Selena Gomez

Birth and Childhood

Selena Gomez, an only child, was born in Grand Prairie, Texas the daughter of Ricardo Gomez and Mandy Teefy (nee Cornett), a former stage actress, who was 16 when she gave birth Gomez . His parents separated when he was five years old, his mother married in 2006 with Brian Teefy. It was named after the Tejano singer Selena .. Her father is Mexican and his mother is of Italian origin.

Career

His first role was that of Gianna in the children's series Barney & Friends. He starred on other series of focus. She was discovered by Disney Channel when I was 13 years old. In July 2007, she appeared on the show Hannah Montana as Mikayla, a rival of Hannah.The episode was so well received that it reappeared as the villain in October of that year. Also appeared in the series Zack & Cody as Gwen in Action, where he gave his first kiss in front of the screens and out with Dylan Sprouse who plays Zack Martin. She plays Alex Russo on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place, which opened in October 2007 on Disney Channel U.S. and on 11 April 2008 in Brazil.It also has a singing career, performing the song "Everything is Not What it Seems" to open Wizards of Waverly Place, and a version of the classic Cruella De Vil for the DVD of 101 Dalmatians Platinum and the DisneyMania 6, also made the song Tell Me Something I Do not Know which is part of the movie Another Cinderella Story. Besides the songs that she sang for Gomez Barney & His Friends, and his TV movie, Brain Zapped. He also made participation in the song "Make It Happen" played by his character, Alex Russo, Justin Russo, played by David Henrie on the show Wizards of Waverly Place. Currently, it comes with several big projects, like the movie co-starring with her best friend and Camp Rock star Demi Lovato, Princess Protection Program (Protection Princess in Portuguese), and following the success starring Hilary Duff andChad Murray A Cinderella Story where Gomez co-star with Drew Seeley, Another Cinderella Story (Another Cinderella Story of the New, in Portuguese). On August 10, Selena won four Teen Choice Awards.She signed a contract with Hollywood Records, same label of Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers and Vanessa Hudgens. The album is called Kiss & Tell, was launched on 29 September and had the first music single "Falling Down", which was launched on 1st of that month. His second single was Naturally, which was launched on December 11, 2009.