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).
What is Lupus? Understanding Selena Gomez’s condition that required a kidney transplant
msn.comSelena Gomez has celebrated her 30th birthday wearing a glamours sheer Versace gown while partying the night away with friends, and sharing snaps to her social media accounts.
Among the attendees at the star-studded event was the Wizards Of Waverly Place star’s good friend Francia Raisa, who famously donated one of her kidney’s to Selena, who suffers from lupus.
In 2018, the star took to Instagram to reveal that she had undergone a secret kidney transplant over the summer after a battle with lupus.
Sharing an image of herself and her friend on a hospital bed, she opened up about her experience with the disease, explaining that the transplant was: “what I needed to do for my overall health. ”Gomez, who was 25 at the time, was originally diagnosed with the disease at the age of 23.
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