she wasn’t completely naked: “I have these high-waisted shorts that are cut off,” she explained..
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