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 Opens Up About Her Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis
wmagazine.comSince taking a break from Instagram, not to mention the entire internet, Selena Gomez has grown increasingly candid. Still, the degree to which the 27-year-old opened up on Miley Cyrus’s Instagram Live series on Friday came as something of a surprise.
Gomez regularly talks about mental health, but this time, when Cyrus raised the subject, Gomez also specifically went into her diagnosis with bipolar disorder. “Recently, I went to one of the best mental hospitals,” Gomez said, referring to the Boston area hospital McLean. “After years of going through a lot of different things, I realized that I was bipolar.” Knowing more about the mental illness, she continued, “actually helps me.
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