Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez in The Only Murders in the Building. Hulu

The Only Murders in the Building star’s mother, Mandy Teefey, was 16 when she gave birth to the future singer-actor. She and Gomez’s father, Ricardo, were married, but split when Gomez was five. “I blamed my mom a lot because I wanted a family so bad,” Gomez once said on an E! special. “I wanted to have my mom and dad together. I remember just being angry with my mom.”

But the now-31-year-old came to appreciate her mother’s sacrifices: “My mom gave up everything for me and had, like, three jobs.”

She’s now starring in Emilia Perez, which is generating significant Oscar buzz.

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