Selena Gomez

At 31 years old, Selena Gomez has this physical status:

Career

Gomez's mother began to act in stage productions, sparking her first interest in pursuing a career in entertainment. She began her acting career on Barney & Friends, portraying Gianna. It was her first acting appearance. "I was very shy when I was little," Gomez related about the situation, "I was still shy when I was little" [I had no idea what 'camera right" was. I had no idea what blocking was. "I learned everything from Barney." Gomez appeared on thirteen episodes of the show between 2002 and 2004, but the show's designers removed her as she was "too old" for the show. Gomez appeared in the film Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005) while working on Barney & Friends. She appeared in a 2006 episode of Disney Channel show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Gomez appeared on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana as pop star Mikayla in 2007. During this period, Gomez shot pilot episodes for two new Disney Channel series; the first was a Suite Life spin-off named Arwin!, and the second was a Lizzie McGuire spin-off titled What's Stevie Thinking? She later auditioned for a role in the network's Wizards of Waverly Place, eventually winning the lead role of Alex Russo. Gomez and her mother were then relocated to Los Angeles. Gomez was seen as a teen girl in the family of wizards who owns a restaurant in New York City by the Wizards of Waverly Place. The series quickly became a hit on the Disney Channel and portrayed Gomez's ascension into the mainstream. It received numerous accolades and nominations, as well as positive feedback, with Gomez's humor and sarcastic delivery being praised.

Gomez, who was on the second season of Wizards of Waverly Place, portrayed Helga in the animated film Horton Hears a Who! (2008). The film was a critical and commercial hit, grossing nearly $300 million worldwide. Mary Santiago, the second installment of the A Cinderella Story collection, was published on direct-to-video in Another Cinderella Story (2008), a leading role in an aspiring dancer. She received the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV series, Miniseries, or Special – Leading Young Actress for the role. She performed three songs on the album, including "Tell Me Something You Don't Know," which was her first ever appearance on the US. Billboard Hot 100 chart. For the soundtrack of Tinker Bell's animated film "Fly to Your Heart," she performed the original song "Fly to Your Heart."

Gomez signed a record deal with Hollywood Records at the age of 16. Gomez founded July Moon Productions in 2008, which she described as her own production company. Gomez was allowed to choose articles, recruit writers, and produce talent kits for studios as a result of her collaboration with Xyz Films. Gomez was supposed to release two films under the company. Gomez will be included in the first, "What Boys Want," as a woman who could hear men's thoughts. She later announced a film adaptation of Thirteen Reasons Why, in which she would play a teenage girl who commits suicide; ultimately, neither film nor television adaptation was released, but Thirteen Reasons Why would later produce a television version.

Gomez continued to be a hit in the mainstream industry throughout the year, appearing as Alex Russo in a crossover episode of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life on Deck in 2009. She also appeared on Chance on the Disney Channel as herself. Gomez, as well as Demi Lovato, appeared in the Disney Channel film Princess Protection Program, which premiered in June 2009. During the premiere, the film attracted 8.5 million viewers. She appeared in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, a television film based on the series. The film premiered in August to a 11.4 million viewers, marking the second-most watched TV show on cable, after High School Musical 2. All three actors, including Gomez, David Henrie and Jake T. Austin, were praised for their "acting abilities that carry the film," Roxana Hadadi of The Washington Post said. At the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, the film received its second straight Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. Gomez performed three songs on the television series and film's soundtrack, including the single "Magic." Princess Selenia appeared in Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, an English-language film.

