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Selena is a 1997 American biographical musical drama film about Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, played by Jennifer Lopez. The film, written and directed by Gregory Nava , chronicles the star's rise to fame and death when she was murdered by Yolanda Saldívar at the age of 23.
The movie opened in 59 screens across the United States on March 20, 2015, and earned $100,090 for a 30th-place finish. [ 13 ] As of November 9, 2014, the film had a theatrical domestic gross of $100,090 and an international theatrical gross of $3,723,317 for a worldwide total of $3,823,407.
Jon Seda (born October 14, 1970) is an American actor. Seda was an amateur boxer who auditioned for and was given a role in the 1992 boxing film Gladiator.He played the role of Chris Pérez alongside Jennifer Lopez in the movie Selena, and portrayed U.S. Marine John Basilone, recipient of the Medal of Honor, in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's The Pacific.
Lopez was one of 21,000 actresses to audition for Selena, a number that Nava says eclipsed the number of performers who coveted the role of Scarlett O'Hara in 1939's Gone With the Wind. "It was a ...
The iconic movie "Selena" by Gregory Nava is among the movies inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress this year.
Selena: The Series (Spanish: Selena: la serie) is an American biographical drama television series created by Moisés Zamora. It tells the story of Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Pérez's rise to fame and the sacrifices she and her family must make along the way. [2] The first season was released on Netflix on December 4, 2020.
Selena: The Series is finally here and the cast couldn't be more excited to share Selena Quintanilla's life story with her adoring fans. It's been 25 years since the Queen of Tejano music ...
Ontiveros worked with Nava in subsequent films, including My Family/Mi Familia (1995) and Selena (1997). In the latter film, she portrayed Yolanda Saldívar, the murderer of Tejano superstar Selena. Long after the film was released, Ontiveros would still reportedly be "hissed" at by Selena fans while in public. [9]