Selena Gomez

**Activity** | 2002-Present

## About Selena

Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress, singer and fashion designer. Born and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, she was first featured on the children's series Barney & Friends in the early 2000s. In 2007, Gomez came to prominence after being cast in the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She portrayed the starring character Alex Russo until its conclusion in 2012. She formed her band Selena Gomez & the Scene after signing a recording contract with Hollywood Records in 2008; they released the studio albums Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011) before beginning a hiatus in 2012.

Gomez entered the film industry with star billings in feature films including Ramona and Beezus (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), and Hotel Transylvania (2012). She embraced an increasingly mature public image with her star billing in the film Spring Breakers (2013) and her debut solo studio album Stars Dance (2013). The latter project debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single "Come & Get It". Gomez was released from her recording contract with Hollywood Records following the completion of her greatest hits album For You (2014). She subsequently signed with Interscope Records to continue work on her second studio album, Revival (2015). Its release was preceded by the top-five single "Good for You".

## Trivia Of Friendship

Selena attended Vanessa's surprise 21st birthday party in December, 2009

◾On February 9, 2013, Selena and Vanessa went bowling in New York City

◾They are both part of a Bible study group

◾They both starred in the drama film Spring Breakers.

◾Selena says that Vanessa gives her advice

◾They both promoted Spring Breakers (along with the other Spring Breakers cast) worldwide.

◾They were spotted shopping in Paris while promoting Spring Breakers

◾Vanessa talked about Selena in an interview with OK! magazine. She said, "Selena is so smart, beautiful, talented and amazing. She’s got such a great head on her shoulders. I’m just there to hold her hand and have fun with her. I just adore her."

* In an interview with Yahoo!, Vanessa said that Selena inspired her to work with UNICEF. She said, " Selena loves working with UNICEF so much. She is just such a beautiful, stunning person on the inside with all that she does. I see how much she cares about the kids and how they’ve really touched her life. I was aware of UNICEF and their amazing deeds and I was excited to take part, as well

◾Selena tweeted a picture of them with Ashley Benson

◾On March 3, 2014, Selena posted a picture of she and Vanessa, with the caption, "@vanessahudgens my only, official party buddy for life ;)".

◾On March 27, 2014, Selena tweeted a picture of her and Vanessa hanging out along with their Spring Breakers co-star Ashley Benson. Selena called them her "big sisters", and expressed her disappointment in not being able to hang out with Rachel Korine, another Spring Breakers co-star of theirs

◾On April 7, 2014, in a chat with her fans, Vanessa was asked to describe Selena in five words. She described Selena as "beautiful, talented, go-getter, loyal, gypsy