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 Just Responded to Comments ‘Shaming’ Her For Her Weight—’Not a Model, Never Will Be’
stylecaster.comVery candid. Selena Gomez got real about her weight to her fans. The Only Murders in the Building star went on TikTok to talk about her Lupus diagnosis and how it affects her body.
Around 2012 to early 2014. Selena was diagnosed with Lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. The autoimmune disease affected her kidney, and she needed a new one. “Instead of the immune system fighting off things like infection and cancer, it turns against the individual and starts acting on their own organs,” Dr.
Gary Gilkeson, professor of medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina told the Lupus Foundation of America. In 2017, she received a kidney donation from one of her close friends Francia Raisa.
The Wizards of Waverly Place alum has been very open about her diagnosis and her mental health over the past decade and this instance was no different.
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