Selena Marie Gomez

Remember purple dinosaur that's name is Barney? Well..I do because he used to scare me as a kid.  But, for this young actress the purple dinosaur started out her whole acting career.  This actress doesn't have just one job to keep her tied down, but she has multiple jobs that she does.  Most of us know her for singing and acting skills, but she is also a dancer, and even a fashion designer!
Selena Marie Gomez didn't grow up with designer clothing, and a huge house.  Selena lived in a middle class environment.  Her mother Mandy Teefey gave birth to Selena on July 22, 1992, when she was 16.  Both her parents Mandy, and her father Ricardo Gomez lived together paying paycheck to paycheck.  Sadly, Selena's parents divorced when she was five years old.  And in an interview Selena admitted to always being mad at her mother for divorcing her father, and she feels regret for that and now defends single-parenthood.  On the bright side of things her mother remarried and is now married to Brian Teefey.  Rumors were on June 12 2013 her mother gave birth to a girl, which is true.  Now they have a daughter named Gracie Elliot Teefey, which would be Selena's half sister.

Mandy, Selena, and Step-father Brian

Selena and her birth father Ricardo

Selena started off as just little parts in shows.  Like in Barney she was "Gianna" in 2001, but they had let her go from the series after two short years. Then she had a small part in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Selena has also been in small parts in Disney shows.  Selena appeared on Hannah Montana as one of Hannah's enemies, "Mikayla." Do you guys also remember the Disney show the Suite Life of Zack and Cody?  Well, Selena also appeared on that as a small part as "Gwen."  Selena has also played in a series, Wizards of Waverly Place, which lasted from 2007-2012.  Selena had also starred in movies that were additional movies to Wizards of Waverly Place.
But, as every actor and actress move up in their life they have to make decisions.  So, she decided to leave the Disney image and took on more challenging roles.  Aside from that, Selena is also a singer and she has 31 songs that are her own, and has a few albums out. Selena has had an interesting way of becoming a star, since her acting talent was recognized from that weird purple dinosaur.  But, as we can all see Selena has risen above from what she lived like as a child, and is now a very successful singer and actress.