The singer and actress, 18, was rushed to an L.A. hospital Thursday night."Last night after Selena's appearance on The Tonight Show she wasn't feeling well and was taken to the hospital. She is currently undergoing routine tests," told her rep.The 18-year-old 'Bang Bang Bang' singer spent the night at a Los Angeles hospital where she is still being evaluated and undergoing tests. The teen queen's current condition has yet to be disclosed.
Birth name Selena Marie Gomez
Born July 22, 1992 (1992-07-22) (age 18)Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S.
Genres Pop rock, dance-pop, electropop
Occupations Actress, singer-songwriter, musician, fashion designer
Instruments Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Drums
Years active 2002–present
Labels Hollywood
Associated acts Selena Gomez & the Scene Forever the Sickest Kids
Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. She is the daughter of former stage actress Mandy Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez. Her father is Mexican American and her mother is of half Italian descent. Regarding her Hispanic heritage, Gomez said: "My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the communion church. We do everything that's Catholic, but we don't really have anything traditional except [that we] go to the park and have barbeques on Sundays after church." Her birth parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was raised as an only child by her working mother. In 2006, Mandy remarried Brian Teefey. She is named after Tejano singer Selena. In a 2009 interview with People, Gomez mentioned that she developed an early interest in acting from watching her mother prepare for and act in theater productions. She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010.