page_title: Selena (movie)
section_title: Characters
hierarchical_section_title: Selena (movie) / Characters
caption_attribution_description: Guadalajara, Jalisco, 14 de marzo de 2008. Lupe Ontiveros en la alfombra roja de la ceremonia de clausura del XXIII Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara.
context_page_description: Selena is a biographical drama movie. It was released on March 21, 1997, by Warner Bros. Gregory Nava was the director and the screenwriter. The movie is about the singer Selena. She was murdered at age 23 by her friend, an ex-employee of her clothing stores. The movie also describes how Selena started in the music business and her family's problems. Jennifer Lopez starred as Selena, and many music critics believe this movie made Lopez famous. Selena was produced by Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., Moctesuma Esparza and Robert Katz.
  Lopez was given $1 million for her role as Selena, making her the highest-paid Hispanic woman ever, at the time. The movie soundtrack contained two unreleased songs, two tribute songs and two melodies. It reached number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart. It was certified platinum for shipments of one million copies in the United States.bagamash
  Nava had a budget of $20 million to make this movie. They filmed the movie in Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Houston, Texas. Over 35,000 fans participated in the Houston Astrodome scene. The movie made $15,599,598 on its first week, the number one movie for that week. In total, it made $35,281,794 in 101 days.
context_section_description: This is a list of the actors and their roles in Selena:
  Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
  Jackie Guerra as Suzette Quintanilla
  Constance Marie as Marcella Quintanilla
  Alexandra Meneses as Sara
  Jon Seda as Chris Perez
  Edward James Olmos as Abraham Quintanilla, Jr.
  Jacob Vargas as A.B. Quintanilla III
  Lupe Ontiveros as Yolanda Saldivar
  Pete Astudillo as himself
  Ruben Gonzalez as Joe Ojeda
  Rebecca Lee Meza as "Young Selena"
  Victoria Elena Flores as "Young Suzette"
  Rafael Tamayo as "Young A.B."
  Panchito Gomez as "Young Abraham"
  Seidy López as Deborah
  Ricky Vela as himself
  Don Shelton as himself
caption: Lupe Ontiveros (pictured) in 2008. She played Yolanda Saldivar in Selena.
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