Selena Gomez is a promising young pop singer and actress, whose name has recently appeared in the press in connection with her relationship with Justin Bieber and overweight. Meanwhile, the former star of Disney Channel is a talented singer who managed to record several brilliant singles and popular albums, an excellent actress, expertly transforming for roles, a designer and just an interesting original girl. We offer you to get acquainted with some facts of the biography of Selena Gomez.
Childhood
Selena was born in 1992, July 22, in Texas, USA. According to the horoscope, the celebrity is Cancer, according to the sign of the eastern calendar - Monkey. Parents divorced when the baby was not yet 6 years old, after which her mother, Mandy Cornett, an insignificant theater employee, took up her upbringing closely. At 10, the future celebrity played her first role - in the series about the good-natured dinosaur "Barney and Friends." This was followed by work in the third part of the picture "Children of Spies", in which Selena reincarnated as an unnamed girl from the water park.
Disney Channel Star
Career Selena Gomez, despite the young age of the girl, was rapidly gaining momentum, she was invited to the Disney Channel. And Selena managed to realize the blue dream of millions of teenagers. Her early works include the following:
- "All tip-top, or the life of Zach and Cody," a small role by Gwen, Gomez worked with Ashley Tisdale, another channel star.
- "Hannah Montana", a cameo role of Makey, the series was also the beginning of the career of future brawler Miley Cyrus. Selena did not follow in her footsteps, preferring to remain pretty and modest.
- "Wizards of Waverly Place", which can be called with full confidence the finest hour of the young performer. She played the role of the modern sorceress Alex Russo, who lives in a family of sorcerers like herself.
In the last series, it was Selena who managed to become famous, this was the starting point for her fame around the world.
Movie work
We continue our acquaintance with the biography of Selena Gomez, a beautiful and talented star whose blood has Mexican and Italian roots. In 2008, the film "Another Cinderella Story" was released, in which the young performer played the role of Mary Santiago. This is a modern interpretation of the tale of Charles Perrault, in which a player appears instead of a shoe.
In the same year, Selena begins to sing. This was followed by her work in the TV series āAll Tip-Top, or Life Overboardā, where she continued to embody the image of Alex Russo, which was loved by the audience, on the screen, and then the āPrincess Protection Programā, a film from Disney, in which Gomez played together with Demi Lovato, his girlfriend.
Attention to a music career
In 2008, the pop group Selena Gomez & the Scene was formed, as Gomez herself wrote, she initially did not see herself as a solo artist, but always wanted to sing. The team also included drummer Greg Herman, guitarist Ethan Roberts, keyboardist Dan Forrest and bass player Joe Clement. In just 4 years of its existence, the group managed to sell almost 15 million discs.
In 2009, there are such films with Selena Gomez:
- "Wizards of Waverly Place to the Cinema."
- Ramona and Bizus, a family comedy about sisters' relationships, filmed at 20th Century Fox. The picture has earned for the most part positive reviews and can be considered a new stage in the biography of Selena Gomez.
In 2009, the debut album of Selenaās team, Kiss & Tell, appeared, which immediately got into the top ten according to the Billboard 200 charts. This was followed by a tour in support of the album, in which the Gomez group performed on the same stage with Justin Bieber. In 2010, the next album, A Year Without Rain, was released, mixed in the styles of electronic music and dance pop.
2010-2013
In 2011, the comedy "Monte Carlo" was released, where Selena plays a major role. Critical ratings of the tape were mixed. In the same year, the music was added to the awards of Selena Gomez - her group received the prize of the American People's Choice Awards, leaving behind the singer Kisha and Bieber. The album became the second gold in the short history of the group. Next comes the third studio album, When the Sun Goes Down, in 2011 the whole world danced to the hits of Love you like a love song and Hit The Lights, but despite such success, in 2012 the group announced a temporary cessation of creativity.
In 2013, the film with Selena Gomez - "Aftershock" was released. This is a thriller with horror elements in which our heroine played a small role as Elizabeth. But the picture was very low appreciated by film critics and was soon forgotten.
Gomez returned to her usual genre, delighting fans with such works:
- "Leashout holidays", a film about schoolgirls who decided to earn extra money on a stunning vacation and chose a slightly strange way to do it. Vanessa Hudgens also plays here.
- Return of the Wizards: Alex vs. Alex.
The attempt to return to the image that glorified her as a whole was indifferently received by the audience: Selena had already matured and, despite her puppet appearance and good looks, did not fit well into the image of the second child of the Russo family.