Gomez formed Selena Gomez & the Scene, a pop rock band, aspiring to break into the music industry by her record deal with Hollywood Records. The band's name, "ironically jab" at the people who called Gomez a "wannabe scene," according to the band's founders. In August 2009, the group unveiled Kiss & Tell, their first studio album that debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States, with first-week orders of 66,000 copies. The album received mixed feedback, with some commentators lauding its "fun" qualities and others criticizing Gomez's vocal performance. Despite the fact that the lead single was not commercially successful, Naturally, the second single in the United States and number seven in the United Kingdom debuted at number twenty-nine. In July 2010, Gomez appeared in Ramona and Beezus, a film adaptation of Beverly Cleary's children's novel series in which she portrayed Beezus Quimby. Critics were keen on the film; Roger Ebert called it "a sweet salute" and discovered both actresses "appealing." Selena Gomez & the Scene released their second studio album A Year Without Rain in the United States, the same year when the band's debut on the US. Billboard 200 is the most popular product in the United States, with sales of over 66,000. The album received mixed to glowing reviews, with some commenters responding positively to Gomez's Auto-Tuned vocals. "Round & Round" and "A Year Without Rain" were both of the record's singles, with moderate success. In Arthur 3: The Battle of the Two Worlds, Gomez reprised the voice of Princess Selenia. Selena Gomez & the Scene released their third and final studio album, When the Sun Goes Down, in June 2011, to mixed reviews. It debuted on the United States' top ten most popular websites. Billboard 200, with 78,000 copies in first week, has soared to the top of the charts this week. The album's lead single, "Love You Like a Love Song," the band's second highest-performing single in the United States to date, debuted at number twenty-one in the United States and reached the top ten in Canada, peaking at number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100, where it spent 38 weeks. Billboard ranked the album as the most popular song in 2022, despite the fact that it peaked at number twenty-two. Gomez appeared in Monte Carlo (2011), with Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy; she played Grace, a teenager "mistaken for a socialite while on a trip to Paris." She learned to play polo and received dialect training to talk in two separate British accents in preparation for the role. Critics gave the film mixed feedback. Gomez appeared in a cameo role in the film The Muppets earlier this year. She hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in November.

Gomez revealed in January 2012 that she would be taking a break from music, putting Selena Gomez & the Scene on hiatus. After four seasons on the Disney Channel, Wizards of Waverly Place officially ended its run on the Disney Channel this year. Gomez appeared in the animated film Hotel Transylvania, which premiered at the 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012 and was released in theaters the same month to mixed reviews. The film was a commercial success, grossing $358 million worldwide. Gomez was born into the ensemble cast of the controversial exploitation of Spring Breakers (2012), starring James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine. In September, the film premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in September and was released the following year. Four college-aged girls who decided to rob a McDonald's in order to pay for their spring break were chronicled in the story. Gomez had a more mature presence than she did before, leading to her having a "bit of a meltdown on set." Spring Breakers polarized audiences; the film received generally positive reviews from critics and was ranked in BBC's Best Films of the 21st Century. In the action thriller Getaway (2013), where she played a young hacker, Gomez appeared alongside Ethan Hawke. The film was a critical and commercial failure, and Gomez received a nomination for Worst Actress at the 34th Golden Raspberry Awards. "A kid trying to act like a grownup," Christopher Orr of The Atlantic referred to her as "a teenager trying to act like a grownup," she had no idea what that would entail." Gomez also appeared on the Disney Channel special The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013).

Despite earlier claims that she would be taking a break from music, Gomez announced in March 2013 the release of her solo debut album. Gomez introduced "Come & Get It" as the lead single in April 2013. It was Gomez's first top-ten entry on the United States. Billboard Hot 100 is at number six, with a visit to the United States' top 10 most popular websites. In Canada and the United Kingdom, the song also ranked in the top ten on charts. In July 2013, the second single, "Slow Down," debuted at number 20-seven in the United States Stars Dance Championship. It was her first album to debut in the United States, selling 97,000 copies in its first week, and it also landed at number one in Canada. Music critics mixed on the album, with some referring to her inability to create her own musical identity and panning her vocal capabilities. After being inspired by artists like Janet Jackson and Britney Spears, Gomez incorporated choreographed dance routines into the album's music videos and her promotional live performances. At the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, the video of "Come & Get It" received the Best Pop Video award.

In August 2013, Gomez began her Stars Dance Tour. Gomez canceled the Australian and Asian legs of the tour in December 2013, owing to a break for her family. Gomez spent two weeks at The Meadows, a Wickenburg, Arizona, that specializes in treating young people with opioids and trauma. Her rep said she had spent time there "voluntarily [...] but not for heroin use." Gomez revealed in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with lupus, and that after canceling the tour, she went back to the hospital to undergo chemotherapy. In Behaving Badly (2014), Gomez played Nina Pennington, an innocent straight-A student. The film, which was shot prior to Gomez's stay in rehab, was announced in August to a generally critical and commercial reception. The film's creator disapproved it. Nevertheless, critics praised Gomez's performance to the film; Stephen Dalton of the The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Gomez gives the one-dimensional Nina an emotional maturity that deserving a greater film than this." Gomez also appeared in Rudderless (2014), William H. Macy's directorial debut. The independent film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, receiving mixed reviews from critics.

