15 Reasons Selena Gomez's Character on Wizards of Waverly Place Is the Best

Over the years, Selena Gomez has become a household name with her incredible music career and big movies, but before she became a bona fide superstar, she was a teen starlet on Disney Channel. Any dedicated Selena fan knows her character, Alex Russo, on the hit show Wizards of Waverly Place is the epitome of cool. Not only is she chock-full of sarcastic comebacks, but she's also super relatable (aside from the whole magic thing, of course). In honor of the actress's 24th birthday this week, we're throwing it back by counting down all the reasons we wanted to be BFFs with her hilarious character.