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Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22, 1992 in New York, but grew up an only child in Grand Prairie, TX. Her mother, Mandy Teefy, was a former stage actress who inspired her daughter to pursue a career in entertainment. Gomez’s first acting job was “Barney & Friends” (PBS, 1992- ), where she played Gianna, one of the purple dinosaur’s singing and dancing sidekicks. It was while auditioning for “Barney” that Gomez met her best friend and co-star Demi Lovato. Years later, Lovato herself became a Disney darling when she was cast in the starring role alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 TV movie “Camp Rock” (Disney Channel).
When she was only 10, Gomez attended a Disney nationwide talent search and not surprisingly, the Mouse House fell in love with her instantly. She appeared in an episode of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” (Disney Channel, 2005-07), followed by a recurring role on the mouse network’s hit series “Hannah Montana” (2006- ). Gomez played Mikayla, a rival pop star to Cyrus’ Hannah. Playing enemies on the show as well as a YouTube video Cyrus posted in 2008 that seemed to mock Gomez (and her friend Lovato) had fans wondering whether the two actresses were feuding in real life. Gomez laughed off the rumor, saying “I think (Miley’s) a wonderful performer. It’s all good.”
Her memorable appearances on the Disney Channel were enough for the network to give Gomez a starring role in the sitcom “Wizards of Waverly Place.” The Texan teen was hilarious as middle child Alex Russo in the magic-themed series. It also gave the star an opportunity to grow with Disney, and they were more than willing to market her as one of the channel’s biggest stars. Gomez recorded a cover of “Cruella de Vil” for the “101 Dalmatians” (1961) DVD release and the album, DisneyMania6 (2008). She also reunited professionally with her pal Lovato in “Princess Protection Program” (Disney Channel, 2009) a movie about a princess who is taken into custody by the Princess Protection Program. Gomez also appeared in the Jonas Brothers’ music video for the song “Burnin’ Up” in July 2008 as youngest brother Nick’s onscreen girlfriend. In September 2008, the teen queen crown passed from Duff to Gomez, when the latter starred in “Another Cinderella Story” as a shy, aspiring dancer who falls in love with a pop singer, played by Drew Seeley. The DVD release was a sequel to the film “A Cinderella Story” (2004), which starred Duff. Gomez not only trained in dance for the movie, she also performed four songs for the soundtrack. Selena Marie Gomez was born in New York, New York and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas. She was born in July 22, 1992 at 2:53am. In case any of you big fans wanted to know the time. She has several nicknames such as Selly, Selsel, Lena, GG, Lenz, Lenabear, Seller, and Selz. Her mom, Mandy Teefy, is a former stage actress. When Selena was 5 years old, she told her mother she wanted to act more then anything in the world. She had watched her mother act and Selena just fell in love with it. She loved to entertain&be infront of people. Selena Gomez started her whole career in 2000 when she went to audition for Barney&Friends in a Disney Nationwide Talent Search in Dallas, Texas. That's where she met her bestfriend Demi Lovato. They we're in the line waiting and she asked to use Demi's jacket. Selena landed the role of Gianna on the show and Demi landed Angela. From then on her career got bigger. In 2003, she was in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as the water park girl in the beginning of the movie. It was a short part, but she did it amazingly. Soon in 2006, she was seen on Brain Zapped as Emily Grace Garcia. She did a song called Brain Zapped. She was then seen in the famous tv show called The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as Gwen, Cody's former girlfriend, in the episode "A Midsummer's Nightmare.". In 2007, she was in an episode of "Lizzie Mcguire." as Stephanie "stevie" Sanchez in "What's Stevie Thinking?."