Search for yourself and new trials
The main role of Selena Gomez played in the 2013 film āChased!ā, Where she works with Ethan Hawke. The actress has never encountered an action movie genre before. Difficulties in the shooting also consisted in the fact that thousands of fans pursued the young Selena, because of which the scene had to be repeatedly transferred. The result is a huge number of negative critical reviews and a sharply negative assessment of the work of Gomez herself. It was at that time that it was first talked about that Selena had grown up, but was not ready for films of a serious genre, that she had no talent, and the loveliness that inspired teenagers, fans of the ārealā movie would not impress. The list of awards Selena Gomez replenished offensive "Golden Raspberry".
Solo work
Despite the fact that the group Selena Gomez & the Scene announced its creative pause, it was not given to reunite. In 2013, the discography of Selena Gomez was replenished with a solo album, Come & Get It, which took the first line of the Billboard 200 hit parade and became three times platinum. It really was a success, so it is not surprising that in 2015 the second album of the singer appeared, Revival, in which she openly shared her most secret secrets with the audience - a break with Justin Bieber, a quarrel with Demi Lovato, health problems.
The music turned out to be very soulful, but at the same time fresh and original, which became the reason for the popularity of the album, which became the seventh most successfully sold album in the world.
Then the singer recorded several singles, but it didnāt come to the release of the album.
Dramatic roles
We continue our acquaintance with the biography of Selena Gomez, who tried to catch it everywhere and everywhere. In 2014-2016, several new works appeared in her collection of roles:
- The main role in the comedy "Bad behavior."
- Kate in the drama Uncontrollable, dedicated to the relationship of fathers and children.
- "Basic principles of goodness", the role of Dot, filming lasted only 26 days. The work of Selena really liked the audience, she managed to convey a difficult image of a daring, but good-natured girl. After this work, many prophesied Selena success in Hollywood.
- "And they lost the battle," a drama about the struggle of workers for their rights in the 30s of the last century.
But in 2016, the actress returned to the proven genre of comedy, playing a small role of Madison in the film "Neighbors. On the warpath."
"13 reasons why"
In 2017, the multi-faceted creative personality of Selena tries herself in a new business, becomes the executive producer of the television series "13 Reasons Why" together with her mother.
Romantic relationship
Quite a lot is known about Selena Gomez's personal life thanks to the efforts of the paparazzi, which literally prevent the girl from living. She is credited with novels with Nick Jonas, Taylor Lautner, with whom Selena broke up with friends.
The whole world watched the development of Gomezās relationship with popular singer Justin Bieber, because of which the girlās life was once threatened - a crazy fan of Bieber threatened to kill Selena for a kiss with her idol. But the constant tour, busy schedule and thousands of beauties that surrounded Justin, causing Selena's jealousy, caused the couple to break up. Gomez was very upset, but gradually found the strength to live on.
In 2017, Selena played the uncharacteristic role of a seducer and stole the rapper The Weeknd from model Bella Hadid, who quickly unsubscribed from Gomezās Instagram page, but the relationship with the musician did not last long. After breaking up with Selena, the rapper tried to establish a relationship with his former lover, but Bella could not forgive him.
The next novel of the actress, about which the whole world spoke again, is with the same Bieber with whom she met in 2017. But the couple again did not last long and broke up. Now Selena is alone, due to health problems, she gained weight a lot, got into the photo of the ubiquitous paparazzi and caused the haters to gloat with her unattractive appearance. But the celebrity does not allow herself to despair, she responded to harsh criticism with an appeal in which she emphasized that her own health is more important to her than the opinion of ill-wishers.
Interesting Facts
Acquainted with the biography of Selena Gomez, we learn some interesting facts from her life:
- The young performer remains the youngest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
- World fame came to the young performer in 2007, after the role of Alex Russo in the series "Wizards of Waverly Place", while Selena had not yet graduated from high school. She received a diploma only in 2010, while she had to study at home.
- In 2013, it was revealed that a young celebrity has lupus, which manifests itself in depressive states and regular panic attacks. While the celebrity literally fought for life, the press accused her of alcohol and drug abuse.
- She suffered from Internet addiction, literally spending whole days in social networks, after treatment she deleted her accounts. However, later resumed use.
- Selena's former lover, Justin Bieber, in the comments accused her of using Gomez to use their relationship for self-promotion.
- In 2017, the actress underwent a kidney transplant operation, the donor was her friend Francia Rice.
We met with the personal life of Selena Gomez, her work, roles and awards. This is a very talented girl with a difficult fate, who knew the ups and downs. Now Selena has taken up her health and paused in her career, but let's hope. That soon she will delight her fans with new films.