Gomez sacked her mother and stepfather as her bosses in April of this year, despite her career's involvement in those positions since the start of her career. Gomez stayed with the WME and Brillstein companies later in her career to direct her career. Gomez's current boss has also fuelled rumors that her Hollywood Records deal was coming to an end and that she was searching for a new name. Gomez surprise-dealed her new single "The Heart Wants What It Wants" in November 2014, a month after months of rumors that she will release a compilation album as a way to end her Hollywood Records deal. Gomez's second top-ten hits in the United States came in the month. For You, her first solo compilation album. The album has arrived in the United States. Billboard 200 is ranked at number twenty-four out of ten. Gomez left Hollywood Records and later signed with Interscope Records in December 2014.

Gomez co-produced "I Want You to Know" on her second studio album and debuted in February 2015, ranked in the top 20 in the United States, in the top 20. She appeared in Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" music video in May. In June 2015, Gomez released "Good for You," a rapper featuring rapper ASAP Rocky. The album's first week of release, and her first single to top the Billboard Hot 100's Top Five Singles charts. It also ranked in the top ten on charts in Australia and Canada. Gomez starred in Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) as the film's voice, garnering $474 million worldwide, with a positive critical reception and commercial success on release. At the 42nd People's Choice Awards, she was named Favorite Animated Movie Voice.

In October 2015, Gomez released Revival, her second studio album. Critics also praised its production and lyrical content. Brittany Spanos wrote for Rolling Stone that "Revival is an audacious name for a 23-year-old singer's second album, but Gomez earns it from start to finish, "[t]his is the sound of a young pop artist emerging into her finest talents like never before." The album debuted on the United States at number one. Billboard 200 was the first-week album sales of 117,000 album units. It's still Gomez's highest first-week sales to date. As the album's second single and topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart, "Same Old Love" was unveiled. It also ranked fifth in the United States, tying for fifth place with "Good for You" as Gomez's highest-charting single at the time. "Hands to Myself" was released as the album's third single and became her third straight number one on the Mainstream Top 40, making Gomez one of only six female artists to have three singles from the same album top the charts. The single debuted as the album's fourth and final single, with "Kill Em with Kindness" debuting in the top ten in the United States. Gomez was named in the Billboard Women in Music award in December 2015 at the Billboard Women in Music event. She made a cameo appearance in Adam McKay's film The Big Short later this month. In the comedy-drama The Fundamentals of Caring starring Paul Rudd, Gomez premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016 and was released on Netflix five months later. The film received a positive critical response. In January 2016, Gomez appeared as the musical guest on an episode of NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live.

Gomez, a Brazilian artist, announced in May 2016 that the tour will solely be focusing on her as an artist, with less choreography and less effects than her previous tour. She began recording her third studio album while touring, and she added "Feel Me" to her Revival Tour's setlist. Due to a huge demand from fans, the album was delayed until February 2020. She canceled the European and South American legs in August 2016 due to anxiety, panic attacks, and depression exacerbated by her lupus after touring in North America, Asia, and Oceania. Gomez appeared on Charlie Puth's album, "We Don't Talk Anymore." The song was a worldwide success, and it made it to the top ten in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, and Italy, where it topped the charts in Italy. In May 2016, Gomez played the president of a sorority in the comedy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising; the film received mixed to critical feedback. She appeared in In Dubious Battle, starring and directed by James Franco. In September, the film made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, but it was met with mixed reviews. On Norwegian DJ Cashmere Cat's single "Trust Nobody" in the same month, Gomez and Canadian singer Tory Lanez were both included.

