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).
Telluride Festival Lineup Includes ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘The Piano Lesson’ and ‘Saturday Night’ With Tributes for Jacques Audiard and Saoirse Ronan
variety.comClayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The official lineup for the 51st Telluride Film Festival has been announced, unveiling a series of world premieres from awards hopefuls.
Highlights include Edward Berger’s religious thriller “Conclave,” RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” film adaptation, Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night,” Joshua Oppenheimer’s apocalyptic musical “The End,” and Malcolm Washington’s film adaptation of the August Wilson play “The Piano Lesson.” The Colorado-based festival will also honor three distinguished figures in cinema: four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, who stars in and produced the drama “The Outrun”; three-time Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker; and French director Jacques Audiard, whose film “Emilia Pérez” will make its U.S.
debut after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won best actress for its stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz.
Among the U.S. debuts are several notable Cannes selections, including Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner “Anora,” Payal Kapadia’s runner-up “All We Imagine as Light,” Andrea Arnold’s “Bird” and Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” The festival will also feature the world premieres of musician biopics “Better Man,” which chronicles Robbie Williams’s life, and “Piece by Piece,” an animated music biopic about Pharrell Williams.
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