Selena Gomez facts and trivia

• Selena Gomez is an American singer and actress best known for her role as Alex Russo in the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place.
• She was born in Grand Prairie, Texas on July 22, 1992.
• Birth name: Selena Marie Gomez.
• Zodiacal sign: Cancer.
• Selena Gomez is 5' 5" (1.65 m) tall.
• Parents: Mandy Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez.
• Selena Gomez began her acting career at age 7, playing Gianna on Barney and Friends.
• The favorite sport of Selena is basketball.
• Describes herself as a "huge animal lover".
• Selena is of Mexican and Italian descent.
• Her favorite band is Fall Out Boy. 
• Gomez is named after Tejano Singer "Selena Quintanilla Perez".
• Her name ‘Selena’ means Moon in Greek.
• Selena Gomez prefers acting to singing.
• At 12, she traveled to Austin for a nationwide casting call for the Disney Channel.
• Selena has brown eyes and naturally curly black hair.
• Selena Gomez is very good friends with Demi Lovato, former co-star on Barney.
• Selena began wearing a purity ring when she was 12 years old.