Following the cancellation of her tour, Gomez rechecked her medical condition to concentrate on her mental wellbeing, and she was notably absent from social media. She made her first public appearance since being nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Artist of the Year at the 2016 American Music Awards, the first of which she won. Gomez received the top Female Artist award at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, as well as the Best Triple Threat at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

In February 2017, Gomez and the Norwegian DJ Kygo released "It Ain't Me." The partnership ranked in the top ten of the world's top music charts, including the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom, and Germany, where it dominated top five peaks in Australia, Canada, Germany, and several European countries. At the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, the song was nominated for Top Dance/Electronic Song.

Gomez served as executive producer for the series "Twele Reasons Why" in which the novel Thirteen Reasons Why was published. In March 2017, Netflix premiered the show on Netflix for the first time. Various mental health charities and suicide prevention groups reacted angrily to "dangerous content," with some people feeling that the show glorified suicide. Gomez spoke out about the scandal, saying that "We stayed really true to the book, and that's first what [author] Jay Asher wrote was a beautifully tragic, complicated, and suspenseful story, and I think that's what we wanted to do." We wanted to do it right, but we'll all be chastised for it. It's not an easy topic to write about, but I'm really fortunate with how it's doing. Despite the uproar, the first season was a critical success. However, the other three seasons received mostly critical feedback. With 496.1 million hours watched within 28 days of its debut, the second season of Netflix's ninth most viewed English-language television series. In June 2020, the series came to an end.

Gomez unveiled "Bad Liar" in May 2017 alongside a vertical music video that was only available on Spotify; it was the first-ever music video to premiere on Spotify. Music critics praised the album, with others naming it Gomez's best song to date; Billboard named it as the best song of 2017. "Bad Liar" was ranked No. 39 on Rolling Stone's list of the best songs of the 2010s, ranked No. 39. Gomez's vocals were flawless and the song "charmingly odd," according to Winston Cook-Wilson of Spin magazine, who called Gomez's lyrics and sample usage "harebrained but ultimately brilliant." He lauded "Bad Liar" for eschewing contemporary radio trends, concluding that it "mostly looks like itself" and that there is no better compliment to pay it. Just over a month after, Gomez released the single "Fetish" starring rapper Gucci Mane. The single "Wolves" by Gomez and EDM producer Marshmello was released in October 2017. Gomez was a commercial success, and it reached the top ten on charts in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several European countries, netting at number one in the United States.

Gomez released "Back to You," the 13 Reasons Why Season 2 Soundtrack's single, in May 2018. The song debuted on charts in Australia and Canada, and the song soared to number eighteen in the United States. Gomez wrote the character Mavis in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which was released in July of that year. The film, which earned $528 million in box office earnings, was a commercial hit, with mixed to favorable feedback. Gomez appeared on DJ Snake's "Taki Taki" alongside Ozuna and Cardi B, which was released in September 2018. The single achieved global success by landscaping the top ten in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Italy, and also topped the charts in Spain and several Latin American countries. It also ranked at number eleven in the United States, ranked at number eleven. At the 2019 Latin American Music Awards, the album received two nominations at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, as well as Song of the Year. Gomez appeared on Julia Michaels' single "Anxiety" in January 2019, and the following month she announced "I Can't Get Enough" in collaboration with Tainy, Benny Blanco, and J Balvin.

Gomez appeared in Jim Jarmusch's comedy The Dead Don't Die (2019). At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the film received mixed feedback. She appeared in Woody Allen's romantic comedy A Rainy Day in New York that year, alongside Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning. Gomez made a donation of over $1 million, over her salary from the film, to the Time's Up campaign in response to the revival of the 1992 sexual harassment accusations against Allen prompted by the Me Too movement. Gomez's performance was mixed by critics, but critics praised her performance; Variety's Jessica Kiang said: "Gomez comes out the best of the younger cast, husking her way into some of the films' better lines." Gomez was a producer for the Netflix docuseries Life Undocumented, which follows eight undocumented families in America. The docuseries was a huge success.

