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Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress and singer. She is currently starring as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place.

Acting career
Selena Gomez was born in New York City, and raised in Mansfield, Texas. Her first role was on Barney & Friends as Gianna. Selena filmed a pilot as the leading character Stevie in Stevie Sanchez,[citation needed] a spin off of Lizzie McGuire, that was also going to include Miranda Sanchez (Lalaine) from Lizzie McGuire[citation needed] which was not picked up. She was discovered by Disney in a nation wide Disney talent search when she was 12 years old. In July 2007, she appeared in a second-season episode of Hannah Montana as Mikayla, a pop star who is a rival of Hannah Montana.[citation needed] She was in a second episode of Hannah Montana called "That's What Friends Are For?'" which aired on October 19, 2007. Also in 2007, she guest starred in the second-season of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as Gwen (Episode: "A Midsummer's Nightmare"). She currently stars as Alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place which premiered on October 2007 on Disney Channel.

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