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BIOGRAPHY

Selena Gomez
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Selena Gomez, born July 22, 1992, in New York City, and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, is an American child actress and singer.

Gomez currently stars as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place. She also has a career as a singer, and has recorded two songs for Walt Disney Records and sang several songs while on Barney & Friends with her Barney co-star Demi Lovato.

Gomez is of Mexican and Italian heritage. Her mother, Mandy Teefy, is a former stage actress.

Her first role was on Barney & Friends as Gianna. Gomez was discovered by Disney in a nation wide Disney talent search when she was 10 years old. In 2006, she appeared as Gwen in the second season of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody in the episode A Midsummer's Nightmare. In 2007 she appeared in the second-season episodes of Hannah Montana as Mikayla, a pop star who is a rival of Hannah Montana.

In 2007 Gomez took part in at least two television pilots. Wizards of Waverly Place was picked up with Gomez playing the lead role, Alex Russo, and performing the theme song. The series premiered October 2007 on Disney Channel. She is co-starring as the main character Mary in Another Cinderella Story, a sequel to A Cinderella Story.

Gomez contributed a cover of the classic "Cruella De Vil" for the 101 Dalmatians platinum DVD and DisneyMania 6. In 2008, she was shown in the Jonas Brothers music video, "Burnin' Up". She signed an un-exclusive record deal with Hollywood Records just before her 16th birthday. She also stated that she does not want to be a solo artist and would rather be in a band.  

Gomez makes YouTube Webcam videos with fellow Barney & Friends actress Demi Lovato, who says they have been friends since the Barney auditions.

Gomez also makes YouTube videos with Wizards of Waverly Place co-star Jennifer Stone. Gomez was part of a controversy in July 2008 surrounding an alleged feud between Miley Cyrus and Gomez. After Gomez and Lovato posting a video on YouTube, Cyrus uploaded a blatant spoof as part of the "Miley & Mandy" show, which caught the interest of entertainment media. Reports included the theory that Cyrus and Gomez were arguing over fellow Disney star Nick Jonas or that Gomez and Lovato might replace Cyrus after Cyrus' Vanity Fair photo shoot.

In the end, Gomez and Cyrus tried to extinguish the feud. Cyrus claimed, in an interview, "I mean if we offended (Gomez and Lovato), we're super sorry, but we were, like, just having fun." Gomez, along similar lines, said, "Dealing with the press is something that you've gotta start getting used to, and you know people want something to talk about, so they're going to have the two Disney girls — or three Disney girls — kind of feuding." On the issue of replacing Cyrus, Gomez clarified, "I'm not interested in being anybody but myself, and I'm not here to replace anyone. I think that she's a wonderful performer, and of course it's a compliment. But I would like to take a different route."