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 Mental Health Struggles in ‘My Mind and Me’ Trailer: ‘I Am Grateful to Be Alive’ (Video)
thewrap.comSelena Gomez gets candid about her mental health in the trailer for her upcoming Apple TV+ documentary, “My Mind & Me.”The trailer, released Monday and embedded above, begins with a monologue.
Gomez is talking to herself, saying: “Just be who you are, Selena. No one cares about what you’re doing. It’s about who I am.
Being OK with where I am. I am grateful to be alive.”Following her public diagnoses with lupus, depression and anxiety, she wonders: “How do I learn how to breathe my own breath again?”Set to the track of an emotional, unreleased song, the rest of the trailer shows Gomez going on a journey of self discovery as she learns to love herself through her struggles and realize that she’s “still here to use whatever I have to help someone else.”The unreleased song appears to coincide with the documentary, as the lyrics include: “My mind and me/ We don’t get along sometimes/ Gets hard to breathe/ But I wouldn’t change my life/ If somebody sees me like this/ Then they won’t feel alone now/ My mind and me.”“Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me” is directed by Alek Keshishian, who made his directorial debut with “Madonna: Truth or Dare.” The synopsis is as follows: “After years in the limelight, Selena Gomez achieves unimaginable stardom.
But just as she reaches a new peak, an unexpected turn pulls her into darkness. This uniquely raw and intimate documentary spans her six-year journey into a new light.”As a recording artist, Gomez has sold more than 210 million singles worldwide and amassed over 45 billion global streams of her music.
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