Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Salena Gomez

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Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992)[3] is an American singer and actress. She made her debut as a child actress in Barney & Friends. In 2007, Gomez came to prominence as a starring cast member in the television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She signed to Hollywood Records the following year, and became the founder and lead singer of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene. Their studio albums Kiss & Tell(2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011) were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) and have spawned Platinum-certified singles "Naturally", "Who Says", and "Love You like a Love Song".[4]
After the release of television films and their accompanying soundtracks, Gomez made her theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus in 2010 and starred in Monte Carlo in 2011. Upon the conclusion of Wizards of Waverly Place and the hiatus of Selena Gomez & the Scene in 2012, she focused on her film career, serving as a voice actress in Hotel Transylvania and starring in Spring Breakers the following year. Her debut solo album Stars Dance is tentatively scheduled to be released in summer 2013, and is preceded by its lead single "Come & Get It".
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Outside of her work in the entertainment industry, Gomez is involved in philanthropic activities through charity work and various social and environmental causes. omez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas.[3] She is the daughter of former stage actress Amanda Dawn "Mandy" Tee fey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez.[6][7][8] Her father is of Mexican ancestry; her mother, who was adopted, has some Italian ancestry.[9][10][11][12] Regarding her Hispanic heritage, Gomez has stated: "My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the communion church. We do everything that's Catholic, but we don't really have anything traditional except [that we] go to the park and have barbecues on Sundays after church."[13] Her birth parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was raised as an only child by her working mother.[6][14] In 2006, Mandy remarried Brian Teefey.[15] She was named after Tejano singer Selena, who died almost three years after Gomez was born.[16] In a 2009 interview with People, Gomez mentioned that she developed an early interest in acting from watching her mother prepare for and act in theater productions.[14] She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010.[17]
Gomez began her acting career at age seven, playing Gianna on Barney & Friends.[18] She later had minor roles in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and the TV film Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial By Fire. Gomez also starred in the television movie Brain Zapped.
In 2004, Gomez was discovered by the Disney Channel in a USA-wide scouting.[19] Gomez appeared as a guest star onThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody and had a guest appearance - that later turned into a recurring role - on Hannah Montana from seasons two to three. Gomez previously taped two different pilots that were spin-offs to two previous Disney series.[20] The first one, What's Stevie Thinking?, was the spin-off to Lizzie McGuire. Gomez played Stevie Sanchez, Miranda Sanchez's little sister. The other show was titled Arwin!, the spin-off to The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in which she played Alexa. Neither series was picked up.
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