Actress and singer Selena Gomez has entered her third decade, having spent an incredible 20 years in the spotlight following her Disney breakthrough.
From growing up on our screens as a character on Barney & Friends to her latest series – mystery-comedy Only Murders In The Building, which also stars Steve Martin – it is hard to recall a time Gomez was not on our screens.
Having been in the limelight since 2002, her fans and the public have been with her during a number of major life moments.
Last year, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has become outspoken on mental health issues.
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The Star looks back at her career as the performer turns 30 today (July 22 2022).
How did Selena Gomez become famous?
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Selena Gomez got her first break as a child actor in 2002 as a character on Barney & Friends.
She met her long-time actress friend Demi Lovato while on the show.
Proper fame, however, came when the actress began landing TV roles on the Disney Channel.
She had a recurring role on the channel’s Hannah Montana series in 2007 as pop star Mikayla, with fellow singer Miley Cyrus playing the lead character
The Dallas-raised actor successfully snared the main role in the network’s series Wizards Of Waverly Place, about a family of witches who own a restaurant in New York.
Getting the gig convinced Gomez and her mother to move to Los Angeles to help focus on her career, with Wizards Of Waverly Place becoming a hit.
She went on to voice Dracula’s daughter in the animated film Hotel Transylvania and featured in movies such as Getaway and teen-flick Spring Breakers.
With six albums to her name, she is known in Hollywood circles as a “triple threat” star due to her success in singing, performing and acting.
Her biggest UK hit was Lose You To Love Me, which she released in 2019 and peaked at number three on the Official Chart.
Selena Gomez and mental health
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The American-Mexican singer has campaigned for mental health services since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2020.
Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects your moods, making them swing from one extreme to another.
After making her diagnosis public, Gomez said she felt “a huge weight” had been lifted.
“I could take a deep breath and go, ‘OK, that explains so much’,” she told Elle.
Gomez said using social media less and not personally running her accounts had helped improve her mindset.
“I don’t have it on my phone, so there’s no temptation,” she said.
“In the past, I could spend hours looking at other people’s lives.
“I would find myself down nearly two years in someone’s feed, and then I’d realise, ‘I don’t even know this person!’”
To mark her last birthday, Gomez asked her social media followers to donate to a fund she had set up.
She encouraged them to give to the Rare Impact Fund, which she founded the year she found out she had bipolar.
The fund aims to increase access to mental health services in educational settings.
She has also previously confirmed being diagnosed with lupus – a condition where the body targets healthy parts of the body, often causing inflammation – and required a kidney transplant from her friend and actress Francia Raisa.
Selena Gomez’s dating history
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Gomez has had a number of high-profile former flames, including Canadian megastar pop artist Justin Bieber.
In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Bieber revealed that some of his biggest songs, including Sorry and What Do You Mean?, are about his relationship with Gomez, which was on-off for a number of years from 2011.
She also had a 10-month whirlwind relationship with another Canadian singer The Weeknd.
The last update on her love life came in 2019 when she confirmed she had been “super single” for two years.
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