Born July 22, 1992
Gomez made her very first television debut as one of the children on the kids TV show Barney & Friends. She reached stardom with her role as Alex Russo on the Emmy Award–winning Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place. Gomez has also starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, Camp Rock, and Princess Protection Program. She was born in Grand Prairie, Texas to Ricardo Gomez (of Mexican descent) and Mandy Teefey (of Italian descent). Gomez has also pursued other projects, including a music career with her band, Selena Gomez & the Scene, and the successful launch of her own Kmart fashion line, Dream Out Loud.
Selena Gomez is one of the biggest teen stars on the planet right now. In person, the gorgeous 18-year-old star of Wizards of Waverly Place is confidence personified, and there’s a sweetness about her that makes her rock star edginess glow even brighter. She has no reason to feel insecure; but, as she admitted to us...
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Remember how Bella spent countless excruciatingly painful days locked in her bedroom—utterly devastated by a broken heart because her lover, Edward Cullen, left her behind in Twilight: New Moon? Selena Gomez does too—and the Mexican starlet, 18, says she can relate.
"I have done that," admits Gomez, referring to Bella...
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And the Emmy goes to…Selena Gomez! Well, sort of. The Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, starring Gomez, was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program this past Saturday at the Creative Arts ceremony. (That’s the event before the actual Primetime Emmys on August 29.)
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"I really want to get Rosetta Stone, because I really need to learn my language," the 18-year-old dished to Latina.com while she was in New York City promoting her new film Ramona & Beezus. Gomez—who is Italian on her mother's side and Mexican on her father's side—loves her fellow Latinos, but admits she occasionally experiences trepidation at...
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Twilight may have swept most of the awards at last night’s Teen Choice Awards taping, but our favorite Latina stars stole the spotlight on the red carpet with their stunning hair and makeup. We’ve given them some awards of our own! Let us know if you agree. (You can catch the 12th annual Teen Choice Awards tonight at 8 p.m. EST on FOX.)
On the red carpet at last night's Teen Choice Awards we caught up with Maria Canals-Barrera, who stars as Selena Gomez's mother, Theresa Russo, on Wizards of Waverly Place, and asked about how the cast felt about the end of the show, and what it's like working with reigning teen queen Selena...
Selena Gomez has come a long way since her Barney & Friends days. An actress, singer and fashionista, she cemented her reputation as a triple threat at last night’s Teen Choice Awards at Universal City’s Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles.
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