Gomez's lead single from her third studio album "Lose You to Love Me" was released in October 2019. "Look at Her Now" was her album's second single on the next day. "Lose You to Love Me" became her first number-one hit in the United States and Canada, as well as Australia and the United Kingdom, where Rare first debuts at number one on several national charts, including Australia and the United Kingdom. In its first week, Billboard 200, which has sold 112,000 album-equivalent units, reached 112,000 units. It was her third straight number-one album in the United States, and it debuted in Australia, Canada, and several other countries, peaking at number one in the United Kingdom. Music critics lauded the album's performance and cohesiveness, with others lauding it as "one of the best pop albums to be released in recent memory" and calling Rare "sophisticated, precisely written and expertly produced music." "Rare" and "Boyfriend" are two other tracks from the album.

In the adventure film Dolittle, directed by Stephen Gaghan, Gomez voiced a giraffe in January 2020. Robert Downey Jr.'s film was a box office disappointment, and critics had sluggish criticism of it, who called it "too long [and] lifeless." The HBO Max cooking show Selena + Chef, which stars Gomez and a different chef each episode remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is produced by Gomez, a Gomez hosted and executive. Each episode highlights a food-related charity. In August 2020, the show premiered in August and was well-received by critics. Gomez appeared in a remix of Trevor Daniel's "Past Life" in June. She produced the romantic comedy film The Broken Hearts Gallery, which was released in September 2020 to rave reviews. Gomez formed "Ice Cream" with the South Korean girl group Blackpink in August. The song debuted at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and attracted 79.08 million views in its first 24 hours, marking the third highest 24-hour debut for a music video on YouTube. Gomez was named one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment by The Latin Recording Academy in 2005. Time magazine also rated her as one of the world's most influential people.

In March 2021, Gomez launched Revelación, her first Spanish-language project. On the US Billboard 200's first 202nd, it debuted at number two. According to Metacritic, a website that gathers commentary from professional music journalists, the EP was nominated for the Best Latin Pop Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Three singles were born: "De Una Vez," "Baila Conmigo" with Rauw Alejandro, and "Selfish Love" with DJ Snake; At the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, De Una Vez's music video was selected for Best Short Form Music Video. Gomez later collaborated with Colombian singer Camilo in a song named "999," which was released in August 2021.

Gomez co-produced and directed the Hulu mystery-comedy film Only Murders in the Building, which premiered on Hulu in August 2021 and set the most-watched comedy premiere in Hulu history. Gomez revealed that she was delighted to have played a character that related to her current age, saying she "signed [her] life away" to The Walt Disney Company at the start of her career and that she "did not know what she was doing" before the official premiere of the series. The series has received critical acclaim and a slew of awards. Critics also lauded the trio's performances and chemistry; Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "Gomez is a true co-star in the series and does a fantastic job of coordinating with Martin and Short to create one of the most entertaining albeit odd friendship trios in recent memory." Gomez was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award and the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, as well as a coveted Screen Actor Guild Award. She was named as a producer for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, marking only the third time a Latina has ever been nominated for a comedy series in the awards' history. Several journalists expressed disappointment with her inability to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Steve Martin and Martin Short's co-stars wrote a letter in which they expressed surprise that Selena was not selected because she is so important to the trio and the show." She has a natural balance."

Gomez resurrects the voice of Mavis in 2022 and also served as an executive producer for the fourth and final installment of Hotel Transylvania's Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Sony Pictures cancelled the film's theatrical plans in response to the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant's increasing incidence in the United States. To mixed reviews, the film was released on Amazon Prime Video in January 2022. Gomez appeared on "Let Somebody Go," a British band that was released as a single in February. In May, she hosted an episode of NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live. Gomez performed in a remix of Rema's "Calm Down" in August.

Gomez is expected to produce, as well as a potential actor in the horror thriller film Dollhouse in October 2020. Gomez was announced as executive producer and actor of Elgin James' documentary film In the Shadow of the Mountains, based on Silvia Vasquez-Lavado's memoir, became the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits in November 2020. Gomez was also set to appear in the psychological thriller Spiral in April 2021. Gomez was revealed in August 2022 that it was in talks to produce a new version of Working Girl on Hulu.

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, the 2022 Alek Keshishian-directed "raw and personal" documentary film, will be focusing on Gomez. In November 2022, the film is expected to premiere at AFI Fest and will be announced on Apple TV two days after. In addition, she will perform the song "My Mind & Me" with the documentary's debut.

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