About Selena

Selena Gomez was born and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas. Her mother Amanda [Commonly known as Mandy] Cornett is an Italian woman from Dallas, Texas and her father Ricardo Gomez is from New Mexico. Mommy Mandy gave birth to Selena at 16, and her parents divorced in 1997. Nearly 10 years later she remarried to Brian Teefy. Selena started out on “Barney & Friends” (1992) as “Gianna” in 2001 where she really discovered her talent. Unfortunately, they dropped her from the series after just two years. In 2003, she had a very small role in the movie Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and a bigger part in 2005 when she played “Julie Walker” in Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005) (TV) and in 2006 as “Emily Grace Garcia” in Brain Zapped (2006) (TV) and when she guest starred as “Gwen” in “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” (2005) and as Hannah’s rival, the evil “Mikayla”, in “Hannah Montana” (2006). Selena’s amazing talent landed her roles in two Disney series, both spin-offs. Unfortunately, neither show was picked up until 2007 when she got the role of “Alex Russo” in the magical series “Wizards of Waverly Place” (2007) which she auditioned for 3 times. In March 2008, she made her first animated movie Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and two other movie releases in September 2008. Selena is best known for her role as Alex Russo in the show ‘Wizards Of Waverly Place’ and as Mary in ‘Another Cinderella Story’. Selena signed a record deal with Hollywood Records just before her 16th birthday and is recording an album due out Summer of 2009.

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