Selena Gomez Favorite TV Actress At 2011 Kids Choice Awards

Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992 is an American actress, singer, and Goodwill Ambassador, best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus.

Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released two Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell and A Year Without Rain.Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story and Wizards of Waverly Place after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records. As of April 15, 2011, she had sold 1,354,000 copies of her albums Kiss & Tell and A Year Without Rain in the United States.
1 Early life
2 Acting Career
3 Music Career
3.1 2009: Solo Career
3.2 2009–present: Selena Gomez & the Scene
4 Other projects
4.1 Philanthropy
4.2 Entrepreneurship
5 Personal life
6 Filmography
7 Discography
7.1 Singles
7.2 Other songs
7.3 Music videos
8 Awards and nominations
9 References
10 External links
Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, TexasShe is the daughter of former stage actress Mandy Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez father is Mexican American and her mother is of half Italian descent Her birth parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was raised as an only child by her working mother In 2006, Mandy remarried Brian Teefey She is named after Tejano singer Selena In a 2009 interview with People, Gomez mentioned that she developed an early interest in acting from watching her mother prepare for and act in theater productions. She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010
Gomez began her acting career at age seven, playing Gianna on Barney & Friends. She later had minor roles in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and the film Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial By Fire. Gomez also starred in the television movie Brain Zapped.

In 2004, Gomez was discovered by the Disney Channel in a nationwide scouting. Gomez appeared as a guest star on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and had a guest appearance that later turned into a recurring role – on Hannah Montana from season's two to three. Gomez previously taped two different pilots that were spin-offs to two previous Disney series The first one, What's Stevie Thinking?, was the spin-off to Lizzie McGuire. Gomez played Stevie Sanchez, Miranda Sanchez's little sister. The other show was titled Arwin!, the spin-off to The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in which she played Alexa. Neither series were picked up.