Gomez has been acting since she was just 5 years old. Her mother enrolled her in a musical theater, where Gomez discovered her love for acting. In her time as a theater kid, she stacked her acting résumé, having performed in as many as 22 live productions. The actress also worked in over a dozen short films in the meantime.
"I was always in a show or rehearsing for a show, and I did it 'til I was 12," Gomez told Seventeen in April. "I did like, 22 musicals, and I just loved being on stage and performing. I also loved bonding with the cast and just all the excitement leading up to the show. It gave me a real passion for acting as well, and then I started doing on-camera stuff when I was 10, and my mom was super supportive."
She attributes her success to her mother's support, which helped her achieve her acting dreams. "She was the one that was driving me literally all over LA, and she even quit her job (to help me)," she told the outlet.
